AlphaFTP

AlphaFTP is a simple FTP server for photographers who want Sony Alpha cameras to transfer photos directly to an iPhone, iPad, or Mac.

Start the app, enter the username and password you want your camera to use, choose where uploads should go, and AlphaFTP listens on your local network. The app shows the Ethernet and Wi-Fi addresses your camera can connect to, along with the FTP port.

AlphaFTP can save received photos to a folder, import them into your Photos library, and display photos full-screen as you take them!

AlphaFTP is ideal for:
- Casual shooters who want to quickly transfer photos to their iOS, iPadOS, or MacOS device wirelessly
- Event photographers who want their photos backed up - as they take them
- Portrait photographers who want clients to be able to review the photos as they are taken without being tethered to a cable.

Features:

- Direct Sony Alpha camera-to-iOS FTP transfers
- Works with the device locked showing Live Activities with incoming photos
- Save photos to a folder
- Import uploads into the iOS Photos library
- Recent photo thumbnails on the main screen
- Live connection and upload activity
- View photos full-screen with EXIF data as they are received
- RAW, JPEG, and HEIF session counts
- Built-in Sony camera setup guide
- Optional sounds for camera connection and photo receipt
- Start the FTP server via Shortcuts
- No accounts, analytics, tracking, or external servers

AlphaFTP uses standard FTP and is intended for trusted local networks. Camera transfers happen directly between your camera and your iPhone, iPad, or Mac.


Supported cameras:
- Sony α1 II (ILCE-1M2)
- Sony α1 (ILCE-1)
- Sony α9 III (ILCE-9M3)
- Sony α9 II (ILCE-9M2)
- Sony α9 (ILCE-9)
- Requires camera firmware version 5.00 or later.
- Sony α7R VI (ILCE-7RM6)
- Sony α7R V (ILCE-7RM5)
- Sony α7R IV A (ILCE-7RM4A)
- Sony α7R IV (ILCE-7RM4)
- Sony α7R III A (ILCE-7RM3A)
- Sony α7R III (ILCE-7RM3)
- Sony α7S III (ILCE-7SM3)
- Sony α7 V (ILCE-7M5)
- Sony α7 IV (ILCE-7M4)
- Sony α7 III (ILCE-7M3)
- Sony α7CR (ILCE-7CR)
- Sony α7C II (ILCE-7CM2)
- Sony α7C (ILCE-7C)