PRESS KIT / CAMERA TO ANYWHERE

Camera to Anywhere press kit

Camera to Anywhere sends each photo or video from a camera, iPhone or iPad to every destination a job needs, and confirms that each copy arrived. Everything a writer needs is on this page: the facts, the images, the story, and how to reach the developer.

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WHAT IT DOES

One send from the camera. A verified copy everywhere the job needs it.

Most professional cameras have an FTP setting. It was built to reach one server. Camera to Anywhere gives the camera one address to send to. After that, the photographer decides, job by job, where each frame and clip goes next.

The camera sends each file over the internet with FTP, FTPS or SFTP, using venue Wi-Fi, a phone hotspot or a router in the bag. No laptop or card reader sits in the middle. Camera to Anywhere confirms that the file arrived intact, then sends an independent copy to each destination on the list. Each destination returns its own receipt.

The camera never learns a Dropbox password or a Frame.io login. Each destination is connected once, with its own sign-in, in the web workspace. A failed copy can wait and retry without the camera sending the file again.

The iPhone and iPad app brings the camera roll into the same route. A user pairs the phone once, picks photos or video, and they upload in the background. The Mac app is a one-way destination: it writes verified files to a chosen folder, external SSD or mounted volume.

Camera to Anywhere holds a file only as long as the handoff takes. It keeps no archive. The archive is wherever the job sent the files.

Key features

  • One camera address, many destinations. One frame can reach an editor, a client gallery and an archive at the same moment.
  • Setup guides for 146 cameras. Each guide gives the exact FTP menu path from the manufacturer’s manual.
  • A receipt for every copy. Each destination confirms its copy, and a failed copy retries without a second send from the camera.
  • iPhone and iPad uploads. Photos and video from the camera roll join the same flow as every other camera.
  • Deliver to a Mac or a NAS. The Mac app and the NAS relay pull files over an outbound connection, so no inbound port is opened.
  • Team access. Contributors can send into a flow, and clients can view a private 30-day preview gallery, without the owner’s passwords.
  • Pay only for copies that arrive. 20 GB a month is free, and there is no automatic overage charge.

THE STORY

Built for the person who has to stay in the field.

Camera to Anywhere was built for correspondents who cover sports, concerts and live events for a team. On those jobs the designers work in Dropbox, the editors in Frame.io and the social team in Slack. All of them need the photographer’s content fast, and the photographer cannot leave the action to deliver it.

The usual answer is a laptop, a card reader and hotel Wi-Fi at midnight. Camera to Anywhere removes those steps. The camera, or the phone, sends once, and the frames reach each part of the team while the event is still going.

The developer, Leland Dutcher, is a working cinematographer and photographer. Camera to Anywhere is one of several tools he has built for problems he met on a shoot.

COPY AND PASTE

Boilerplate

Camera to Anywhere delivers photos and video from the field to every place a team needs them. A photographer enters one address in the camera's built-in FTP, FTPS or SFTP menu, or picks shots in the iPhone and iPad app. The service verifies each file and sends an independent copy to cloud storage, review tools, galleries, a NAS or a Mac folder. It is free for 20 GB a month.

ABOUT THE DEVELOPER

Leland Dutcher

Leland Dutcher is an independent cinematographer, photographer and creative technologist. He builds tools when no one else has shipped them yet, usually because he needed them on a shoot. His other software includes ClipLogger, Clip Sweeper, JuiceMount, Open Prompter, TuckBar and Sound Cache.

lelanddutcher.com

DOWNLOADABLE ASSETS

Flow builder images, logos, app icon and product images

All files are free to use in coverage of Camera to Anywhere. Flow builder images are rendered from the interactive demo and its sample workspace. Product images are rendered from this website at 2×.

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The flow builder

App icon and logos

Product images

Use the ink logo on light backgrounds and the white logo on dark ones. Please do not stretch, recolor or redraw the logo. Need another format or a specific shot? Email hello@cameratoanywhere.com.

FAQ FOR WRITERS

Questions writers ask

How much does it cost?

The first 20 GB delivered each month are free. A one-time $10 purchase adds 40 GB of delivery credit that does not expire. There is no subscription. One frame sent to three destinations counts as three copies. A failed attempt costs nothing. When the free allowance and the credit run out, the next copy waits until the user chooses to top up. See pricing.

Does Camera to Anywhere keep my photos?

No. It holds a file long enough to copy it to each destination and to retry a failed copy. It keeps no archive; the destinations the user picked are the archive. See the privacy notice.

Which platforms does it run on?

Flows are set up in the web workspace in a browser. The iPhone and iPad app needs iOS 17.0 or later and is free on the App Store. The Mac app needs macOS 13.0 or later, runs on Apple silicon and Intel, and is a direct download for signed-in users.

Which cameras work?

Any camera that can send over FTP, FTPS or SFTP. The site documents the menu path for 146 cameras from Sony, Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, JVC, Fujifilm and Ricoh, each read from the manufacturer’s manual. Each guide says whether the camera has been tested on hardware. See the camera guides.

Which destinations work today?

Delivering now: Dropbox, Remote NAS, Google Drive, Frame.io, and a Mac folder through the Mac app. Dropbox and Frame.io still await the provider’s approval of the production app. Built and waiting on provider access or a final live test: Amazon S3 + Cloudflare R2, Microsoft OneDrive, Box, PhotoShelter, SmugMug, ShootProof, Slack. The integrations page lists the status of each one.

Does the camera need a manufacturer app or a laptop?

No. The camera sends each file directly over the internet with its built-in FTP setting. No manufacturer app, laptop or card reader sits in the middle.

PRESS CONTACT

Write to the developer directly.