{"id":5947,"date":"2010-03-30T15:19:57","date_gmt":"2010-03-30T23:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/?p=5947"},"modified":"2010-03-31T06:35:39","modified_gmt":"2010-03-31T14:35:39","slug":"eye-fi-and-ipad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2010\/03\/30\/eye-fi-and-ipad\/","title":{"rendered":"Eye-Fi and iPad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lot’s of ‘i’s<\/i><\/p>\n

The original Eye-Fi card was underwhelming, even if it was a piece of technological serendipity. This SDHC card included a wireless transmitter which could send your pictures to a nearby computer using wifi. I say underwhelming as the card was slow to transmit data and could not send out RAW files.<\/p>\n

Now the newest Eye-Fi card<\/a> looks much more promising, but it is quite expensive.<\/p>\n

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RAW is now supported but you should check their compatibility list for your camera – not all work. Wifi speed is 802.11n. They claim the sending speed has doubled.<\/p>\n

Why is this relevant?<\/p>\n

Well, owing to what can only be described as a monumental procurement cock-up in Cupertino, the SDHC card reader for the iPad will not be available until late April. So if you want to use an iPad as an on-the-road photo storage and culling tool, tough luck until then. I mean, what is so difficult about making a low tech plug-in card reader when they have been around for the best part of a decade and the technology of the iPhone\/iPad connector is now 3 years old?<\/p>\n

Reviews of the 4gB ($100) Eye-Fi Pro X2 at Amazon suggest an upload speed of 1-2 mb\/s, so your 12 mb RAW file will take some 9 seconds to make it to the iPad – not stellar, but maybe a worthwhile workaround?<\/p>\n

Eye-Fi’s site also has some disclosures concerning use of these with SDHC to CF adapters in cameras like the Canon 5D\/40D which do not accept SDHC cards. It seems there are workarounds but few guarantees. so caveat emptor<\/i> is the order of the day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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