It’s always nice to be able to tether your camera to the computer, but being wired sucks.  Howabout wireless tethering for only $50? Now that’s what I’m talking about!

Peter Tsai has come up with a really clever–and simple–method of wirelessly tethering his Nikon D300 to his computer without shelling out for the $700 Nikon WT-4 transmitter.

Using a few pieces of equipment, most notibly a pair of CablesUnlimited Wireless USB dongles, one on the computer, one on the camera of course, he’s able to simulate a physical USB connection via Certified USB Wireless.  Within reasonable proximity to the receiver, the transfer speeds are way beyond normal Wi-Fi.  Best of all, a pair of these are only $50!

The downside is, these adapters do require an external power supply via AC adapter, however Peter’s rigged up an AAAx4 power pack that’s been soldered in.  A small price to pay for wireless connectivity to your comuter on the cheap!

If any of you have given this a shot–or a similar wireless tethering–leave some comments on your opinions and thoughts.  I’ll be getting around to trying this with my Canon somewhat soon hopefully, I’d like to think it will work on most cameras that mount via USB.

[Petek via Gizmodo via Wired]