Camranger Share App - CamRanger User Manual

CamRanger Share App
In order for the CamRanger Share feature to work, the CamRanger firmware must be
updated to version 6 and up and the CamRanger sohware must be updated to the most
recent version. When the photographer is in a CamRanger session, others can view
images and live view on their personal iOS devices, Android devices, and/or Mac or
Windows computer. The CamRanger Share applicaPon is free and can be downloaded
from www.CamRanger.com/downloads. Individuals using the CamRanger Share app can only
view images and live view when the CamRanger is connected and the main CamRanger user has
enables sharing from within the sejngs.
The Mac Share sejngs, as seen below, can be accessed by selecPng "CamRanger" from the
Mac menu bar followed by "Preferences."
• Enable Sharing: When viewing an image in the main image view, individual images can be
shared by enabling sharing in the CamRanger Sejngs and then selecPng "Share" from the
File drop down. One must Enable Sharing in order for the Auto Sharing, Auto Share
Thumbnails, and Share Live View sejngs to work.
• Auto Share Thumbnails: All images captured will display as thumbnails on the CamRanger
Share devices when Auto Share Thumbnails is enabled. The CamRanger Share user can scroll
through the pictures at his or her own pace.
• Auto Share Live View: The CamRanger share user will be able to see the camera's live view on
their personal device when Share Live View is enabled. If an image thumbnail is not viewed
by the CamRanger user in the main image view, it will not be shared to the CamRanger Share
app users.
• Show Clients: The CamRanger user can see what devices are using the CamRanger Share
applicaPon during the CamRanger session.
Note that the watermark sejngs on the main CamRanger app will be set on all sharing devices.
Assuming that all devices have a good connecPon with the CamRanger, as the number of users
increase, the performance decreases slightly; adding 1 second per shared device for each small
JPG that is distributed is a good rule of thumb. Similarly, sharing live view with an addiPonal 1
or 2 devices will not significantly degrade performance, but as more devices are added the
frame rate will reduce. AddiPonally, a device with a very poor/slow connecPon can degrade the
performance for everyone. The photographer using the CamRanger app can always temporarily
turn off sharing to kick off all shared devices. As the number of users increases the there are
pracPcal performance limits. Depending on the scenario, pracPcal maximums of 5-15 clients are
typical. The amount of data being shared as well as the network strength to all of the clients
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