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[Kickstand447]

Hello everyone,

I've been using Canon Power-shots (a-40 AND a-720) for the last 10 or so years.  I recently purchased a Nikon Coolpix S9700 because it was the only compact camera that provided a "grip" for me to hold onto when shooting.  I have limited sensation in my fingers and need to have a "purchase" on the camera body that (up to now) Canon Sure-Shot's provided so well. 

 

I'm very pleased with the "feel" of my new Nikon.  Although the Canonn provided more features than the Coolpix, the features that are present meet my needs.

 

I hope I have many years of good experience with the Nikon Coolpix.

 

Just as an aside, my first "serious" camera was a Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic that I acquired for a couple of photography courses (ca. 1974) I took at college.  I can't handle the weight of a DSLR (unfortunately) because of limitations with my hand and so need to use "mass-market" compact cameras.

 

I will post (in a second posting) a question about the wi-fi on the Coolpix. I couldn't find the answer in the online manual or on the "quick start" guide that came with the camera.

 

Regards,

Michele (kickstand447)

[Brian]

Welcome aboard, look forward to seeing some photos with the Coolpix.

 

I think a number of us on the forum started out with classic SLR's of the 60s and 70s. I use the Pentax 50/1.4 originally from the Spotmatic on a Leica Rangefinder, modified it myself.

[Kickstand447]

I was hoping to start a new topic with my question, but see that I can't.  So I will ask it here.

 

I cannot get my Coolpix S9700 wi-fi to connect to my smart device (in this case, my Samsung  smartphone). 

 

I have an SD card in the camera's slot. It tries to make the connection to the device, but never does. After 3 (?) minutes it times out with no connections made. 

 

The one thing I noticed is that the Password field of my Wi-fi Settings is blank.  And I can find no way to enter a password anywhere on the camera's setting.  Perhaps this is what the problem is? No password?

 

This YouTube video makes it look seamless.  But I can't get it to work.  I've reset ALL the options on the camera to the Factory Default several times. 

 

While wi-fi isn't essential for my use, I can see some advantages. 

Does anyone have any solutions?

 

TIA

Michele (Kickstand447)

[deano]

welcome aboard Kickstand447.

 

I too have wifi on my D750 but have not tried to hook it up yet, so no help here.