Does my camera support this?

If it can transfer over a network to an FTP-style destination, very likely. The setup carries a model registry across the major makes and picks the right protocol per body — several support FTPS but not SFTP, and a few only transfer over Ethernet rather than Wi-Fi.

Transfers are encrypted — plain FTP is refused outright on both the control and data channels. Credentials are minted per event, not per account, and expire on their own, so a session left on a rented body cannot reach anything later.

What happens to my RAW files?

They are stored as download-only originals and are never decoded on a device. The JPEG alongside them is what appears in the gallery and what gets indexed.

What if the camera drops off mid-event?

The live monitor flags it after about two minutes of silence, which is the point of the monitor — a Wi-Fi drop is silent on the camera itself and you would otherwise find out at the end of the night.

For photographers

Connect camera — the gallery fills while you shoot

The camera pushes over FTPS or SFTP to a credential minted for one event and expiring on its own. No cables, no card readers, no laptop.

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A photographer shooting with a professional mirrorless camera at an event

The gap between the last frame and the first delivery is where a lot of a photographer's reputation is decided, and most of that gap is logistics: get home, find the reader, copy the card, wait.

A body that can transfer over the network sends straight into the event instead. You generate a session for the event, put those details into the camera's transfer settings, and shoot. Guests watching the gallery see the ceremony while the reception is still running — and a live monitor tells you if the camera has gone quiet, which is the failure you actually need to catch on the day.

Operate it

The real control, and the only one there is: the transport a session resolves to. Nothing about your body is guessed at.

Straight off the body, while the reception runs.

The camera sends into the event as you shoot. Force a transport if the venue’s network has other ideas.

From

The body on the floor

Shooting the reception

Over

Encrypted, always

Into

The event gallery

While the reception runs

The registry picks the transport your body actually speaks, and the session resolves to a concrete one.

The default, and right for almost everyone.

Seven camera makes are supported. There is no plain-FTP path — every session is encrypted.

The InstantPix camera registry, listing supported makes and how many models each carries — The camera registry — the makes carried, and the transport each body speaks.

How it works

01Start a session on the eventIt mints credentials scoped to that one event, with an expiry.
02Enter them on the cameraWhichever of FTPS or SFTP your body supports — the setup picks the right one for the model.
03ShootFrames arrive as the camera sends them. RAW files ride along as download-only originals.
04Watch the monitorRecent frames and a warning if nothing has arrived for a couple of minutes.

At a glance

Protocols: FTPS and SFTP — plain FTP refused
Session life: 12 hours, extending as you shoot
Bodies: Canon, Sony, Nikon, Fujifilm, Panasonic and more
Accepted: JPG/PNG/HEIC/WEBP/GIF, MP4/MOV, plus RAW
Drop alert: After ~2 minutes of silence

Availability

In early access — it appears on your events once it is on for your studio.

The InstantPix event screen, showing indexing progress, the join code and the gallery address — The event screen — indexing, the join code, and the address the gallery answers on.

Questions

Does my camera support this?: If it can transfer over a network to an FTP-style destination, very likely. The setup carries a model registry across the major makes and picks the right protocol per body — several support FTPS but not SFTP, and a few only transfer over Ethernet rather than Wi-Fi.
Is it secure?: Transfers are encrypted — plain FTP is refused outright on both the control and data channels. Credentials are minted per event, not per account, and expire on their own, so a session left on a rented body cannot reach anything later.
What happens to my RAW files?: They are stored as download-only originals and are never decoded on a device. The JPEG alongside them is what appears in the gallery and what gets indexed.
What if the camera drops off mid-event?: The live monitor flags it after about two minutes of silence, which is the point of the monitor — a Wi-Fi drop is silent on the camera itself and you would otherwise find out at the end of the night.

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