Comments on: Eye-Fi adds two new wireless memory cards to their product line-up http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2008/05/11/eye-fi-adds-2-new-wireless-memory-cards-to-their-product-line-up/ All About Mobile 2.0 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:49:03 -0600 hourly 1 By: Charles http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2008/05/11/eye-fi-adds-2-new-wireless-memory-cards-to-their-product-line-up/comment-page-1/#comment-418509 Charles Tue, 13 May 2008 13:10:44 +0000 http://mobilecrunch.com/?p=2873#comment-418509 I love my EyeFi. I use it hooked up through a CF adaptor on my Rebel XT (350D) which has a tiny preview screen. I shoot lots of photos in a light tent and as soon as the shot is taken it appears on my PC so I can preview it full-screen straight away without having to pull the card out and copy it off. Saves me hours of time. I love my EyeFi.

I use it hooked up through a CF adaptor on my Rebel XT (350D) which has a tiny preview screen.

I shoot lots of photos in a light tent and as soon as the shot is taken it appears on my PC so I can preview it full-screen straight away without having to pull the card out and copy it off.

Saves me hours of time.

]]> By: Riprap http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2008/05/11/eye-fi-adds-2-new-wireless-memory-cards-to-their-product-line-up/comment-page-1/#comment-418508 Riprap Tue, 13 May 2008 12:05:37 +0000 http://mobilecrunch.com/?p=2873#comment-418508 I agree with Amit. They need the basic version, that will simply let you transfer all photographic files from camera to computer. If they had this, the EyeShare would find a huge market in the professional and prosumer photography markets. I agree with Amit. They need the basic version, that will simply let you transfer all photographic files from camera to computer. If they had this, the EyeShare would find a huge market in the professional and prosumer photography markets.

]]> By: B Davis http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2008/05/11/eye-fi-adds-2-new-wireless-memory-cards-to-their-product-line-up/comment-page-1/#comment-418506 B Davis Tue, 13 May 2008 05:16:24 +0000 http://mobilecrunch.com/?p=2873#comment-418506 This product is slick. It has saved me countless hours of time. I come home after taking pictures, turn my camera on and put it on the counter. By the time I get a drink it has moved a copy to my computer and uploaded a copy to Flikr. BIG TIME SAVER! Leo - the new one will geo tag. No gadgets or expensive equipment. This product is slick. It has saved me countless hours of time.
I come home after taking pictures, turn my camera on and put it on the counter. By the time I get a drink it has moved a copy to my computer and uploaded a copy to Flikr.

BIG TIME SAVER!

Leo – the new one will geo tag. No gadgets or expensive equipment.

]]> By: Amit Patel http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2008/05/11/eye-fi-adds-2-new-wireless-memory-cards-to-their-product-line-up/comment-page-1/#comment-418504 Amit Patel Tue, 13 May 2008 03:27:40 +0000 http://mobilecrunch.com/?p=2873#comment-418504 It's not just RAW files. It's the greatly increased hassle of *some* of your files (JPG) being transferred but not all (RAW, AVI, MOV) which means you still end up having to plug the card into a card reader, and then get EyeFi automatically launching some web site, and you have to remember which you transferred and which are safe to delete. It'd be far simpler to transfer all files to a folder on my computer. And then I could plug the card into my phone and transfer songs, or transfer it into other devices and get any type of file. As is, the EyeFi folk spent extra effort restricting what it can do, which makes it less valuable and more of a pain for the user. It’s not just RAW files. It’s the greatly increased hassle of *some* of your files (JPG) being transferred but not all (RAW, AVI, MOV) which means you still end up having to plug the card into a card reader, and then get EyeFi automatically launching some web site, and you have to remember which you transferred and which are safe to delete.

It’d be far simpler to transfer all files to a folder on my computer. And then I could plug the card into my phone and transfer songs, or transfer it into other devices and get any type of file. As is, the EyeFi folk spent extra effort restricting what it can do, which makes it less valuable and more of a pain for the user.

]]> By: David Fisher http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2008/05/11/eye-fi-adds-2-new-wireless-memory-cards-to-their-product-line-up/comment-page-1/#comment-418502 David Fisher Mon, 12 May 2008 20:57:02 +0000 http://mobilecrunch.com/?p=2873#comment-418502 Why do you need RAW support for uploading to photo sites? I thought this at first myself too, but instead I would just shoot in RAW+Jpeg. Main point I see is getting the files up there quick. Look at Nikon's solutions... so expensive. Why do you need RAW support for uploading to photo sites? I thought this at first myself too, but instead I would just shoot in RAW+Jpeg. Main point I see is getting the files up there quick. Look at Nikon’s solutions… so expensive.

]]> By: Daveed http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2008/05/11/eye-fi-adds-2-new-wireless-memory-cards-to-their-product-line-up/comment-page-1/#comment-418501 Daveed Mon, 12 May 2008 19:25:15 +0000 http://mobilecrunch.com/?p=2873#comment-418501 I still say, call me when they add RAW file support. I still say, call me when they add RAW file support.

]]> By: TranceMist http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2008/05/11/eye-fi-adds-2-new-wireless-memory-cards-to-their-product-line-up/comment-page-1/#comment-418498 TranceMist Mon, 12 May 2008 14:11:17 +0000 http://mobilecrunch.com/?p=2873#comment-418498 Geotagging via WiFi outside highly dense urban areas is useless. Geotagging via WiFi outside highly dense urban areas is useless.

]]> By: Graeme Thickins http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2008/05/11/eye-fi-adds-2-new-wireless-memory-cards-to-their-product-line-up/comment-page-1/#comment-418497 Graeme Thickins Mon, 12 May 2008 13:53:50 +0000 http://mobilecrunch.com/?p=2873#comment-418497 the Eye-Fi is piece of crap - I returned one I bought over the weekend...couldn't even get through their stupid registration process, and I'm a pretty tech-savvy dude isn't this supposed to be a *consumer* product? .... like click, click, click, and it just works? hell, even their (slow via email) support people couldn't solve my problem.... so, I thought, wait a minute, with freaking broadband or wi-fi everywhere I go now, I can upload my pix to Flickr pretty damn fast as it is who needs additional grief or complexity? so, I saved myself a hundred bucks the Eye-Fi is piece of crap – I returned one I bought over the weekend…couldn’t even get through their stupid registration process, and I’m a pretty tech-savvy dude

isn’t this supposed to be a *consumer* product? …. like click, click, click, and it just works?

hell, even their (slow via email) support people couldn’t solve my problem….

so, I thought, wait a minute, with freaking broadband or wi-fi everywhere I go now, I can upload my pix to Flickr pretty damn fast as it is

who needs additional grief or complexity? so, I saved myself a hundred bucks

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