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CamFi has launched the CamFi 3 and 3 Plus for wireless tethered shooting with improved speed and 4G LTE support

May 26, 2022 by John Aldred Leave a Comment

CamFi has announced its newest devices, the CamFi 3 and CamFi 3 Plus. Both units look identical on the outside and a;sp appear to offer identical features, except for a couple. The CamFi 3 Plus offers a much wide range of compatibility, claiming to be compatible with over 500 different models of camera. It can also let you shoot tethered to a wide range of popular software including Lightroom and Capture One.

The non-plus version of the CamFi 3, on the other hand, offers support for a relatively short list of Nikon, Canon, Sony and Fuji cameras (109 models in total). So, there’s no support for Panasonic, Pentax, Olympus and a wide range of other popular models that you get with the CamFi 3 Plus. It also only lets you shoot tethered to native CamFi apps. Other than that, they’re basically the same unit.

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The CamFi ZF is a remote controlled zoom and focus unit for timelapse and macro focus stacking

Jul 8, 2020 by John Aldred 1 Comment

CamFi is a popular name when it comes to remotely controlling your camera. But two of the things you typically can’t control via a simple smartphone app are the zoom and exact focus of your lens. There are various options out there when it comes to video, but they typically tend to require a gimbal to work alongside them.

Well, now, CamFi team have a solution. It’s called the CamFi ZF and it connects to the CamFi Pro, Pro Plus and a couple of other models via USB and adds focus and zoom control to the smartphone app to let you take charge remotely over WiFi. The project’s currently on Indiegogo although it doesn’t have long left to go.

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The CamFi Pro Plus adds wireless features to just about any camera or USB device

Nov 27, 2019 by Paul Monaghan 1 Comment

Cameras these days are simply amazing! Not just with the image quality we get, but also the vast array of features which are often packed into them. Features which include WiFi that enables us to have control from our phones or other devices. What if you wanted a stronger, faster connection or even the ability to add WiFi to a camera that doesn’t already have it?

This is where the CamFI Pro Plus comes in handy. The CamFi adds a 2.4ghz and 5ghz connection to your camera when connected via USB. The 5ghz signal offers speeds of up to 10 MB/s (80Mb/s) and while this is still slower than a direct connection it can be up to 5x faster than what comes built into many cameras.

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CamFi Pro boasts the fastest wireless image transfer speeds in the world for tethered shooting

Dec 5, 2017 by John Aldred 4 Comments

Coming in far cheaper than the branded proprietary Wi-Fi options, CamFi has been a pretty popular accessory. But now they’re back with the new and improved CamFi Pro, which boasts the fastest wireless transfer speeds of any such system. The new unit uses 5.8Ghz Wi-Fi in order to offer transfer speeds up to and potentially over 10Mbps between camera and laptop or mobile device.

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