wireless sd card [Archive] - Talk Photography

david1701

28-02-2009, 22:47

Just came across this, it uploads directly to pc or internet when in your wireless network with the camera on. Might be worth a look for someone, I don't like the idea much tbh though.
http://www.eye.fi/overview/

hepburn

28-02-2009, 23:28

bet it's not cheap... :(

ThePitwall

28-02-2009, 23:35

$129, Ive been trying to get hold of one in the Uk for a couple of months.

Syx

01-03-2009, 00:27

Seems a bit pricey considering all it saves me doing is taking the card from the camera and putting it in my reader?

Paul-H

01-03-2009, 07:40

And the reader will be a lot quicker than the wireless will be

tdodd

01-03-2009, 07:55

Seems a bit pricey considering all it saves me doing is taking the card from the camera and putting it in my reader?

And the reader will be a lot quicker than the wireless will be

I think you may be missing the point of the card. The benefit would be in shooting, say in a studio type situation (portraits, products, cars, whatever), and having images pop up on your computer a few seconds later for review on a proper screen, either by you, your model, your assistant or a client. I'm not sure what the range is like compared to a full OEM product, but a wedding tog or event tog could be firing away and have his/her assistant collating/tweaking/printing ready for fast display or sale. A sports shooter might have an assistant grabbing images hot off the camera and firing them off to a picture agency. I think there are plenty of potential uses for real time wireless transfer of images from a camera. It is not intended as a slow and expensive way to batch transfer from the camera at the end of a shoot.

Compared to the price of a proper wireless attachment - around £500+ for Canon cameras (I have one) - it seems good value, if somewhat under featured by comparison.

I sometimes use mine for bird photography in the back garden. I can shoot away, in raw, and when I return to my laptop the files are already there waiting for me. Mine, being the full monty from Canon, also give me remote wireless control of the camera, like tethered shooting but without the wires. That's quite nice for shooting in unpleasant conditions (freezing cold or rain) or from an awkward angle where you can leave the camera on a tripod and retire to a comfortable position to take your shots. I can even control my camera from over the internet, but of course that's with the Canon wireless grip, not the Eye-Fi.

DavidMarq

01-03-2009, 08:52

The biggest limitation for me would be the inability to upload RAW for processing, if they fixed that I would be more interested as the price is quite reasonable.

Syx

01-03-2009, 11:27

I think you may be missing the point of the card.
Totally right - I missed the studio usage point entirely (where it would be very useful!). As you can tell from my post I only considered what I would do with it - which is when I walk in my front door the photos would automatically upload. :bonk:

david1701

01-03-2009, 12:05

yeah I was thinking of them for studio work, next to no use for me but I thought I oughta post anyway.

Didn't realise they won't do RAW thats a bit silly must make them a lot less useful :S

DavidMarq

01-03-2009, 13:30

yeah I was thinking of them for studio work, next to no use for me but I thought I oughta post anyway.

Didn't realise they won't do RAW thats a bit silly must make them a lot less useful :S

I can't think of any technical reason for not implementing RAW upload and it to me seems a bit of a must have feature.

The other serious limitation is that you can't upload to an ad-hoc network so you need to be near an Access Point/Router. It would be far more useful if it would connect directly to an ad-hoc network on a Laptop. The FAQ does imply this may be implemented at a later date.

But for me those are two serious flaws that means I won't be rushing to buy one at this time.

Paul-H

01-03-2009, 17:54

I think you may be missing the point of the card. The benefit would be in shooting, say in a studio type situation (portraits, products, cars, whatever), and having images pop up on your computer a few seconds later for review on a proper screen, either by you, your model, your assistant or a client. .

I suspect using it that way would seriously slow down your shooting though.

Can you shoot new images whilst its up-loading the last shot taken.

raven07866

18-03-2009, 21:55

ahhhh but if you shoot RAW + fine jpeg you can get quick previews of your images and still have the raw to back it up later if you get me. The card holds about 2GB of data so should easily be enough for a shoot.

what do you think???

marcusp13

18-03-2009, 22:28