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: Amazing Technology - The future is here!
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm a gadget guy who has to have the latest and greatest of everything, and I think this is the latest AND the greatest. No, it's not perfect, but it amazed me and that is hard to do these days!
The setup worked as it should, except for some reason I had to enter my WEP password a few times before it took.
I use Kodak Gallery, and that set-up step was as easy as telling the EyeFi program my email and Kodak password. Instant connection.
I then put the card in my camera, took a picture, and saw from the computer it was already being uploaded to my PC and to Kodak Gallery. SLICK!
I take hundreds of pictures every week, and I sort of dread the hour or so I have to spend doing this task. It is especially frustrating when I am taking pictures of something to post on-line because I will take a picture, take out the SD card, transfer it to my computer, then realize I need another photo, place SD back in the camera and repeat. THOSE DAYS ARE GONE NOW!!!
I am using a Nikon D40. The setup program had specific instructions on how to change the Nikon power settings so that the card stays powered long enough to upload the photos. No noticeable additional battery drain, but the Nikon battery life is a wonder unto itself anyway.
Room for improvement: Well, it isn't perfect. The WIFI range appears to be about half of what my laptops get. I was hoping I could be in the back yard or at least the living room (100-200 feet away) and have this magic process work, but I pretty much have to have the camery in the bedroom where my WiFi router is.
Overall, highly recommended!
Customer Review: It works!
Summary: 4 Stars
I have been using the Eye-Fi card on a daily basis for over a year during the beta and gamma testing periods and now continue to use the production model for two reasons, it works and it saves me time.
I mainly use my card to shoot photos around the house of my family members, but also use it away from home. While at home I let the card upload while in the camera. Additionally in both scenarios, I put the card in the card reader before going to bed...and by morning all of the photos have successfully uploaded to my account at Phanfare and my local computer. I have also successfully setup multiple wi-fi access points, which works well when over at other family member's houses and around town.
I am not saying the card is perfect, but what computer related electronics are? And what type of cutting edge electronics even come close to what they are marketed as being able to do, like Eye-Fi?
Even with some of the less desirable attributes (battery drain, not being able to upload video or RAW format, the wireless router requirement for connections, non-auto connections to open wi-fi access points and a slow write speed) I still use the card daily and will continue to highly recommend it to family, friends and colleagues.
This card is marketed/geared for the everyday photographer and will perform well for them. Although it will work for a pro, I would still stick with a standard memory card for that use.
I am guessing the Eye-Fi card and service will be continually developed over the next year, but this is no reason why one shouldn't buy it now. I look forward the new developments!
Alex
Customer Review: Share your pictures from some places
Summary: 4 Stars
Eye-Fi is a great product. I purchased mine the first time it came out after I saw an ad in a photography magazine. The ideal that I can take pictures and have them uploaded I shoot was appealing. Just pop in the card,start shooting and the pictures appear instantly, right? Not quite. The card has to be configured to the access point first. (Some Wifi hotspots are availiable for $$) This means you need to insert the card into the computer (with included adapter) and configure it while you can see the hot spot. You can also configure where the photos will be uploaded to. Once configured you can now pop the card in to the camera. I used a SDHC adapter to insert the card into my Nikon D300s, D200 and by itself into my Canon A620. Originally the card upladed every picture you took the the site configured. Be carful with this! :) The beauty of the Eye-Fi company is that they are always looking for ways to improve the card line. Now you can set up the card to only upload photos selected by "locking" them in your camera. This means you have to review the pictures before you can upload them but it is 'safer' and works. Other versions of the card have a GPS to record where you took the picture. They quality if the card material could be better. The plastic on mine is cracking on the corners but the card still works.
If your a photographer and take photos in a studio this card was made for you as well. The ability to take photos and have them wirelessly uploaded to an import directory is very helpfull. I recommend the Eye-Fi cards for people that have some technological abilities as you must know how to set up a connection to an access point.
Customer Review: Intuitive and easy to use...
Summary: 4 Stars
The Eye-Fi wireless SD card is a great idea; especially for those who get confused as soon as a wire is involved in connecting a camera to their computer. I got this as a gift for my parents for this exact reason (and though their new camera was using an xD card, so this didn't fit) I tried it out in my own two cameras as well. In my small Canon PowerShot SD600 camera transfers from the camera to my computer and my chosen photo service were speedy and seamless. In my big-boy Nikon D80 camera transfers were a little slow (since the pictures are taken in such a large resolution and are rather big) but still worked seamlessly.
I don't think I would use the card in my D80, only because I generally use it to take a lot of pictures and sync them as soon as I get home and want to review them right away. However; in the smaller camera that takes smaller pictures, it was nice to be able to take random pictures and come home and turn the camera on for a few minutes and let it do all the work.
To sum up my review, here's some pros and cons:
Pros: Decent transfer speed for smaller pictures taken with your typical smaller cameras. Seamless integration with the Mac (OSX Leopard) and PC (Windows XP). Compatible with many popular online photo sites; you are likely to already be using one of them.
Cons: The transfer speed is just a bit slow for larger pictures taken by more professional cameras. It's still only SD, so there's some camera incompatibility still. The price is more than I'd like to see still, but it's a new product fresh on the market that nothing else can touch yet.
Customer Review: Amazing Device With A Little Surprise
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought the Eye-Fi for my sister. She's still in College and must take a picture of every exploit and put it on Facebook ASAP, so I thought this would be perfect for her. We set the card up on my PC at my house across town so she could get a feel for it. Everything worked perfect, easy setup. But what happened next was...unexpected?
She took the camera back to her place and a couple of days later she got a new tattoo and took some pictures. To my surprise they started to upload directly to my PC. Because not only is there an option to upload directly any site like Facebook or Flickr but you can upload directly to your PC. Because she never changed her setting in her Eye-Fi account, it uploaded to my PC.
I got to thinking how cool of a feature this would be. Someone could be on vacation, taking pics, upload them right to Grandma's PC. Within minutes, she can be viewing what her grandkids have been doing all day.
And to add to the awesomeness of the whole situation even more I remembered that my Sister had a Kodak Wireless Digital Picture Frame. It auto cycles the picture from any folder destination on yer PC! So it uploads to Grandma's PC, then automatically to the picture frame. Timeline looks like this:
Take Pic - Auto Uploads Pic once you get back home - Uploads to Eye Fi Manager site - Sends to Facebook (or wherever) - Sends to Desktop - Picture Frame cycles to new pics from Desktop.
Amazing. I'm sure there are business applications to all of this as well but I thought I would add a personal touch to it. Congrats Eye-Fi.