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Nikon hasn't yet figured out how WiFi works, let alone a REST API!

They're firmly stuck in the early 1990s in terms of system software.

It seems most of the newer cameras (Z6 iii, Z5 ii, Z50 ii) and the Z9 support „Wi-Fi STA“ mode, as Nikon calls it. All other models apparently only do „AP“ mode, where the camera turns into an access point - super annoying.

Curiously the Z8 (which is basically a Z9) and the Zf (which is basically a Z6 iii) don’t support STA.

AP mode ought to be faster and more reliable because the camera sends the signal directly to the receiving device instead of an external AP rebroadcasting it and halving the available bandwidth.

The problem is with the software. It disconnects and sends data incredibly slowly, orders of magnitude slower than what the hardware is capable of.

I‘d happily use STA, even if equally bad, simply so my phone doesn‘t drop its internet connection.

Transferring from my D7500 has to crash once the fist time every time when transferring over WiFi before it works. They said they knew about the bug like 5 years ago so I don’t think they are working on it.

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