Monday, September 20, 2004
Picture Transfer Protocol over IP
Posted by Suhit Gupta in "NEWS" @ 03:00 PM
"Nikon Corporation is pleased to announce the implementation of PTP/IP (Picture Transfer Protocol over Internet Protocol) - developed by FotoNation Inc. - as a new computer interface for more convenient image data transfer from digital cameras. Based on the current ubiquitous PTP technology (ISO 15740), which up until now has been limited to the USB transmission, it enables communication between a digital camera and a PC via wireless LAN."
Nikon will be implementing PTP/IP in coming products, and will thus be pioneering the way for digital camera communication technology. The collaboration involves Nikon, FotoNation and Microsoft commercializing and enhancing this technology, whose further refinements for professional use will be released soon. The technology will be also applied to products for general consumers in the near future. The press release linked here will also provides some background into the development of PTP/IP. Of course they say "near future" which makes me think that it won't be something released this year, although we can hope.
Nikon will be implementing PTP/IP in coming products, and will thus be pioneering the way for digital camera communication technology. The collaboration involves Nikon, FotoNation and Microsoft commercializing and enhancing this technology, whose further refinements for professional use will be released soon. The technology will be also applied to products for general consumers in the near future. The press release linked here will also provides some background into the development of PTP/IP. Of course they say "near future" which makes me think that it won't be something released this year, although we can hope.
