Nikon D500 vs CamRanger: “Failed to start movie recording. Invalid Status” Error Message

LAKE MARY, Florida July 18, 2018 — Over the past couple of weeks I’ve attempted to incorporated the CamRanger Wireless Camera Control device (CamRanger) into my video production work-flow without success. Eventhough the CamRanger  successfully connects to my Nikon D500 DSLR camera, it will not trigger the camera’s video recording mode. Instead, it presents me with “Failed to start movie recording. Invalid Status” error message.

For those of you who are not familiar with the CamRanger device. It is described by it’s founders Dave and Melissa Pawlowski on their website as follows:

CamRanger is a stand-alone device that connects to select Canon or Nikon DLSR cameras with a USB cable. It creates its own WiFi network that your device (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Android, or Mac or Windows computer) can then connect to. The free CamRanger app then enables control of the camera. There is no need for an existing Internet connection or other equipment.

Generally, my previous experience using the CamRanger has been successful when using it with a Nikon D800 and D4.

That is why I find it interesting, however also frustrating to experience the “Invalid Status” error message and of course the inability to enjoy the device as it was intended to be used.

I’ve contacted CamRanger support via email and received a prompt support from Dave.

We are currently attempting to trouble shoot the issue, which is why today I’ve produced a video recreating the error message.

Once posted, I hope the video sheds some light on the CamRanger “Invalid Status” issue for Dave and the YouTube community to review and hopefully come up with a solution,