Post by: DaNewb on September 05, 2024, 08:21:11 PM
You don't need a special SDCard reader for your phone to check your cams in the field.
You just need the right cable!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CMLB6PZH?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1 (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CMLB6PZH?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1)
One of my kids hooked me up so that all I have to do is walk up to my cameras, plug one end of the cable into my phone (USB-C) and the other into my camera (Micro-USB) and I can access the SDCard and view and manage all the files on the camera using the phones File Manager app.
I don't even have to shut the camera off or pull the card, just plug in and go! Super easy! No special card reader attachment...just a $5 cable.
I'm using a hand-me-down phone with no service and cheap Tasco and Bushnell cameras, nothing fancy in the hardware other than having micro-usb ports which I think is pretty standard on most cameras.
If you don't have a file manager app on your phone already, install one. Also, at first my phone wouldn't open the *.AVI video files with it's default video player so I did have to install a video player app compatible with that file format but other than that it was super easy to get up and running.
I hope someone finds this useful!