Camera tethering

Camera tethering software — on your phone, not a laptop

Tethering has meant a laptop and a cable for 15 years. CloudTether is the tethering app that runs on the phone in your pocket: connect over USB or Wi-Fi and every shot is detected and delivered to the cloud the instant you press the shutter. Canon, Sony, Nikon, Fujifilm.

Free to start · Pro and Max when you're ready · iPhone, iPad, Android

Tethering software, reinvented as an app

Desktop tethering tools are built for on-screen review at a workstation. CloudTether is built for delivery — getting every frame off the camera and out to the world, hands-free, wherever you're shooting.

Desktop tethering

A laptop, a cable and software like Capture One or Lightroom — great for studio grading, tied to a workstation.

CloudTether

Your phone, no cable to a computer, and automatic delivery to the cloud or a client gallery as you shoot — anywhere.

How camera tethering works with CloudTether

1. Connect

Tether your camera to your phone over a USB cable, or join it over Wi-Fi (PTP/IP). CloudTether opens the session and watches for captures.

2. Shoot

Every shutter press is detected automatically and the full-resolution file — RAW or JPEG — is pulled across.

3. Deliver

Each frame uploads to your destination in real time, in the cloud within seconds of capture.

What you get

No laptop, no tether cart — the phone you already carry is the tether.

USB and Wi-Fi tethering in one app; pick per shoot.

Automatic delivery to Dropbox, Drive, SmugMug, ShootProof, FTP and more.

Works across Canon, Sony, Nikon and Fujifilm.

Real-time off-camera backup of every frame.

Uploads over mobile data — no venue Wi-Fi needed.

Camera tethering FAQ

What is the best camera tethering app?

For getting every shot off the camera and into the cloud as you shoot — from your phone, over USB or Wi-Fi, to the destinations you actually use — CloudTether is purpose-built for it, across Canon, Sony, Nikon and Fujifilm, on iOS and Android.

Is there tethering software that doesn't need a laptop?

Yes. Traditional tethering software (Capture One, Lightroom) runs on a computer. CloudTether is tethering software that runs on your phone or tablet, so the camera tethers to the device in your pocket and delivers photos to the cloud with no laptop involved.

Does camera tethering work over USB and Wi-Fi?

Both. CloudTether tethers over a USB cable for the fastest, most reliable link, or over the camera's Wi-Fi (PTP/IP) when you'd rather go cable-free. You choose per shoot.

Which cameras does it tether?

Canon, Sony, Nikon and Fujifilm bodies that support USB tethering (PTP) or Wi-Fi (PTP/IP) — most modern mirrorless and many recent DSLRs. Check your model on the cameras hub.

What does it do with the photos?

Every full-resolution frame — RAW or JPEG — is delivered to your chosen destination in real time: Dropbox, Google Drive, SmugMug, ShootProof, an FTP server, or your phone's library. On Pro, one shot fans out to several at once.

Leave the laptop at home

Tether your camera from your phone and deliver every shot to the cloud as you shoot. Free to start.