Camera upload · for wedding photographers
Upload photos from your camera straight to your client's gallery
Turn on camera upload for a gallery, type three details into your camera's FTP transfer settings, and photos go into the gallery while you shoot. No laptop, no card reader.
Your camera
FTP transfer on
Wi-Fi or phone hotspot
at the venue
- Riya & Kabir
Client's phone
their gallery
How it works
Three details in your camera. That's the setup.
- 1
Switch on camera upload for the gallery
Add a camera, give it a name and pick where its photos go. You get a server, a 6-letter username and an 8-letter password.
- 2
Type them into your camera's FTP settings
Once per camera: the server, the username and the password, with passive mode and auto-transfer on. The app shows the menu steps for Canon, Sony and Fujifilm.
- Server
- upload.lenspilot.in
- User
- ry4kmx
- Password
- h7dq-x3ne
- 3
Shoot
Each photo goes into the gallery while you shoot, with previews and your watermark (if you use one), the same as any upload. Your card still keeps every file.
Your camera needs internet at the venue
It joins the venue's Wi-Fi or your phone's hotspot and sends each photo through it. Every file uses that data, so JPEG only is the light setting.
When does your client see them?
Photos land in the gallery while you shoot. Your client sees them once you've published the gallery and shared its link with them. Until then, only you can.
Several cameras, one gallery
Set up each camera the way the shoot needs
Up to 10 cameras per gallery
Lead, second shooter, video. Each camera gets its own login and its own on/off switch.
Its own section
Send one camera to Candid, another to Traditional, and the video body to Videos.
Photos, videos or both
Videos must be MP4 or MOV, up to 8 GB a clip, and count toward your plan's video share like any video upload. Over a phone hotspot, keep video bodies on photos only unless you need the clips.
JPEG only, or JPEG + RAW
JPEG only is the default: RAW files are skipped and not stored. RAW is on paid plans: with JPEG + RAW, each RAW is kept beside its JPEG for you to download. It counts toward your storage, and your client never gets it.
One timeline from every camera
Photos are put in order by when they were taken, so set every camera's clock to the same time.
Like any other upload
Photos up to 200 MB each get previews, your watermark and, when guest delivery is on for the shoot, face matching for guests.
If the connection drops
Signal drops? No half photos.
A photo that didn't finish sending is thrown away, so the gallery never shows half a photo. When the camera sends it again, it shows up once, not twice.
Security
Upload-only, and it switches itself off
- Each camera gets its own login that can only upload into that one gallery. It can't download, delete or see anything.
- A login switches itself off 3 days after the shoot's last day. Switch it on again if a card needs sending later.
- Switch a camera off or change its password any time. Repeated wrong passwords are slowed down.
- Use FTPS or SFTP where your camera offers it, so the photos travel encrypted.
Cameras
Which cameras?
Cameras with built-in FTP transfer. Many professional bodies can send files to an FTP server on their own, for example:
- Canon EOS R-series bodies with FTP transfer, e.g. the EOS R5 Mark II.
- Sony Alpha bodies with FTP transfer, e.g. the α1 and the α9 III.
- Fujifilm X-H2 and X-H2S with Fujifilm's FT-XH file transmitter grip.
Not sure? Look for "FTP transfer" in your camera's network menu, and check your camera's manual.
Beta. Camera upload is new and in beta. We're still testing camera bodies, so check your camera's manual before the shoot and try one frame at the venue.
Questions
Camera upload, answered
Does it need internet at the venue?
Yes. The camera joins the venue's Wi-Fi or your phone's hotspot and sends each photo through it. Every file uses that data, so JPEG only is the light setting.
When does my client see the photos?
Photos land in the gallery while you shoot. Your client sees them once you've published the gallery and shared its link with them.
JPEG or RAW?
JPEG only is the default: RAW files the camera sends are skipped and never stored. On a paid plan, choose JPEG + RAW for a camera and each RAW is kept beside its JPEG for you to download. Your client never gets the RAW, and it counts toward your storage. A RAW that arrives without its JPEG isn't kept.
How many cameras can send to one gallery?
Up to 10. Each has its own login and can send to its own section. Set every camera's clock to the same time so the gallery reads in order.
What if the connection drops mid-photo?
A file that didn't finish is thrown away, so the gallery never shows half a photo. When the camera sends it again, it shows up once, not twice.
Is it safe to type a short password into a camera?
Each camera gets its own login that can only upload into that one gallery. It can't download or delete anything. Logins switch themselves off 3 days after the shoot, you can switch one off or change its password any time, and repeated wrong passwords are slowed down.
Which plans have it?
Every plan, including the free month. RAW files are kept on paid plans only. Camera files count toward your plan's storage like any upload. If your plan runs out, camera files stop being saved until you renew.
Can the camera send videos?
Yes, MP4 or MOV up to 8 GB a clip, into the same gallery. Large clips take a long time over a phone hotspot, so you can set a camera to send photos only.
Which cameras work?
Cameras with built-in FTP transfer, for example the Canon EOS R5 Mark II, the Sony α1 and α9 III, and the Fujifilm X-H2 or X-H2S with the FT-XH file transmitter grip. We're still testing camera bodies, so check your camera's manual.
Try it on your next shoot
Every plan, including the free month. Prices are on the pricing page.