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: Loved It When I Got It... (updated 8/18)
Summary: 4 Stars
I purchased this card soon after it was first released. I loved the idea of what it could do and how it could simplify my photographic world. It still works great, and I still use it, but I find myself hoping for more.
Like another reviewer below, I don't feel I can trust that 100% of my photos have transferred. I find myself constantly reviewing the inventory on my computer with the inventory on my camera one by one before believing they're all there. Do I just have trust issues? No, I review one by one because I too have had photos not transfer and lost them. I compulsively format the card after every review session (which corresponds to every major photo-taking event if I'm near enough to my computer) so that I don't have to re-confirm that every photo has been transferred multiple times.
Another application-specific gripe that I have is the way these photos are organized in iPhoto. For whatever reason, photos uploaded via Eye-Fi are given one event per photo. If I upload 50 pictures right now, I'll have 50 separate events all titled "August 6, 2009." I've found myself actually removing the Eye-Fi card from my camera (*gasp!*) and connecting it to my laptop to pull images across. Also, this card won't transfer videos taken on my digital camera, so before I reformat the card I want to be sure I didn't forget about those clips of the bride & groom's first dance or my nephew opening his first present on Christmas morning.
I'd recommend ponying up the extra cash and purchasing the newer release of cards from Eye-Fi. They've addressed a number of issues I've seen in these reviews, and they allow you to purchase different features to meet your needs. While I still love my current Eye-Fi card, I've got my sights on a newer model.
Update: I was informed that the iPhoto issue that used to create 1 event per photo uploaded was fixed in a Manager update in May. Apparently I'm behind.
Customer Review: Don't trust your precious pics to this card!
Summary: 1 Stars
My husband bought this for me for Christmas 2007 after I saw it on the Today Show. I thought it would be the coolest thing. We left for Disney World in January and I thought this the perfect opportunity for the first use. If I only knew what headaches it would cause! After about 25 pictures being taken on a Kodak EasyShare camera ( which I was told the card would be compatible with) the card would not take anymore pictures and kept saying on screen that the card needed to be formatted ( which I had done the day I received it as instructed in directions ). Needless to say I was upset, but not as much as when I got home and called tech support. They tried to do everything in the world over the phone to fix the problem. They told me they had been having trouble with Kodak cameras with this card! They said they could not do anything for me, but send me another card. That did not make any difference to me,because we have been to Disney World many times, but this set of pics were the most special! My 6 year old son has been a Star Wars fanatic since he was 3 and they have a Jedi Training Acadamy and he was chosen to be in it! So I had all those pics of him fighting with his light saber and several pics of him fighting DARTH VADER! He also had his pic made with his jedi master! It was a dream come true for him and I wanted to have them framed for him. But, because this defective card failed, I could do nothing and we will never have them! They even tried to send them to the tech guys at the company and they could not retreive my pics either. I would think if you make a product, you could fix it or open it to transfer pics to a CD. Guess not! So, I was told today JULY 23,2008 that they were sorry they could not do their job! I sent the replacement they sent me back and got a refund because I would not risk losing anymore precious memories! Be careful with this Review: Easily and Wirelessly Uploads PhotosSummary: 5 Stars This is the best new product I have ever seen! This card works perfectly with many of my SD cameras completely rendering cables useless!!
First off, the registration. A quick and simple registration (which you must have an internet connection for) helps you register the Eye-Fi Card with Eye-Fi's server to prevent unauthorized users from using *your* Eye-Fi Card. During the registration process, you also set up your wireless network (with your personal wireless DHCP enabled router), which works with Open, WEP or WPA encryption. It sends a test packet to the Eye-Fi Server, and once it verifies it's arrival, BAM! Your wireless network is set up. The next two are setting up your photo sharing accounts, personally, I use Webshots, and also directing your photos where to save on your computer. After that, you slap your Eye-Fi Card in your camera, take a picture and wammo! The picture is on the hard drive and on the photo sharing web site!
With so many new features added in the past few months, like geotagging and hotspot access on the Explore Card, this has become a necessity for anyone who uses a digital camera on a regular basis. I have not noticed any excessive battery usage on any of my cameras, which are two Nikons and a Canon.
Now, there are additional features, such as e-mail and SMS notifications, so if I'm not near my computer, I don't have to check the Eye-Fi Manager to see if my pictures have uploaded, my phone will tell me so.
It's a great product, but, please, don't buy this card with the intention that it will do what it is not advertised to do, such as create a wireless connection for your PDA, transfer RAW and movie files, send pictures back and forth between your digital picture frame and your camera. No, only JPG files, folks. And it does it flawlessly!
Customer Review: Mixed feelings.
Summary: 3 Stars
My husband gave me this eye-fi card for my birthday almost two years ago. When it works, it's lovely; photos are uploaded automatically to my eye-fi account, and also to my Mac's iPhoto application. When it doesn't work, it's a huge pain in the patooty to get it functioning again. (Note: my husband is the tech-geek in our household. Because he is, I admittedly have become rather lazy about understanding the new technologies forever entering our house... I do use them, but I don't enjoy tweaking them or thoroughly understanding every nuance. I just expect the things to work.)
The card first quit working after a few months of smooth operation because it needed an upgrade in software (if I remember right). I couldn't find my USB card reader which came with it; a regular one wouldn't work. I emailed the company, they promised to send one, and about three months later (!) it turned up in the mail. I installed the upgrade, and all was well again. (Note: do not loose that little USB card reader that comes with the card. Somehow, it's important.)
However, recently it filled up with photos for the first time; I had some trouble deleting them (computer freezing during the process, etc), and somehow I ended up with a card that looks empty but can only hold about ten photos before the camera tells me it's full. So I reformatted, which Eyefi's online help section said could be done-- but now I get a "card error" on my camera and can't use the card at all.
Given that last time I spoke to customer service it took three months to have the issue resolved, I went to Wal-mart and found a plain old-fashioned card that's four times bigger for about $17. Wireless schmireless. I have a working camera again.
Sure wish it'd been a little easier to troubleshoot.
Customer Review: Reviesed review. I can't change the stars, but I now give it 5
Summary: 1 Stars
I need to update my review of this prodcut. Sometimes later after reviewing this product, I discovered that problem I had with the Eye-fi was that it can't be used with Apple's Aiport Base Station. The Eye-fi is compaditable with only external routers. Since I fixed that problem, the Eye-fi has been runnning great, and it seems to have gotten faster with each new firmware update.
If you shoot lots of photos on a regular basis, this little gadget will save you time. It's too bad that most digital camera companies have not embedding this type of gadget or feature in their camears. I know Canon makes a wireless exporter for their cameras, but it's like $600+. The people who created Eye-fi could teach the camera companies a thing or two about wireless technology.
Here's what I orginally wrote:
Just like with many of these type of gadgets, they make the set up sound easier than it is. While some Mac users may have gotten this product to work, I had to make three phone calls and they still couldn't help me enough in getting the Eye-fi to work on my computer.
Basically they said it was an issue with my Airport Base Station (version 5.2.2.) The station is internal to my Mac Pro which is not even a year old. But I guess in order for the product to work you need a grand spanking new Mac computer with the really, really latest Airport Base station. Of course they don't tell you all this stuff in their literature. They just get your money and make it hella hard for you to return the item. The people I dealt with didn't even have an address for me to return the product.
So my suggestion is keep your receipt and order directly from the company rather than Amazon, so there's one less step in the process.