These sound like an interesting idea, but I've never figured out how I would actually use it in real life. For those of you who own them, what do you do with them? Do they really save time vs. PC card readers?
Johnny98 beat me to it. I have always wondered the practicality of these. I guess it would be fine once you got home and hooked up to your wireless network. Probably just as easy to pop the card into a reader though.
Something about over-engineering a simple problem. Unless we're missing something!
nguyent999 said: If you have one of those digital picture frames, you could use this and not having to remove the memory card to load/update pictures.
Can you make them work that way? I thought they took pictures that a camera stores on them, then uploads them to your computer (and optionally somewhere like Flickr)?
qube said: Johnny98 beat me to it. I have always wondered the practicality of these. I guess it would be fine once you got home and hooked up to your wireless network. Probably just as easy to pop the card into a reader though.
Something about over-engineering a simple problem. Unless we're missing something!
the idea is that you have your laptop or desktop connected to the same network and then you can just shoot to your hearts content and see it updating the whole time live on the computer. an example would be a family reunion. you set up your laptop and go around taking pictures of family, you never have to "dump" the card and if people want to see the pics you don't have to do much. it also gives pretty much unlimited space as long you are somewhere that you can set it up. for trips away from the computer, but somewhere where you could get a public point every once and a while, you can set it up to dump to a website iirc. but i'm not sure i would want all of the pictures i take to be uploaded, since i usually have 5 of the same picture.
Make sure to read the product description. It is not like the card shows up as a drive on your network. There are different versions of the card to transfer different types of files and perform additional functions (e.g. geotagging). For example, if you shoot RAW files, you need to get a PRO version. Which is the same card for twice the price.
For basic jpeg and video shooting, this is a good deal.
tryingfirsttime
Member
posted: Nov. 25, 2009 @ 12:27p
ganjagadget said: My favorite feature is that it will GEO-Tag your photos if you have a connection to wifi. It has to be at-least explore-video level card to be able to do that and this one is one level below, share video. http://www.eye.fi/products/compare-cards But for 30, its worth a try!
I returned my Explore cards, which include hotspot and geotaagging options, which this one doesnt. For a $70 price difference, it made sense to skip Geotagging and hotspot access.
You can configure the card to upload photos to any photo sharing sight automatically over wifi. Once your configured computer is turned on, the card or the eye fi server uploads the photos to your computer.
Same goes for video.. you tube etc
I used the original card for over 2 years... great.
These newer sdhc cards are a good bargain for $30 You will never, see them at this price. THey work in my D40 and Panasonic DS3 ganjagadget said: My favorite feature is that it will GEO-Tag your photos if you have a connection to wifi.
tryingfirsttime said: ganjagadget said: My favorite feature is that it will GEO-Tag your photos if you have a connection to wifi. It has to be at-least explore-video level card to be able to do that and this one is one level below, share video. http://www.eye.fi/products/compare-cards But for 30, its worth a try!
The Dell product description says: "But, Eye-Fi Explore also automatically adds geographic location labels to your photos and allows you to upload from more than 10,000 Wi-Fi hotspots across the nation." True or false?
vcarpio
Happy Member
posted: Nov. 25, 2009 @ 1:02p
I don't have this but I guess another use would be for the serious photographer. If you are on location and take pictures of the same scene over and over to make sure you capture the scene with the right exposures, etc. If you have a laptop (or better since it's lighter to carry -- a netbook) and there's wi-fi, you don't have to remove the memory card from the camera (or plug the USB cable) each time if you just want to preview the shot on a bigger screen and retake if necessary.
Also if you're taking pictures of the moon and your camera is mounted on a tripod, you don't have to remove the memory card each time just to see on your computer if those craters finally show.
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