Comment on Canon requires an account to transfer images from your camera. Forces you to sign up using Chrome.

finitebanjo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Showroom7561@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Anyways, learn to use a SD Card maybe.

  Completely irrelevant to the reason why I use the app, though.

  I geotag photos, and that can only be done through the app.

  I use live view, and that can only be done through the app.

  Firmware updates. App.

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  • finitebanjo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You can do firmware updates with the SD Card, that’s the way it’s been done for decades.

    I’m not going to pretend what geotagging and canon live view™ is but it sounds a lot like image metadata?

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    • Showroom7561@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      You can do firmware updates with the SD Card, that’s the way it’s been done for decades.

      Yes, but I’m not checking Canon’s website for every camera I own, when the app would just tell you.

      That’s one thing that I shouldn’t have to chase Canon for.

      I’m not going to pretend what geotagging and canon live view™ is but it sounds a lot like image metadata?

      Geotagging puts location data in the photo. This is something I add to every image, because I use location for searching.

      Live view is cool. You can set up the camera, and view/control it through the app.

      This has many applications, and should never need an account to access, since the app should be communicating directly with the camera.

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