The following are recommended settings for using a Fujifilm camera with the CamRanger 2. Not all camera models will necessarily have all of these settings.
Most Fuji cameras will also draw power over USB whenever possible. This results in much lower battery life (about 2.5 hrs instead of 5 hrs).
Quick Connection Setup
- SD Card: An SD card is required in the CamRanger 2 when using a Fujifilm camera. Any card with write speeds of at least 50 MBps should perform the same.
- Connection Setting->PC Connection Mode: Camera setting that controls the saving of images. This should be set to USB Tether Shooting Auto. Then images will be saved to the camera’s SD card and sent to the CamRanger.
If you continue to have problems connecting, please check out camera connection troubleshooting page.
More Detailed Settings
- Wireless: All WiFi settings and connections should be disabled/off.
- Power Management->Auto Power Off: Camera setting that controls the camera powering off. This should be set off.
- Save Fuji RAWs: A CamRanger setting to help speed image previews. If the photographer wants quick previews, and the image format is set to RAW+JPG. The RAW image will not be saved to the CamRanger and just the JPG image will be used. It is important that the PC Connection Mode is set correctly as detailed above.
- USB Power Supply: If present, set to off so that the camera does not drain the CamRanger 2 battery. Only newer Fujifilm cameras will have this setting. Older Fuji’s have a very similar setting that controls if the power the camera draws goes to the battery or to the camera directly, which is the same result of quickly draining the CamRanger battery.
- Long Exposure NR: Camera setting that enables automatically taking a “dark frame subtraction” shot after captures of longer shutter speeds. It will result in incorrect timing for intervalometer sequences as well as errors during some automated sequences.
- 35mm Crop Mode: If enabled, the 35mm crop mode will prevent certain features from working, notably touch focus and live view zoom.
Recommended Fujifilm Setup for Fast Wireless Tethering
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