How to charge your camera with your iPhone

Published over 1 year ago • 1 min read

Hello Reader,

When I got my new iPhone 15 Pro Max last week, I was eager to see how to incorporate the phone's new USB-C port into my photography workflow.

At first, I experimented with backing up my camera directly to a portable SSD, using the iPhone to manage the files and folders. I'll write more about that next week. In the meantime, I wanted to tell you about another unexpected discovery I haven't seen anyone else discuss.

I connected various Sony, Nikon, and Canon cameras to my phone during my experiments and discovered that most can be charged from the iPhone's internal battery, as long as you know how.

Very handy in an emergency!

If you forget to take a spare battery and run out of juice during your shoot, you could add enough charge to your camera from your phone to get you to the end of the day.

Here's how to do it: >> How to Charge Your Camera From Your iPhone

(And yes, I know I'm alienating Android users here. I'm sorry about that. I guess this works with some Android phones, but I can't be certain. If you try it, and it works, please leave a comment on the post.)

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Hope you all had a great weekend, wherever you are.

Dan

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