Eye-Fi Pro

Rocketman766Rocketman766 Registered Users Posts: 332 Major grins
edited June 23, 2009 in Accessories
Not sure how late I am with this, but hadn't seen it mentioned yet. Eye-Fi Pro is out with RAW capabilities!

http://www.eye.fi/cards/pro.html

Anyone been waiting for this one?

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  • ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 24,132 moderator
    edited June 10, 2009
    It's news to me. RAW files, video files and selective sharing, those are pretty compelling points.

    Thanks for the link. thumb.gif
    ziggy53
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  • aktseaktse Registered Users Posts: 1,928 Major grins
    edited June 10, 2009
    I saw a few reviews of this coming across my feeds, but I haven't read this.

    This one is fron engadget
    http://aktse.smugmug.com/
  • BGtomBGtom Registered Users Posts: 42 Big grins
    edited June 10, 2009
    ...but is is a bag of chips, too?
    http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/10/eye-fi-pro-wireless-sd-card-hands-on/

    Sounds cool, but...what I want is to: shoot at a sporting event, and have this device upload to my netbook via [carried in my backpack] while I am simultaneously shooting. I may shoot 3000-5000 shots over the course of a day long event [all 10mp jpeg] and that will take a good hour or more to copy over. I have heard elsewhere that the range of this thing is pretty short, especially to have any xfer speed.

    I think the "sending it to the cloud" option would be pretty sweet for photo journalists in "hot spots." "Oh sure Mr. constable, sir. You may take my memory card with all it's offending images on it. It's not like they could be any where else but right there on that card there, huh?"biggrinbounce2.gifwhew


    Any thoughts?
    Canon 7D! | Baux Pinhole MkIV | 30mm TP Tube Extender | SteadiHand IS system | BiPed 2000 Camera Support | Steely Gaze
  • BGtomBGtom Registered Users Posts: 42 Big grins
    edited June 10, 2009
    Jinx! Buy me a Coke!
    Canon 7D! | Baux Pinhole MkIV | 30mm TP Tube Extender | SteadiHand IS system | BiPed 2000 Camera Support | Steely Gaze
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited June 10, 2009
    BGtom wrote:
    http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/10/eye-fi-pro-wireless-sd-card-hands-on/

    Sounds cool, but...what I want is to: shoot at a sporting event, and have this device upload to my netbook via [carried in my backpack] while I am simultaneously shooting. I may shoot 3000-5000 shots over the course of a day long event [all 10mp jpeg] and that will take a good hour or more to copy over. I have heard elsewhere that the range of this thing is pretty short, especially to have any xfer speed.

    I think the "sending it to the cloud" option would be pretty sweet for photo journalists in "hot spots." "Oh sure Mr. constable, sir. You may take my memory card with all it's offending images on it. It's not like they could be any where else but right there on that card there, huh?"biggrinbounce2.gifwhew


    Any thoughts?

    For your scenario all you need is a 5ft cable directly from your camera into your backpack. No networks, no complications, no nothing.
    The only problem - you camera should stay ON all the time. If it goes off even for a second - sw needs to be restarted, and you wouldn't even know. :cry And staying on - not good for batteries. ne_nau.gif
    I say: just shoot on the card and download it while driving home.
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited June 10, 2009
    I guess it should work lovely in certain scenarios...
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • BGtomBGtom Registered Users Posts: 42 Big grins
    edited June 11, 2009
    Nikolai wrote:
    I guess it should work lovely in certain scenarios...
    Thanks Nikolai. I seem to revisit this idea at least once a year, just to torment myself.
    Canon 7D! | Baux Pinhole MkIV | 30mm TP Tube Extender | SteadiHand IS system | BiPed 2000 Camera Support | Steely Gaze
  • darryldarryl Registered Users Posts: 997 Major grins
    edited June 23, 2009
    BGtom wrote:
    http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/10/eye-fi-pro-wireless-sd-card-hands-on/

    Sounds cool, but...what I want is to: shoot at a sporting event, and have this device upload to my netbook via [carried in my backpack] while I am simultaneously shooting. I may shoot 3000-5000 shots over the course of a day long event [all 10mp jpeg] and that will take a good hour or more to copy over. I have heard elsewhere that the range of this thing is pretty short, especially to have any xfer speed.
    ...
    Any thoughts?

    Well, I believe the Eye-Fi uploads whenever the camera is idle, or whenever the files have been completely written to memory. So if you ever pause while taking your 3000-5000 shots, it should be able to upload while you shoot. And if you take a bathroom break, leave your camera on and it will continue to upload.

    I would worry a little about leaving a netbook running inside of a backpack, especially if you're using a regular hard-drive and not some solid-state (flash-based) media. Vibration issues aside, there's also heat to consider.
  • SteveFSteveF Registered Users Posts: 466 Major grins
    edited June 23, 2009
    I wrote them about one issue I had with this new card.

    Of the cameras that one might consider 'pro' to use like this, limiting it to Canon and Nikon would be the Nikon D300, D700, D3, D3x and Canon 50D, 5D2, 1D3, 1Ds3. Of course there are previous versions of all of these, but my gripe is the same.

    Out of these 8 cameras, only 2 can take an SD card.

    The numbers get worse when including many newer Sony, Olympus and other cameras that 'pros' might use.

    They also explicitly recommend *not* using their eye-fi cards with cf-sd adapters.

    So, neat product. I have one and use it with my P&S and really like it.

    I would like to dump the Nikon wireless transmitter and all it's bulk, but not yet.
    Steve
    www.finesart.com
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