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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 114758" data-attributes="member: 9240">While roaming around and shooting in FL last week, while I was firing away with my camera my wife was often next to me trying to grab stuff with her Android phone and getting frustrated.&nbsp; It was then that I finally realized that I might have a use for a Wifi card, if only to fire off jpgs to my iPhone and/or her Galaxy.&nbsp; My thought was to put one in the second slot on my D600 and when I needed it just set the mode to RAW+JPEG with the JPEG's going to the second slot and then off to the phone(s).&nbsp; Seems pretty straight forward and something that could easily be turned on/off, and those photos could then immediately be shared with family/friends rather than waiting for me to get home and sort through the RAW files and export pics to send out.My primary question regards battery drain with the wifi card.&nbsp; I would assume it requires a little more juice than the standard SD card and will drain the battery quicker, but the question is how much more quickly?&nbsp; Can the functionality be &quot;turned off&quot; when not in use (I'm thinking no)?&nbsp; I could always pull the card when I don't need it and only stick it in when I believe I might, but that runs the risk of losing it.Anyway, I'd appreciate any insight ore positive/negative experiences any of you might have to share regarding using them.Also, Eye-Fi seemed to be the only one out there for a while, but now I'm seeing Transcend cards, so if you have any experience with the latter I'd appreciate hearing about it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 114758, member: 9240"] While roaming around and shooting in FL last week, while I was firing away with my camera my wife was often next to me trying to grab stuff with her Android phone and getting frustrated. It was then that I finally realized that I might have a use for a Wifi card, if only to fire off jpgs to my iPhone and/or her Galaxy. My thought was to put one in the second slot on my D600 and when I needed it just set the mode to RAW+JPEG with the JPEG's going to the second slot and then off to the phone(s). Seems pretty straight forward and something that could easily be turned on/off, and those photos could then immediately be shared with family/friends rather than waiting for me to get home and sort through the RAW files and export pics to send out. My primary question regards battery drain with the wifi card. I would assume it requires a little more juice than the standard SD card and will drain the battery quicker, but the question is how much more quickly? Can the functionality be "turned off" when not in use (I'm thinking no)? I could always pull the card when I don't need it and only stick it in when I believe I might, but that runs the risk of losing it. Anyway, I'd appreciate any insight ore positive/negative experiences any of you might have to share regarding using them. Also, Eye-Fi seemed to be the only one out there for a while, but now I'm seeing Transcend cards, so if you have any experience with the latter I'd appreciate hearing about it. [/QUOTE]

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