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Anyone used one of these? I was hoping to use it to connect my dslr to my phone for file transfer purposes. These seem just the ticket though I would have never thought it possible from a memory card!
I've not used one, but I'd have thought you'd need some form of infrastructure in place. Ie, you'd need a wireless network that the phone and the camera both join onto, rather than just connecting the camera directly to the phone. So, less use 'in the field' but handy if you want to transfer back at base (home, work, hotel, etc).
I don't know for sure though, I'm just guessing but that's how I'd expect it to work.
My canon has built in wifi, works superbly, transfers images to phone & PC but yes you need to connect to a network
I have the toshiba flashair ones, they are bloody excellent.
[b]You do not need to be connected to a network[/b], the wifi card creates its own network, so great if you are up a mountain and want to do instant FB uploads of dslr piccies etc. I also use it to transfer fotos to my tablet when travelling and then use the tablet to transfer to my portable harddrive after revewing the ones I want to keep.
If you have an older DSLR, like my D90 then you need to change the time the sensor is active for to keep the card powered up. So If doing lots of work I think you can change it to 30 mins or so.
Make sure to change it back or it will flatten your battery.. I have mine on a shortcut in the custom settigns field.
Wife has one for her nikon d3000.
it works ok, no need for a network, and does drain the battery a fair bit if you leave the wifi turned on.
Overall, id recommend it if theres no computer nearby.
[quote=Cougar said]I've not used one, but I'd have thought you'd need some form of infrastructure in place. Ie, you'd need a wireless network that the phone and the camera both join onto, rather than just connecting the camera directly to the phone.
The camera could just create it's own Wifi hotspot and other devices then connect to that.
Edit: From the above ^^^ sounds like that's what happens.
I've got the Toshiba flashair as well. Does the job. No network needed. Just connect the phone or tablet straight to the camera. Nice for browsing pics in the pub in the evening or quick uploads to Facebook.
I sit corrected. Nice.
The camera could just create it's own Wifi hotspot and other devices then connect to that.
That's what my SJ4000 does
For the past few years we've had one in the camera for a non-profit I'm involved with, and it uploads every shot automatically to flickr. Then whoever was running the event just logs in to edit the set down later. It works well and has been very reliable.
Nach, how is that set up? Looking to do something similar but haven't actually got as far as looking for a solution yet.
Afraid I'm not sure as I didn't set it up. A quick look at their support site just cites Eye-Fi's "Webshare service", which seems to be free.
https://x2help.eyefi.com/hc/en-us/articles/200085567-Supported-Online-Sharing-Sites
(Unrelated) Also dug this up from the mailing list for that org:
There is also this handy feature where you make the card 'endless' which means we won't even need to empty the card as it will self delete the oldest items when the card gets so full.
Thought I'd follow up on this one. Got the Toshiba card, reading a few reviews it seemed like the best £ vs performance option. Minor bit of faffery to start with but once you've used it a few times it works well. No problems finding the card or anything, the app could probably do with a bit of polishing though. 16gb card from Amazon for £20 odd quid, I'd recommend it.