Eye-Fi Share 2 GB Wi-Fi SD Flash Memory Card EYE-FI-2GB (OLD VERSION)
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Eye-Fi Share 2 GB Wi-Fi SD Flash Memory Card EYE-FI-2GB (OLD VERSION)
Customer Review: Fantastic device, makes it so much easier to share photos
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great product, I would highly recommend it. After using it for the last 6 months, it's consistently delivered on what it says it would do, but more importantly I'm noticing it really has made a difference in how we share photos with our friends and family making even the distant relatives feel more a part of our growing family.
It's not that using the cables to quickly pull a batch of pictures off of our camera was that hard before, but it was just annoying enough that we would wait for a week or two between download sessions. With the EyeFi, it's so super easy to get the pictures from the camera to our computer that we do it the same day they're taken every time. What I didn't realize ahead of time was how big a deal that seemingly small change would be. We happen to have a 1-year old daughter who changes every day, and getting pictures up onto the photo sharing site (Flickr for us) on the same day makes all the extended family feel like they're part of her growing up. Somehow seeing a new picture every day or two just feels more like you're there than seeing a batch of new pictures every week or two, and the EyeFi card makes it so simple that it's easy to do...
Packaging is very slick, somewhat Apple-esque, and gets you up and running quickly. Installation is a quick plug-and-play with your PC, pop it into the camera, and you're off and running. The EyeFi has worked flawlessly for us without having to touch it since installing. They do release updates every month or two to improve performance or add features, but it's up to you whether you want to download them (super simple if you do). Hasn't impacted batter life in any noticeable way, we're still getting hundreds of pictures between charges on our camera.
All in all delivers on its promises perfectly, and changes the way we share our photos (a bigger impact than I guessed before we started using it). A definite must-buy for any frequent photographer.
Customer Review: Easily and Wirelessly Uploads Photos
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the best new product I have ever seen! This card works perfectly with many of my SD cameras completely rendering cables useless!!
First off, the registration. A quick and simple registration (which you must have an internet connection for) helps you register the Eye-Fi Card with Eye-Fi's server to prevent unauthorized users from using *your* Eye-Fi Card. During the registration process, you also set up your wireless network (with your personal wireless DHCP enabled router), which works with Open, WEP or WPA encryption. It sends a test packet to the Eye-Fi Server, and once it verifies it's arrival, BAM! Your wireless network is set up. The next two are setting up your photo sharing accounts, personally, I use Webshots, and also directing your photos where to save on your computer. After that, you slap your Eye-Fi Card in your camera, take a picture and wammo! The picture is on the hard drive and on the photo sharing web site!
With so many new features added in the past few months, like geotagging and hotspot access on the Explore Card, this has become a necessity for anyone who uses a digital camera on a regular basis. I have not noticed any excessive battery usage on any of my cameras, which are two Nikons and a Canon.
Now, there are additional features, such as e-mail and SMS notifications, so if I'm not near my computer, I don't have to check the Eye-Fi Manager to see if my pictures have uploaded, my phone will tell me so.
It's a great product, but, please, don't buy this card with the intention that it will do what it is not advertised to do, such as create a wireless connection for your PDA, transfer RAW and movie files, send pictures back and forth between your digital picture frame and your camera. No, only JPG files, folks. And it does it flawlessly!
Customer Review: Simply amazing, effortless, sharing!
Summary: 5 Stars
Now this is how digital cameras should work. Take pictures and let them "automagically" appear on your home computer and your photo-sharing sites.
For anyone considering this card, or just wants an easier photo experience, don't hesitate to buy one. I picked up one for myself and was so impressed with it I purchased 2 more as gifts within 30 minutes.
The card itself looks and acts like a regular SD card in your camera. Take all the pictures you want, pop it into a USB reader and you can copy them over just fine. Seems to be compatible with pretty much any camera that uses SD cards.
The software (I've tried out both the Mac and Windows versions) couldn't be any simpler. It installs an icon in your system tray or menu bar that provides easy access to the eye.fi web site, change preview settings, and pulls down photos that were sent to the service (if you choose to have copies saved on your local computer). Even smart enough to put downloaded photos into date-stamped folders for easy organization.
The web site is where you manage your photo services for uploads, letting you link existing accounts (like Flickr or Picasa) or set up new ones easily.
The online help and documentation are well written, easy to understand, and to the point. I haven't had any reason to contact technical support yet but if it's as good as the rest of this product I won't be disappointed.
My only gripe is there aren't any larger sized cards available, but when one comes out I'll be upgrading. I am currently using a 8G card for RAW photos which are not supported for uploads, only JPG files are supported for auto-uploads, but any file type is saved to the card which can be read using any USB reader.
Customer Review: Impressed! These will be my Christmas Gifts this year!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been long waiting for these to be released, and plugging it in for the first time to configure it, I was not disappointed.
It doesn't ship with a CD, just the SD card and a USB adapter used only for configuring the device. The software, both for PC and Mac was on the card, and installing, at least on the Mac, was a snap!
Configuration was trivially easy on my Mac laptop, probably in large part because it was a laptop and already had its wireless connection configured. The Eye-FI card cleverly and quietly sucked down the wireless configuration data from my laptop and configured itself.
The only thing I wasn't prepared to do as part of the installation was select a photo site to which Eye-FI would automatically upload photos. Instead, there's an option to only copy them to the computer on which you configured Eye-FI. This works great, by the way!
I was initially concerned about range, because it seemed to require setting the camera near the wireless router before pictures would upload, but by the third picture, it was able to transfer them from 15 yards and through a wall.
Overall, I'm very impressed with the quality of the hardware, the ease of installation, and actual functioning of the system. So much so that I've ordered two more for Christmas presents for some gadget/photography buff friends, and a third for my mother!
I'm hopeful having this card will encourage my mother to actually use her camera, as well as prove useful for "remote tech support" as we live in different states. If she can't figure out what wires to plug in to the DVD player, just take a picture of it, and I can walk her through it over the phone!
Customer Review: Amazing Technology - The future is here!
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm a gadget guy who has to have the latest and greatest of everything, and I think this is the latest AND the greatest. No, it's not perfect, but it amazed me and that is hard to do these days!
The setup worked as it should, except for some reason I had to enter my WEP password a few times before it took.
I use Kodak Gallery, and that set-up step was as easy as telling the EyeFi program my email and Kodak password. Instant connection.
I then put the card in my camera, took a picture, and saw from the computer it was already being uploaded to my PC and to Kodak Gallery. SLICK!
I take hundreds of pictures every week, and I sort of dread the hour or so I have to spend doing this task. It is especially frustrating when I am taking pictures of something to post on-line because I will take a picture, take out the SD card, transfer it to my computer, then realize I need another photo, place SD back in the camera and repeat. THOSE DAYS ARE GONE NOW!!!
I am using a Nikon D40. The setup program had specific instructions on how to change the Nikon power settings so that the card stays powered long enough to upload the photos. No noticeable additional battery drain, but the Nikon battery life is a wonder unto itself anyway.
Room for improvement: Well, it isn't perfect. The WIFI range appears to be about half of what my laptops get. I was hoping I could be in the back yard or at least the living room (100-200 feet away) and have this magic process work, but I pretty much have to have the camery in the bedroom where my WiFi router is.
Overall, highly recommended!