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Dchapman457

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I just recently bought a used in good condition D3 my questions is what are my choices to get wifi on the D3? Thanks

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Adam

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I think you'd need the WT-4A:

 

http://www.bhphotovi...ransmitter.html



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Pretty pricey.

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Pretty pricey.

 

Yes it is and it doesn't even come with a battery. 



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Do you just want an eye-fi card, to download images?  Or a wireless remote to fire the shutter?  



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I played about with a Toshiba wifi card, but wasn't very impressed, the card is slow and the wifi is even slower.

I now use dslrcontroller.com. The unit is the same one as camlink, but this way, you flash the unit yourself, and save a LOT of money. My son 3D printed a hotshoe carrier for the unit.

Overall, I very rarely use a wifi link, even the fast ones seem slow, easier to take the card out and put it into an iPad, or plug an hdmi monitor into the camera.

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Merco_61

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One thing to remember about the Eye-Fi cards in a pro body is that they don't work that well when surrounded by metal. A used WT-4 or WT-4a is probably your best bet. The D3 can use either.

Which of the three usages for WiFi is it you are after? File transfer, tethering or just a wireless radio remote? IMO, the only one worth the hassle is tethering. For file transfer, a card reader makes more sense and a cheap and cheerful ebay or aliexpress radio remote works well for controlling the shutter only.



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Also, I don't see any compact flash wifi cards.  I don't see an infrared remote that works with the D3, might need to use a cable.



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Eye-Fi make an adapter to use their SD cards in a CF camera. It does work, sort-of, but not well in the D700 and D3.

There is no IR remote for the D3, but there are adapters to use flash remotes to trigger via the 10-pin connector.

JJC, YouPro and several others make radio triggers for the pro Nikons.