The Nikon Wireless Transmitter Utility: A Step-by-Step Guide

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7 ай бұрын

The Nikon Wireless Transmitter Utility is a convenient program designed to streamline the process of transferring photos from your Nikon camera to your PC, Mac, or laptop. This free application harnesses the power of Wi-Fi connectivity, enabling a seamless and wireless transfer of pictures directly to a designated folder on your chosen device.
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@markmcculfor9935 7 ай бұрын

Thanks, Joe. I had no idea that this utility existed. I look forward to doing a little testing. I'm wondering about transfer speeds (jpegs vs RAW) and any impact shooting volume might have on the camera. Thanks for going through all the steps to get this set up. This will definitely help me from getting frustrated during setup.

@ShutterSpeak 7 ай бұрын

Hi Mark - jpeg files are of course much smaller so I would expect you would see them arrive faster than a RAW file. In terms of speed though, this type of transfer uses Wi-Fi so it is very fast. Some factors will affect this though. The Nikon Z cameras support up to Wi-Fi 802.11ac which supports transfer speeds up to 1300 Mbps. If your home router is older, and for example, only supports up to Wi-Fi 802.11n you will only see speeds up to 450 Mbps. So your home network plays a big role here. Distance is also a factor as the further you get from the Wi-Fi router, the slower your speeds will be as the signal degrades. However, I see RAW files being transferred to my computer in about 2 to 3 seconds on average.

@user-tm8xb3zg7y 2 ай бұрын

With your help I finally got it to work. thank you very much!

@RT-rt9rt 7 ай бұрын

Joe, thank you very much for sharing. Excellent demo & setup... 🙏🙏🙏👌

@ShutterSpeak 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and for the kind comment

@Only1Feckitt 3 ай бұрын

excellent presentation and step by step, wasn't aware this was possible without the hardware.

@MrWitmis 7 ай бұрын

Thank you Joe for your nice presentation. Great job as always. Greetings from Poland.

@ShutterSpeak 7 ай бұрын

Thank you - I am glad you found the video helpful 🙂

@CollectedLight1 3 ай бұрын

Great information, and a very useful step-by-step. Thank you.

@user-fh8zt3rj7z 7 ай бұрын

Thank you very for that information. Never knew it existed, will certainly get this set up as I think it will be very useful. Very clear instructions.

@ShutterSpeak 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching

@TheMattconrads 6 ай бұрын

Thank you, just what I was looking for today after some frustration with the attempt to tether my Z9 to LRC

@ShutterSpeak 5 ай бұрын

Glad I could help

@christopherlofquist1 7 ай бұрын

Since you posted this great video, I downloaded this Wireless transfer utility for my Nikon Z5! It works well for downloading the images

@ShutterSpeak 7 ай бұрын

Awesome - thank you for watching and letting me know it worked for you.

@michaela.3520 10 күн бұрын

Does seem to work on my Z5 ... when i set it up and restart the WTU it doesn't recognize the camera profile

@jeromehutchinson1961 5 ай бұрын

Thank you, excellent video.

@ShutterSpeak 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching.

@samgabor100 7 ай бұрын

Great as usual

@ShutterSpeak 7 ай бұрын

Thank you - very much appreciated.

@Dani-wz8mz 24 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!

@EugeneMaynard 4 ай бұрын

👍🏾I knew about it but had never used it! Nice simple run through! 🙏🏾 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇸🇪🇹🇹

@ShutterSpeak 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and commenting 🙂

@SwanSycorax 7 ай бұрын

Very helpful, thanks. Now have both my Z8 & Z9 talking directly to my MacBook Pro

@ShutterSpeak 7 ай бұрын

Looks like your Nikon cameras are now fluent in Mac language! Who knew they could have such conversations? 😄

@NikCan66 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for this

@ShutterSpeak 4 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@gabrielvaldezr 3 ай бұрын

this is pretty cool

@jojoaausone 7 ай бұрын

Thanks! I'm new to Nikon and hadn't learned of this. Looks like a tough year ahead for the Islanders.

@ShutterSpeak 7 ай бұрын

Every year is a tough year for the Islanders in the last decade or so... lol

@paavn1957 7 ай бұрын

Thank you, it works! It is a bit slow on the Z7 with raw

@ShutterSpeak 7 ай бұрын

Awesome - thank you for watching and letting me know it worked for you. I have noticed the Z7 is a bit slow - but it works!

@bynumoil9615 4 ай бұрын

THANKS JOE~ BEEN TRYING TO GET THIS FIGURED OUT. WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE WITH NX TETHER?????

@ShutterSpeak 4 ай бұрын

With Tether you can control the camera settings - this is just wireless downloading/

@waltoncreative5569 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for this step by step guide. Just what I needed. Do you know if there is a way to do the same thing for images that have already been taken? I just want to wirelessly connect the camera to my Mac and download the images. Everything I have read seems to only be for photos taken after the camera is connected, so not much use for photos already taken. Any ideas?

@jillashby6966 2 ай бұрын

Thank you, excited to use this in the studio. Never knew about it! I understand from your video that if you don’t select “delete after upload” the images will also remain on the card. Is that correct? That would be excellent as I cannot get this to happen if I use LR tethering. Thanks again

@duanehakala1064 7 ай бұрын

Was unaware of this utility

@ShutterSpeak 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching

@peteralessandriaphotography 5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@ShutterSpeak 5 ай бұрын

Anytime :-)

@rcl99tlr65 5 ай бұрын

thank you for making this video...I can't get the adhoc to work properly...I go through the setup and at the point where the camera is running the http server, I can't see the adhoc network broadcasting from the camera...I can't connect my phone to it...can you help? I'm using the WT-5A on the nikon D4

@raysanders332 2 ай бұрын

I have gotten it to work a couple times but it seems to be inconsistent. I can get it to connect via the wireless transmitter utility, but the NX Tether will not always connect to the camera.

@FatElmoCanoo 7 ай бұрын

Never knew. Thanks.

@ShutterSpeak 7 ай бұрын

You’re welcome 😊

@dwv1900 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for video. Note that the Shure MV7 is an end-address microphone.

@ShutterSpeak 7 ай бұрын

Yup - I know... you are definitely correct.

@raysanders332 2 ай бұрын

Do you have a video of the z8 connection directly to PC wirelessly

@kathleenpotter9842 2 ай бұрын

I've gone around in circles. Your presentation is wonderful, but I'm trying to connect my Nikon P900. Can't seem to do that. Is it possible?

@tybintw 5 ай бұрын

Hello Joe. Thank you very much for that information. At 6:07 of this video, the icon at the left side of the wireless network name "ShutterSpeak", it shows that it is 2.4GHz band. But at 7:51 of this video, after paring between the Z 9 and "Wireless Transmitter Utility", for the network profile "Z9_WLAN1", the icon at the lower right corner shows that the profile "Z9_WLAN1" is 5GHz band, instead of 2.4GHz band. How that comes? Why it is 2.4GHz band in the 6:07, but becomes to 5GHz band at 7:51? How to set Nikon Z 8/Z 9 to connect Wi-Fi 5GHz band instead of 2.4GHz band? I set my Z 8(I think that Z 8 is almost like the Z 9.) to connect to Nikon software "Wireless Transmitter Utility" in the Windows computer. I can sure that both Z 8 and my wireless router has 5GHz band. But in the "Search for Wi-Fi network" of Z 8(the screen at 5:59 of this video), it cannot show any SSID of 5GHz band.

@raysanders332 2 ай бұрын

First, how do I delete the profiles in the camera for the wifi setup? Second, will this work with the 5ghz connection?

@TheMobilePhotographer 2 ай бұрын

If i want to transfer the previously taken pics automatically. Is there any option via this method

@UNNIKRISHNANPM172 6 ай бұрын

Hi Joseph, I did all the steps that you mentioned in the video, but I am not able to view any camera listed in the Nikon Wireless Transmitter Utility application (7:05 in the video). What could be the reason?

@PeterKiska 6 ай бұрын

I´ve got the same issue.

@fuzzymachinist Ай бұрын

I have the same problem. My setup is my PC(Win 10) is wired to the router and I was trying to connect my camera(Z7ii) to my wifi, and when I would reopen WTU on my pc after connecting to my wifi on the camera it would never show my camera. I can't try updating my router at the moment, other users in the house, maybe that could be the issue. Edit: I did find a work around, not great but it does work. Its basically a direct connection but maintains network access on PC to save pics to a NAS or online share, in Windows settings> network> mobile hotspot and enable it, then I restarted the whole process on the camera for the umteenth time connecting to my PCs hotspot and the camera shows up correctly and sends pics. The obvious downside is the range vs a real router, using 2.4ghz helps some. I will try rebooting/updating my router when I can to see if that was the issue but at least that hodgepodge solution works.

@kevinleague 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video. Quick question, do you have to download all the images from the camera or is there a way to select which images you want to import to the computer??

@ShutterSpeak 4 ай бұрын

You get them all - there is no way to select.

@imagemaker73 6 ай бұрын

Hello Joe - Thank you for posting this video. Using the wireless transfer utility will be a much better workflow than having a runner/editor download cards during the events I cover. Two Questions For the events that need to be edited live, I use two Z9s and a ZF. 1) Is the wireless transfer utility able to connect to multiple cameras at once? The locations that I'm typically working in don't have wifi networks. I'll need to bring my own router. 2) Can you (or anyone) recommend a good/powerful portable router? Thanks, Chris

@ShutterSpeak 6 ай бұрын

I've never tried two at once but I don't think it should matter. The control comes from the computer so I think it should work fine. as for a router, I would consider this... amzn.to/3vhSV6h

@lalotorres3444 6 ай бұрын

when i got my camera like 5 months ago (nikon d300s) the guy who sold it to me gave me a wireless transmitter 4 (WT4) and i wan to know how to use it, also he gave me a router and other stuf, can you help me Joe?

@knottygiraffe 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for posting this, sadly, I still can't get it to work on my Z6ii or if it did, have no idea where the photos went to in my computer.

@ShutterSpeak 5 ай бұрын

You set the destination folder when you install the software.

@johngoodrow9057 Ай бұрын

I have tried this but the utility never detects my Nikon Z5

@devo5566 2 ай бұрын

Hi I followed every step 5-10 times and my Z8 connection screen stays white and never turns green Bottom right is blue with the wifi showing but under the network name reads “ connecting to computer” and it never actually connects. Any advice?

@pickandstitch 3 ай бұрын

Very helpful but can I wirelessly transfer videos too? I've got a Zfc

@ShutterSpeak 3 ай бұрын

Sadly no

@RetroGabi 5 ай бұрын

If I start the transfer utility program,its always shows the same start side,never shows that window where I could see my camera....WHY?

@GonoszKismalaC 5 ай бұрын

Hi, how to do it with D850? There is no 'Create new profile' option

@fpeezdoo9859 2 ай бұрын

It seems that D850 needs a WT-7 transmitter even though it does have the built-in Wi-Fi :(

@ngaimingyee2970 2 ай бұрын

Does using this wireless transmitter utility require that the camera and laptop be within range of a wifi router? I'd like to do a photoshoot in a large park that would not have any WiFi hotspot or WiFi router nearby, so could this utility still allow me to monitor my images as I'm shooting with a model in the open space?

@ShutterSpeak 2 ай бұрын

You need wifi

@karinandlarryathome8711 5 ай бұрын

Rather than photos automatically uploading from my Z8 to my computer, is it possible to manually select the photos I want to upload? It appears this program uploads (transfers) all photos on the Z8 and you would not be able to select individual photos. Said another way, I don't want all photos transferrred, I want to select which photos I transfer.

@ShutterSpeak 5 ай бұрын

It does them all.

@judilecompte9377 7 ай бұрын

Would you consider this wireless tethering?

@ShutterSpeak 7 ай бұрын

Yes and no - there is no camera control... just image transferring.

@jim7953 16 күн бұрын

If you on location how would this software help

@ShutterSpeak 16 күн бұрын

You could simply bring a cheap wi-fi router with you to use.

@CrustyTOOTS 6 ай бұрын

Can I transfer picture that have been already taken ? Struggling with that

@ShutterSpeak 6 ай бұрын

It doesn't really work that way

@CrustyTOOTS 6 ай бұрын

@@ShutterSpeak wow , that makes that highly useless for field photographers.

@ShutterSpeak 6 ай бұрын

@@CrustyTOOTS It has its use cases - that isn't one of them.

@user-hg6wg8et7e 4 ай бұрын

Nikon and this wireless technology is disappointing. I was excited! I saw the green for about 30 seconds before my Mac severed the link. Now, I can't seem to reconnect. I selected images to upload, auto-upload, it created the folders, but yet it just won't seem to work. I've only had success with Apple phones (smart device wireless download)--Android Galaxy S22 doesn't like this feature either. Even then it's clunky, and sluggish, at least for the Z7. Seems like such an oversight on Nikon. Thank you for this video though.

@nancycarrano2071 7 күн бұрын

Hi Joe! I'm super frustrated. Hoping you can help because Nikon support is useless. I can't find anyone there who knows anything about this. I have a brand new z6iii and I've gotten as far as the first pass on the wireless utility but when I go back in to pair it to the camera - NOTHING. It goes back through the same few steps as the first pass, if that makes sense. Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong? Thanks!

@ShutterSpeak 7 күн бұрын

Did you get to the point where you enter your PIN from the camera?

@nancycarrano2071 7 күн бұрын

@@ShutterSpeak No. I can get my camera connected to wifi and then is say "connecting to computer" but it does nothing and when I open the utility, it takes me back to the original steps.

@nancycarrano2071 7 күн бұрын

@@ShutterSpeak Nope. Can't get that far. The computer doesn't see the camera even though they are both connected to the same wifi.

@ShutterSpeak 5 күн бұрын

@@nancycarrano2071 Mkae sure you are not on a guest network or public wifi.

@nancycarrano2071 5 күн бұрын

@@ShutterSpeak Thanks for chiming in. I'm on my private home network :/ I finally got the issue escalated with Nikon support, but they still don't have an answer or solution. They suspect that the WTU hasn't been fully integrated with the new z6III model yet, but I'm not buying it - so frustrating.

@Dirkx66 6 ай бұрын

If only I could get this in Lightroom directly........

@MarkW-CNY 5 ай бұрын

You can configure a watched folder in Lightroom Classic. Just set it to watch the same folder that you are transferring to.

@isoawe1888 7 ай бұрын

I’ll go check out this utility, but my experience with Nikon software has been a clunky, non-useful utility

@ShutterSpeak 7 ай бұрын

It does exactly what it says it does - wirelessly transfers images. But I do hear what you are saying and do not disagree.

@MarkW-CNY 5 ай бұрын

Clunky is an understatement. I was hoping for something faster (or at least with less clutter on the camera) than my CamRanger which is pretty easy. Just turn it on and join the network it creates then open and configure the software. I finally got it to work but RAW transfer is sloooooow.