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[brotell1950]

hi all i was looking to get a miops for my d3400 but due to the fact it dosnt have a remote cable port this is not possible.

What are my options to get and use a trigger for the d3400.

 

Regards

terry

[ScottinPollock]

I believe your only option is your phone via SnapBridge.

[Merco_61]

As the D3400 doesn't have WiFi, Snapbridge remote control functions are disabled. An ML-L3 infrared is the only way AFAIK.

[ScottinPollock]

It works with SnapBridge over BlueTooth.
 
I remember something about the removal of the infraRed receiver from this camera... turns out it was just the one on the back. So the ML-L3 will also work, provided you can point it at the front of the camera

[Merco_61]

The control features of Snapbridge are not available with the D3400 according to this page.

SnapBridge App | Share Your Photos Instantly On the Go | Nikon

 

Snapbridge over BT works for uploading photos but not much else, unfortunately.

[ScottinPollock]

I stand corrected.

Bluetooth is all that is necessary for shutter release (without liveView), and preferred over wifi to conserve power. And, the considerably higher bandwidth of wifi is much better suited for file transfer.

So Nikon decided to include BT, but use it only for file transfer? Wow! Just... wow!

[Merco_61]

So Nikon decided to include BT, but use it only for file transfer? Wow! Just... wow!

The stupidity and strangeness that is Nikon, at least for the entry-level models. It is a good thing for the future that Snapbridge seems to be a parenthesis in Nikon history.

[ScottinPollock]

The stupidity and strangeness that is Nikon, at least for the entry-level models. It is a good thing for the future that Snapbridge seems to be a parenthesis in Nikon history.

Unfortunately, it isn't just SnapBridge. I remember buying what I think was Nikon's first WiFi enabled camera, a nifty little shirt pocketable P&S. On OS X it required an app that used a proprietary kernel extension to communicate with the camera. 6 months later when the next version of OS X shipped (and changed the kext architecture) their app was dead in the water, and they never bothered to address the issue.

A proprietary kext to connect over 802.11g. Wow!

[Merco_61]

Nikon and software have always had a problematic relationship. I kept an old Digital Audio G4 running on MacOS 9 for years as a scanning station for the Coolscan 4000 ED until VueScan got Nikon firewire scanner support on OS X. NikonScan was never stable even on the OS X releases that were theoretically supported.

 

To get back on track, I have read somewhere that qDSLRDashboard on Android supports the D3400 wired. This might be worth exploring for the OP.

[brotell1950]

the arsenal camera assistant works with the d3400