wifi sd cards novelty or good?

patrick in memphis

Senior Member
hi everyone i was perusing ebay..again...and came across the eye-fi sd cards the pro x2 can wirelessly transfer our pics to our pc/phone/tablets etc. or store them in the card dependant on card size .has anyone tried them? for around 35$us it seems like it could prove usefull.they advertise that it is like having an endless amount of card memory..just curious
 

Dave_W

The Dude
The few people I know who use them tell me they're wonderful when you get them to work properly. I've been reluctant to give it a try primarily because I'm not feeling very squeezed by lack of memory despite shooting mainly with my D800. That said, I've heard it's not always simple getting them to work properly. I'm alittle surprised more people didn't chime in on this subject, I guess few of us on the board are using this system, I suppose.
 
I have one of the cards. First it is not endless amount of card memory. IT is listed what the memory is. Second they are slow to transfer to the computer. It can take forever if it works at all. I would end up pulling the card and sticking it is the computer and even then it was slow. Transferring to phone works but do you really want every photo you take sent to your phone? Buy a good class 10 card, you will be happier and have more money in the back.
 

dragion

Senior Member
I actually own 2 of these Eye-Fi cards and to me they are wonderful.
My photos seem to download pretty quick to my Mac as soon as it receives the wifi connection...it also downloads the location where the photo(s) were taken.
I even have my photos from my cellphone download to my Eye-Fi's account, so all my photos & videos are in one place on my Mac.
Effortless...is the word I'll describe using the Eye-Fi SD cards. ;)
 

AxeMan - Rick S.

Senior Member
I have a standard Eye-Fi card and it worked great for me while I was using it. You need to have it connect to a "Wireless Network" in order for it to work. Seeing how most everyone these days has a wireless network in their home after setting it up it does what it says.

Upload speeds are not the fastest but by far not dog slow. This will depend on what kind of computer you have it configured to. My card loads faster on my desktop than it does my laptop, go figure the desktop is more of a machine than the laptop

I found the card useful when shooting any kind of studio shot be it portrait or tabletop macro. It was helpful to see an image on my laptop shortly after shooting something vers the camera screen because of the size of the laptop screen.

Another advantage to the Eye-Fi card is you can go out and shoot up a bunch of photo's and when you come back in range of your network the card will automatically download your photos to the computer it is configured to. No hooking up cables or removing your card to download images.

I stopped using my Eye-Fi card when I started shooting RAW only. My card does not support RAW files. The only card that does is the Pro X2, which is the one your looking at.

When I started to shoot RAW only I could not justify spending a 100 dollars on a card just so I could see the images on my laptop when all I had to do is tether my D90 to my laptop through Lightroom and get the same results.

Depending how you want to use your card for uploading or viewing I would say for $35 it's a buy provided it is the Pro X2 and you shoot RAW. If it's not the Pro X2 you can buy the standard card that I have for that price.

Off of Ebay buyer beware especially this time of year.
 
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BackdoorArts

Senior Member
I prefer the old fashioned method when transferring my photos to a computer, but I can see advantages to having your photos transfer to your phone when you're out somewhere and need to get your pics to someone ASAP and may be miles from your computer or a wifi connection. I first heard of them from news photographers who could now crop, edit and caption their shots on their iPhone and send them in from the location and not have to get to a Starbucks or steal an open signal from someone's unsecured router (more common than you'd think). And when Mom & Dad can't make it to the kid's recital, or the cousin's wedding they sure love it when they can see the photo right away instead of the next morning. Camera to Phone to Family.

I don't have a lot of use for them, but if I managed to snag one on sale I would, just for that reason. Don't know how many times I've been in the woods and snagged something cool that I wanted to share with the wife at home. Stick this in the second slot of my D600 and I could shoot the jpg copy off to her ASAP.
 

Krs_2007

Senior Member
The Eye-Fi is great for my use. I use it shooting sports pictures, it allows me to review them on a larger screen. No the transfer isn't fast, but I can take a picture or several and by the time I look at my Ipad they are transferring and before I get to the next picture they are finished. So the only con is speed, but it works for me. If you are taking portraits in the field and want a larger screen then just have them transfer to a tablet and you can view them without taking a card out. I have the D7000, 1st card is RAW and I write jpeg+normal to the second card which is the Eye-FI. I do not regret the card and really enjoy using it. If you care to then you can have it upload to a portable (phone, tablet) from their if you have internet connection you can set it to upload to social media. I dont use this but it is an option.
 

Nadine

New member
I just ordered me a 4Gb and I hope it works <3 and the same here I also have the D7000 and I love it but like the said I don't wanna pay 700 but for wifi. Thanks again
 

Happypuppy

Senior Member
Not all of the cards need to be in proximity of the wireless network. The main advantage, is the ability to see your images almost immediately on a larger device like a tablet. That said, I think it will not be long before we see Wi-Fi in cameras that can connect with tablet and smartphone applications to do the same thing.
 

stevebobb

Senior Member
This why i was considering to buy the eyefi i wanted to transfer the image to something like a tablet so you can properly review the images,for me it would of been a good learning tool especially out in the field on a bright sunny day..As far as i know apparently it works like a radio signal i believe? and the sale of the eyfi is dependant on which country you live in because of all the different frequencies associated in each country, I am living in China at the moment, and so the eyefi cannot be sold here! I wanted to use it to transfer to a Chinese Samsung galaxy 10.1 tablet, but the Chinese tablet has tons of restrictions on it so i don't think it would work any way! But the idea and technology is great..I guess if someone is using a D800 with 36mb resolution you would have to buy the 10 class sd card!!
 

Cowleystjames

Senior Member
Have tried one but my D800e has usb3, so it's too slow in comparison.
Not only that it's unreliable in connection

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