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smartphone will make an “I’ve connected with you!” sound. At that point
you can separate the two devices (up to about 10m / 33ft) while the image
transfers via Wi-Fi. And then you’ll see the image in Figure 4-6 after just
a few seconds.

4.4 NOW WHAT?

I have a few favorite uses for this capability:

4.4.1 SEND (RESIZED) IMAGES TO YOUR SMARTPHONE FOR
SOCIAL MEDIA
When I’m on vacation, and I take a great photo with my awesome good
camera, I can share it on Facebook almost immediately. Using Wi-Fi (and
optionally, the NFC feature to make the process faster) I can transfer a
downsized version of the image to my smartphone and have my phone
upload it from there using its data connection.

(Why upload a smaller version to Facebook? Because computer screens
need far, far fewer pixels than printing or enlarging. So 24 MP are a great
thing if you want to make big enlargements to hang on your wall. But it’s
overkill for social media or viewing on a screen.)

Here’s how to do it, step-by-step:
If your phone has NFC:

1) Playback your images on the back of your phone, and stop when you
see an image you want to share.
2) Touch the side of the camera with the “N” logo to the back of the
phone until you hear the “I found you!” sound and see PlayMemories
Mobile app start.
3) Watch in awe as your image automatically transfers over.
4) Once the transfer is finished, exit the app. The image(s) you just
transferred can be found in your usual pictures directory with whatever
picture browsing app you usually use. (Don’t you love instructions that
are extremely specific?) On my Android phone, I use the Gallery app,
and it’s in a subdirectory called “PlayMemories Mobile”.

If your phone doesn’t have NFC: