Eye-Fi Share 2 GB Wi-Fi SD Flash Memory Card EYE-FI-2GB (OLD VERSION)
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Eye-Fi Share 2 GB Wi-Fi SD Flash Memory Card EYE-FI-2GB (OLD VERSION)
Customer Review: EYE-FI makes Wi-Fi a little more friendly
Summary: 5 Stars
It doesn't ship with a CD, just the SD card and a USB adapter used only for configuring the device. The software, both for PC and Mac was on the card, and installing, at least on the Mac, was a snap!
Configuration was trivially easy on my Mac laptop, probably in large part because it was a laptop and already had its wireless connection configured. The Eye-FI card cleverly and quietly sucked down the wireless configuration data from my laptop and configured itself.
The only thing I wasn't prepared to do as part of the installation was select a photo site to which Eye-FI would automatically upload photos. Instead, there's an option to only copy them to the computer on which you configured Eye-FI. This works great, by the way!
I was initially concerned about range, because it seemed to require setting the camera near the wireless router before pictures would upload, but by the third picture, it was able to transfer them from 15 yards and through a wall.
Customer Review: Mindless photo synching
Summary: 5 Stars
This little card is great for having your photos waiting for you when you're ready to edit them. Personally, it usually takes me a day or two (or more) to upload my photos when I get home from shooting - and part of that is due to procrastination because I know I have to transfer the photos.
But with Eye-Fi - when I get home I just turn my camera on and forget about it. Then, next time I sit down to edit the photos - they're there waiting for me. Pretty cool.
I also do a lot of stop-motion work that requires me going back and forth a lot between the camera the images on the computer. Previously I either had my camera directly hooked up to the laptop - which was a pain trying to get the latop near the tripod, out of the way, etc. Or - I would shoot onto a regular card and have to run back and forth to the computer with the memory card reader - also a pain. The Eye-Fi has been a great solution - I can shoot away and watch the images as they transfer to the computer.
Customer Review: Terrific product!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a wonderful product for those of us that take tons of digital pictures and fail to take the time to connect to our computers to upload the pictures. Not only is it wire and adaptor free, all you have to do is turn on your camera and it does it all for you.
I have to be honest and say I am not so most tech savvy person out there and dislike anything that requires a lot of tech knowledge to work it. However this product is perfect. The installation was easy and the directions for use are very simple. For me the biggest advantage is the lack of adaptors and wires, I am forever misplacing them and don't want to try and dig them out every time I want to upload a picture. I also like the fact that it automatically uploads to a photo sharing site. I use this feature a lot when sharing my photos with family or ordering prints of those that I have taken, so this as well saves me time and energy. It is all at my fingertips. I highly recommend this product.
Customer Review: Finally works for me, with some warnings
Summary: 1 Stars
I tried it on two Windows XP computers and the card wouldn't even install. The memory card did not have the install files on it (warning sign?) and then once the software was downloaded from the website the card would not "initialize" in their software. I tried to reformat it in Windows and now not even Windows will recognize the card. I think this one will be going back to the vendor too.
UPDATE: Have RMA to return it. By the way, don't put it into a camera first thing, it has to be setup on your computer first, and if you re-format it, use FAT16. They suspect FAT32 will kill it.
UPDATE: Today I received the replacement and it worked as advertised. As a note, I am using the Datafab systems SD/MMC to CF adapter on two canon cameras and it worked fine for me. Remember, don't take any pictures on the card before setting it up. If you do, then delete them (don't format it unless you are sure you using FAT16.)
Customer Review: 600 images
Summary: 4 Stars
I used the 2GB Eye-Fi to take over 600 images in 3.5 hours of Santa and kids during our company's children's Christmas Party. I decided to use the Eye-Fi so parents could pick out the best images in near real time. The setup
Canon 40D
SD to CF adapter
D-Link DWL -G730 Portable access point
Adobe Lightroom 2 software monitoring the eye-fi folder
Pros
The card transferred 600 5MB JPEG images about as fast as I took them.
The images were also saved on the card as a backup.
No internet connection was needed once configuration was done.
Cons
I had to connect the Access point to the internet for initial setup
The battery drain was significant about 250 images per charge
I will not use the Eye-Fi for general photos but anytime I want people to see images as soon as they are taken, this is a good solution.