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: mind boggling product
Summary: 5 Stars
Just got it today.Very easy installation,works like a charm as advertised.Pictures uploaded to computer and web immediately as soon as I took them in 2-3 secs.Two Warnings if you use a mac adress security filter on your network, you must get mac adress of card before it will connect to your network. I advise temporarily first disabling filter, then install card and point and scroll over card picture on screen .Card mac # appears.Be careful when choosing web or computer as destination for pictures because they upload so fast to both.Amazing product with canon SD950 IS camera- picture perfect, and good phone card support too. I bought two cards one for me and forCanon PowerShot SD950IS 12.1MP Digital Camera with 3.7x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Titanium) my son also.Customer Review: Young Product Hits Many Nails On Their Heads
Summary: 5 Stars
I finally had a chance to use this, and I have to say, in the short period of time, I really like it. The short version of my review is that I think it satisfies a niche very very well, with grace & ease, but can use a little polish.
The basic precept is that if you use this card, the pictures you take will be sent to your computer via your wireless network, and also to a large number of online photo upload services. For those of us with old-school cameras without wifi, this bridges that gap, and brings new functionality to our cameras. It makes life easier, IMO.
It needs to be beta tested on a wide array of cameras, and those vetted out. This particular combo of a CF->SD adapter and my Nikon Coolpix 4500 work very well.
Personally, I am very happy with this. It is easy to set up, easy to use, and makes my life easier.
Customer Review: couldn't get it working / bad customer service
Summary: 1 Stars
i was so excited about this product, i placed my order on the first day they were available.
i was frustrated when i couldn't get my eye-fi working with my router (a _very_ common linksys wrt54g). over the following three weeks, i corresponded daily with eye-fi's customer support via email & talked to them on the phone several times. the response they kept giving me was "sorry, our tier 2 engineers are working on it, please be patient." 3+ weeks of waiting, and still it doesn't work... so, i'm returning it.
for a brand new company with such a great concept i was really disappointed with the quality of this product & the non-action of their customer support.
fwiw, i write software for a living, and i'm very comfortable reconfiguring my router. i'm not sure how they expect non-technical people to get this thing working.
Customer Review: Eye Fi Card in a Canon 1Ds Mark II Digital SLR
Summary: 4 Stars
I am using the Eye Fi card with my Canon 1Ds Mark II. I have had no problems at making it work. It have upgraded to the latest firmware on the card and software for the PC.
I shoot with the following settings of RAW + Small JPG. This card is very helpful for proofing lighting setup in a "wireless tethered mode". Once the lighting is set up as required, I switch over to my high speed CF card slot (camera has both a CF and SD slots).
If the following items were improved this card would get 5 starts from me.
- Make the SD memory faster. This card is fairly slow.
- Come out with a larger, faster SDHC model. Like a 4 or 8GB version. 2GB these days is pretty small.
- Somehow tweak or increase the transmitting speed.
- Allow it to also move RAW image files. It can only move JPG image files.
Customer Review: Good idea, bad execution
Summary: 2 Stars
Pros:
-Convenient
-Good capacity (2GB)
Cons:
-Unreliable. The first big trip I bring it on, it malfunctions, the camera can't use the card anymore, and I get home and 85% of my pictures are gone. I can't trust the card anymore so I'm probably going to return it.
-Not enough bandwidth downloading pictures to computer. It takes a long time to transfer the pictures off the card onto the computer.
-You have to turn off the battery saving features on your camera for it to download the pics. I've been pulling the card out and sticking it in a card reader so that it gets power from the reader.
-If you leave the card connected to a power source (camera, card reader), it gets really warm.
This product was based on a great idea, but I think they totally fell short on what it could have been.