Comments on: How To Know Whether A Canon Digital Camera Have A Bluetooth Option Or Not?

By: Jin

Jin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:05:03 +0000

I don’t think canon or any other camera has bluetooth but they might have something like wireless file transferring from camera to computer.

By: Charles

Charles — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:05:03 +0000

Hi,
Bluetooth is a short range, low bandwith system – this means it will take a long time to transfer images from a camera to a PC. Mobile phones have lo-resolution cameras (do not be confused by the 5 mega pixels bit which some phones have – its still a low quality, small filesize image), so this works for them.
Have a look at the Concord link below – and the pretty poor review it got!
WiFi is the way to go, a few models have this built-in, like the Canon SD 430 (link below), or you can buy the Eye-Fi, SD size card which adds it to your existing camera, as well as up to 4MB of image storage – they cost as much as a basic point-and-shoot camera though, so you really need to want one! Link below for interest.
Kodak have BT enabled models – link below, but I have no experience of them – others may be able to tell you more. The data transfer rate is 3mb/sec – your home WiFi is up to 54MB/sec – so you see the speed issue.
I guess you meant WiFi rather than Bluetooth then?
Cheers
Charles

By: Caoedhen

Caoedhen — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:05:03 +0000

I don’t know of any camera that has bluetooth. There are a few that have Wifi, and you can add wifi to any camera that uses SD cards, but not bluetooth.

By: keerok

keerok — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:05:03 +0000

File size and transfer rates are the main hindrances of Bluetooth in cameras. The following thread might interest you.http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/32390-…

By: poolekit

poolekit — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:05:03 +0000

what exactly were you hoping to do with a Bluetooth link to your camera?