Eye-Fi WiFi memory cards for Nikon camera

I am interested in these cards I saw online. They are SDHC cards with WiFi capability. Anyone use these or have experience with them?

Mike D90 said:

I am interested in these cards I saw online. They are SDHC cards with WiFi capability. Anyone use these or have experience with them?

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Yup, I use one in my second card slot(d7100) and copy the photos I want from my first card slot to it. Eyefi card sends them to my iphone and my iphone sends them directly to my flickr account. Works out in the field (literally)as long as I have cell coverage, wifi to my iphone not needed.

I used a Eye-Fi card for a short while to transfer images from my D800e, to my IPad Air. But found it slow and continually losing connection.
I therefore went down the rather expensive route of buying Nikons WT-5 transmitter. Works brilliantly with my D4s but needed a UT-1 to work the my D800e. Gets a bit expensive then!
One day Nikon may put wireless in all their cameras......

@BackdoorHippie uses them

Cowleystjames said:

I used a Eye-Fi card for a short while to transfer images from my D800e, to my IPad Air. But found it slow and continually losing connection.
I therefore went down the rather expensive route of buying Nikons WT-5 transmitter. Works brilliantly with my D4s but needed a UT-1 to work the my D800e. Gets a bit expensive then!
One day Nikon may put wireless in all their cameras......

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You think so?" O well another new camera to add to the wish list. It never ends

Akozub said:

Yup, I use one in my second card slot(d7100) and copy the photos I want from my first card slot to it. Eyefi card sends them to my iphone and my iphone sends them directly to my flickr account. Works out in the field (literally)as long as I have cell coverage, wifi to my iphone not needed.

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By this I'm assuming you mean no add'l WiFi to your phone needed, right?

rocketman122 said:

@BackdoorHippie uses them

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Yes, I have one in the second slot of my D600. It was a gift, and I use it occasionally - more often than not when I'm out with the Mrs. and squeeze off a shot that she then wants to share with her friends. The connection can be a little difficult to establish and maintain, particularly while shooting. But if you're sitting and just looking to transfer a couple pics immediately it works just fine. If you're shooting RAW it could take a while to transfer, so be selective. I use the method whereby it will only transfer "locked" images. I'll also shoot JPG directly to that card if I see something I'm going to want to send to the phone immediately. Otherwise I'm patient enough to do the transfer at home to my laptop.

It's alright, but by no means perfect.

Philnz said:

You think so?" O well another new camera to add to the wish list. It never ends

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So true, photography can be an expensive business.

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This is where Nikon is slipping behind. Canon puts WIFI in a number of their bodies and with technology the way it is you would think all DSLR manufacturers would add it and get rid of the other useless features they stick in them.

I am mostly interested in it to eliminate using cables to attach it to my computer to transfer my images. I don't use card readers so far. I prefer to leave the card in my camera instead of always removing and inserting it. I also rather transfer without having to plug a cable in to the camera each time.

But, since I now have a high speed USB I cannot complain about transfer speed, just mostly convenience.

If the cards are slow and/or clunky I would not want that.

FastGlass said:

This is where Nikon is slipping behind. Canon puts WIFI in a number of their bodies and with technology the way it is you would think all DSLR manufacturers would add it and get rid of the other useless features they stick in them.

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Yes! Useless features such as video!

Mike, my wife and I use the eyefi mobi 8gb cards in our nikons, hers being the v1 and mine the d5100. I like it for transferring to my iphone whilst my wife uses hers to her MacBook Air.

To get images to her macbook she simply turns the camera on and with the eyefi desktop transfer program installed it automatically connects and transfers all her photos (Jpeg only on mobi) to a pre defined folder, popping them in sub folders based on date of shot. It also separates videos out too.

I've then set lightroom up to look at that folder when she presses import so they all add to her lightroom library in an instant too.

Copy speed is slower than USB but I would estimate to mac it's a second or so a photo, more than acceptable in my opinion, at least for our JPEG 'normal' workflow. If I'm shooting raw I take the card out and use a reader but I think the eyefi pro cards also can transfer raw images


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I use it my D5100, Its a fine product. The only drawback is if the screen gets switched off the card turns off, and if you prolong the screen time u run out of battery fast. If you are ok with less battery, then you can give it a try.

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Cameo, try this..

Go to menu custom settings, timer/as lock then c2 auto off timers and then custom, set auto meter-off to 30 min. Live view, image preview and playback/menus to whatever you prefer.

Now go to auto info display in setup menu and turn that off.

Now you will find the info display stays off. You will still get image previews and to switch it on just press info up by the shutter button.

With this setup the eyefi does not use much power as the screen is not always on and the power to the card is not cut during transfer due to the 30 min auto off setting




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Thanks Marko. I will try this.

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I had wifi built in to my 5300 before I traded it for a 7100. I used it maybe once or twice at the most. It was hardly a game changer and since going to the 7100 I don't miss it at all.

Unless you specifically need it I wouldn't bother with the expense.

pondered the benefit and wondered if i 'needed' it (need being a very creative word when applied to photography).

i think the biggest issue preventing this would be my tendency to want to crop and otherwise tune every photo I'd want to post. maybe if I shot better and didn't use pp software so much it may be worthwhile.

so far have not decided I "need" it.
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Personally, I don't see the need for wifi in a DSLR - if there is something I absolutely need to post right away, I use my iTouch & get to a free hotspot for wifi.