WiFi of HX30V mac/iPad transfer

So I just bought a brand new HX30V. Just for the record, I didn't want to. While I don't know that it's probably a very good camera, my choice is for the HX20V. However, for some reason any, that I could not understand, it is not sold to the Canada, and of course Sony Canada won't give you any warranty if you buy the HX20V outside the Canada. So I opted for the HX30V, which is substantially the same, except that it is more expensive and offers this feature "WiFi". From what I have read on the web and in the various descriptions (probably I should have done more), it sounded as if it was an easy way to transfer your photos from your camera to your computer via WiFi. Cool, isn't? Well, sort of. What they don't tell you beforehand is that WiFi connectivity works for the transfer of files using clean room of Sony software, PlayMemories Home, which is only available for Windows. If you have a Mac, as I do, well, never mind. In the box of the camera in the Mac section there is a link (http://www.sony.co.jp/imsoft/Mac/) with '[...] requirements to download the software of operation", and what you said is that you are supposed to use iPhoto or iMovie - and this is of course just for USB connectivity. So, OK, no transfer to the computer. Heck. However, there is what we call "PlayMemories Mobile", which is available for iPhone/iPad (Yes, I have those too), and that is supposed to offer the same kind of functionality, sort of. Well, that would be better than nothing, I tell myself. Download the app (thank God it's free...) and I try to connect. It is primarily intended to leaving your device to act like a WiFi access point that you need and then to put in place on your iDevice - which means that you cannot be connected to your WLAN home and your camera at the same time. I would have thought that it would be easy to have just the camera connect to the WLAN and run a database server to share its photo library, so it can be accessed by the iApp, but apparently not, so it hogs your WiFi connection. Well, even once, somehow. In fact when I set up the access point on my iPad (same for iPhone) I received a message on the camera which indicates "the impossible target device connection. At the same time, the iApp was too reports an error. Tried a few times to set up the access point again, in different sequences, just rebooted, not better. Then I came across a thread on a web forum that says it would work despite the error displayed on the camera. Well, I tried again, the error was still displayed on the camera, but well, the iDevice was able to connect to the network and "Joy!" it worked. 'The joy' with big quotes. OK, you can see your photos, but only resized versions of them, so you cannot zoom fully you can on the camera. Also, no video, cannot transfer, you don't even see on in the iApp if you share only a single video file on your camera then the iApp will say 'No content' or something like that.

So to summarize, through not to sell the HX20V to Canada, Sony "forced" me to buy the HX30V, or actually forced me to spend more money on a product that, through its defective or improperly applied 'extra features', does not add any functionality that whether at the camera I wanted to buy in the first place.
Still, I'm not criticizing the camera itself, which I hope it will live up to my expectations. But I * criticize false advertising, terrible implementation choices, bad support, bad software and the flagrant lack of care for Mac users.
Thumbs down to the big time.

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Welcome to the Forums of Discussion of the user.
Thank you for your sincere review and comment.
We will forward your comments and your comment about the DSC-HX30V to our digital imaging team about what is available at the Canada, us we will also ensure that your message is seen by marketing as well.

Glad you enjoy the camera. as for what's available for your mac. This link will give you a "one-stop shop' with links to what you can use. http://support.d-Imaging.Sony.co.jp/imsoft/Mac/us.html

If you need assistance with transfer we have this procedure step by step to get help from your camera with the Apple software.

iMovie
http://www.KB.Sony.com/selfservice/docu... d = C1017036

iPhoto
http://www.KB.Sony.com/selfservice/docu... d = C1024864

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