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Is there a card that a user can transfer pictures and videos to? I have a digital picture frame that sits in a glass display case. I want to be able to wirelessly transfer pictures TO the card from a computer or tablet. It is a pain to open the cabinet and I would like to update on a daily basis. I don't even know what phrases to use to search Google for this, so any suggestions would be helpful.
Since eye-fi just killed their cloud service for a lot of their cards, the person's point stands double now. Wanted to say thanks for your review, was about to buy the transcend and actually you cleared the way, and going for the eye-fi for sure. Thanks again. Please advice. Otherwise, nothing would transfer fully. I dunno why the wireless range is so bad in the SL1 vs the HX didn't have an issue using it with the HX , but it was and I had to send it back.
I want to try the Eye-fi card, but my biggest hangup with them is not being able to send a photo either multiple times or to multiple locations. Once it's sent somewhere, you can no longer send that file anywhere else. To me that is just ridiculous. I also use the ShutterSnitch app.
I only use the native apps if I absolutely have to. Both of them are terrible. After months of use, I find, for my needs, the Transcend works much better. The Transcend is also double the memory capacity so hooray! Don't get me wrong, the EyeFi card works well and is very nice. Their app is also easy to use, better than the Transcend app, no where near as good as ShutterSnitch. It really depends on your needs.
I think more serious photographers should look towards the Transcend card. All I want to do is take photos, delete the ones which are rejects by me, and upload the remainder to my MacBook. Even if I delete photos from the card, Eye-Fi still uploads them to the Mac. Eye-Fi support, despite my detailed requirement to them, fail to understand what I am trying to achieve.
It is very, very frustrating and I am sad to say that the card is destined for the bin. I have several Canon cameras and try to keep most things Simple! Nil Points for Eye-Fi. One feature of the Eye Fi is thier website. They list by camera brand and model what cards do what functions. For exabple for a cheap Cannon the Eye Fi mobi cards keep the camera on even in power save mode during wifi operations, allow menu control of wifi card, and display wifi status. Try to get compatibility out of any other SDHC wifi card before buy and try.
I purchased the 16GB card and it worked ok, from the Android app I know the v1. I download and extract the firmware files to the root of the SD and update in my Pentax K5, I power on the camera and wait 5min. Then I try the windows update tool but I got stuck at stage 4 nothing happened after 5min. Now I got a half dead card, it didn't work on my camera but still works as a normal SD on the computer. Seems to me the EyeFi is designed for pros on formal shoots, perhaps with a digital tech and to replace wired tethering.
The transcend seems more for the hipster dufii snapping selfies and what they had for lunch on intsagram and FB.
I used few different made of wifi SD, Eyefi and some cheapo, Eyefi has the strongest signal no doubt. I can leave my tablet in the control room of a concert hall and go down shooting at the stage, all my pics got transferred to the tablet no problem, but I dun like the card for 2 reasons.
I am using a 3G tablet, for unknown reason all my pics not only transferred to the tablet but also uploaded to the web, I did not program the card to do this, I checked the forum and find that I am not alone on this. The UI design of the app is not user friendly and confusing, being a non native English speaker I am able to manage most other apps but not this one, is it French design?
Now I stick with my Toshiba, and would like to see how the Transcend instant preview works. The reason Eyefi supplies it's own card reader is that, the card requires higher than normal current to work, a standard reader can not read the card, this explained why the card has so strong wifi signal!
Eye Fi sends all images taken to your device and will eat up all the space. Transcend allows you to select which images you like and send to your device. I think the browse feature of the transend card is a great advantage relative to the eye-fi card which lacks such a feature.
Assume I have been shooting the whole day and I want to view some images on a bigger, brighter srceen or want to upload them or send them by email. With the eye-fi this is just impossible as I have to wait for all of my files to be transferred to my device. I'm shooting raw, so this is just not an option. I would have to wait for hours and I would probably run out of space and or battery on my phone or tablet. With the eye-fi one does have to option of selective upload, but that means that I have to go through the painstaking process of browsing all my photos on the camera and flagging the ones that I want to upload on my device.
Auto-upload could be interesting, but why would i want to upload every one of my photos on my tablet or smartphone? Moreover,the wifi upload speed is just not fast enough to keep up with the shooting speed of say a typical portrait shoot. I bought the eye-fi only a week ago and for me it's plain useless. When I'm next to my computer, I just plug the card into the card reader, I don't waste time waiting for my files to transfer through slow and unreliable wifi.
No: "It's also worth noting that the Eye-Fi card can be set to selectively transfer files. This is interesting issue. I didn't know this issue until I bought Eye-fi which I feel the browse mode of Transcend is more suitable for me. The "Protected" selective transfer may help but sometime you'd like to have a larger view on my 5" mobile screen than the 3" D screen.
I dunno about the class 10 but it takes seconds to transfer the JPGs to my mac. Not sure why. Don't use it for sports, fast series or as a daily driver. None of the camera OEM giant will allow to sale it globally as it may suffer the sales of them. Because these cards also emboss geo tagging without Costly OEM external devices. I notice the caption 'Note geotagging capability' under the 'Eye-Fi Card settings' screen shot. With no further comment.
Does this work well? In fact, how does it work? It's a Wi-Fi based geotag system which is useless half the time. The camera locks up and has to be re-started by removing the battery after removing the card.
I am having the same problem. Still trying to do research but it's not looking good. There's a bit about once you've loaded ML it' boot flag is unable to be removed from the eos's internal flash memory. The threads are very recent too, so the sitch is not looking promising. My cameras only have one memory card slot. I would like to see Toshiba's Flash Air card added into the mix.
I have one of the 8GB cards I have just started experimenting with. But would like to see the new 16GB class 10 card reviewed. I also wish the card makers and camera makers would develop a standard interface, so all could be supported. Previously I could only find assorted Eye-Fi reviews, which were mostly concentrating on the point-and-shoot perspective, in other words: "OMG wi-fi!
OMG instant facebook! Otherwise, for a next review, you might consider adding: - Impact on the battery life. How fast can camera write to it? For a synopsis of how fast it is in layperson's terms see my comment below. And the answers that Customer Support gave me when I called with my issues! Good for Eye-Fi I haven't tested the Transcend yet, but I'm looking forward to running my own scripts in it. Switching from Access point mode to wireless AdHock and back is also rather painful.
I have yet to test its ability to transfer different file types to two different devices at the same time. The files are then kept till you reconnect to the net and then the NEF files will be uploaded to Google drive. If only the iPad had more WIFi connections. Just saying. I will test the possibility to upload to my computer direct. That is with the NEF files.
So do you have a ft tethering cable? The last thing needed is yet another cable after the setup of the lights and laptop. In an effort to make the eye fi card the best in this article the writer sums all the plus points.
Added together it looks it is better than a special wifi transmitter that costs hundreds of dollars ponds, euros, yen Sending 3 pictures to different devices, will take so much time you can't view one, because the apparatus will constantly be busy transferring pictures.
In my Nikon I have a Trancend 16 Gb card in slot 2 and I use it with my iPad 4gen to see my pictures in basic quality. It works great. I think both the cards, eye fi and the Trancend are not for pro shooting, but can add an extra dimension when sharing pictures. The final nail in the coffin for Eye-Fi was when it got corrupted luckily with no pictures on it. I put it into Lumix GX1 and a message flashed that the card was not compatible with the camera.
At least with the Transcend card I have a fast, reliable SD card. Perhaps you could write more on how you got them to work reliably with your cameras and devices? Anything yet that will transfer directly to a computer or server via internet, without going through a third party server?
I talked to Eye-Fi a couple weeks ago and they admitted they still couldn't do it. Had to go through their servers. Mobi and Pro X2 maybe some others will connect direct without going through the servers if you set them up that way but it's a fiddle and not very stable.
IMHO earlier cards have to connect through the servers. This takes a few minutes, and you can begin taking more pictures with the new room Eye-Fi has made for you on the card. You can even select which pictures and videos are shared when setting up Eye-Fi on your computer before popping it into your digital camera.
From there, you can install the software which allows you to use the card via WiFi. You can configure up to 32 networks to connect to with your Eye-Fi card. Plug them in, and your card can transmit through each one of them when in range. After you have set up your networks, you can set up where you want the Eye-Fi card to send multimedia.
You can set up folders on your computer or designate social networking sites to send your photos and videos to.
The privacy settings you have on these sites will dictate exactly how pictures and videos are shared once uploaded via Eye-Fi. As long as your computer is turned on and connected to the Internet, Eye-Fi can transmit your mementos to your desktop or notebook.
You can also send pics and vids to iPhones, Android phones, and tablets. When purchasing an Eye-Fi memory card, you can also take advantage of a free feature called Eye-Fi View. Eye-Fi View allows you to login to a mobile website where pictures and videos from the last seven days are stored. As long as you have access to the Internet, you can log in to share photos and video on the go.
Eye-Fi transfer is disabled by default. It needs to be enabled before image transfer is possible. However, connection status is also shown on the EOS camera shooting settings display above left. The Eye-Fi icon right offers the following status reports:. These menu items and displays are only visible when an Eye-Fi card is loaded in the camera. In September , Eye-Fi Inc. Eye-Fi Inc. The wi-fi range of the cards is around 27 metres outdoors and around 14 metres indoors.
The SanDisk cards can also be upgraded for Geotagging. When photos are wirelessly uploaded, the Eye-Fi Service then adds the geotags to your photos. WPS works whether you have added the wireless network to your list of uploading networks or not.
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