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Camera Eye-Fi
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general eclect
Android Expert
The beauty of digital photography is I can take multiple shots at varying angles and settings in order to have a better chance of getting an outstanding result. I find I can't really judge which pics I want to upload until I've seen 'em on my laptop screen, therefore the eye-fi card is useless to me...
MacFett
Android Expert
You've got to get them to the laptop somehow. I'm always losing my camera cables and really want to try one of these in my new camera. They come up on woot pretty often for a good price. I will be getting one next time I see one.
general eclect
Android Expert
saptech
Android Expert
I'll start keeping an eye on Woot for it, thnx for the info. For my needs, it will be handy with my new camera also. It works the same as Dropbox work with uploading pics from the phone, unless you disable it. I find it is convience for me.
general eclect
Android Expert
I thought eye fi was simply a brand name of wi-fi sd card...
Speed Daemon
Android Expert
I looked at one, but didn't see the point. When I'm shooting photos, I'm almost never in range of a Wi-Fi network that I can gain access to, and certainly don't have my laptop ready and waiting to receive files.
I can see a professional photographer wanting something like this in the studio, but I doubt that the inexpensive version that I see in big box stores would meet the needs of professionals.
I suppose someone might benefit from this product, but who?
I can see a professional photographer wanting something like this in the studio, but I doubt that the inexpensive version that I see in big box stores would meet the needs of professionals.
I suppose someone might benefit from this product, but who?
general eclect
Android Expert
My camera bag is a backpack that carries my laptop too. Makes it fairly heavy but it doesn't faze me, just helps to keep me fit. I carry it with me wherever I go. I personally don't really want to know about cloud computing. if the cloud or the net goes down, you can't access anything. Much better to carry around a pocket drive in my backpack for the stuff that won't fit onto my laptop IMHO...
saptech
Android Expert
I understand what you're saying and agree to a point. But I'm getting to be an old man. I don't need to carry alot of crap around with me anymore.
It is times I need pictures I take available in the clouds. I also see it as a backup procedure.
If your computer break down, you can't access anything either! Just a thought.
XplosiV
Master X is Watching You
If you're laptop breaks you can take out the HD and put it into an enclosure manning it a usb drive so you can still get your data off, evan if your os is corrupt.
saptech
Android Expert
By the time all this is done, my wifi/ISP will be back up before I finish getting another HD, opening the laptop, removing the old HD, putting it in an enclosure and finding another computer to hook it into.If you're laptop breaks you can take out the HD and put it into an enclosure manning it a usb drive so you can still get your data off, evan if your os is corrupt.
general eclect
Android Expert
I'm not getting any younger either (though in no way could I consider myself old) and one of the reasons I do load myself up is in the hope of retaining/maintaining what little fitness I do have.
I tend to put most of my better pictures on Photobucket or Imageshack for the purpose of sharing them on forums or in e-mauls (not mis-spelled!).
If my lappie does break down I'll just revert to my older one until I can replace it, but it's a Toshiba, they don't break down! Touch wood *touches head*
Speed Daemon
Android Expert
I just keep a large collection of flash cards. If one card fills up (or if I think my camera is about to get confiscated after taking a newsworthy photo), I swap cards and keep on shooting. Six of one...
Speed Daemon
Android Expert
I'm with you there! As much as I'd like to have my DSLR and ENG camcorder with me all the time, the reality of the situation is that lugging an increasing amount of gear everywhere I go isn't practical or something I'll actually do most of the time. That's why I bought a nice pocket camera with a telescopic zoom lens that can shoot pretty good stills and surprisingly good 1080p60 full HD video.
XplosiV
Master X is Watching You
Depends how important your data is, I've got 4 laptops, 3 enclosures and a 4TB RAID 5 NAS so accessing / backing up data for me isn't an issue.
general eclect
Android Expert
If you're laptop breaks you can take out the HD and put it into an enclosure manning it a usb drive so you can still get your data off, evan if your os is corrupt.
You don't even need an enclosure, I use a Newer Technologies USB 3.0 Universal Drive Adaptor.
general eclect
Android Expert
If they want to confiscate my card I'll just give 'em the one in the number two slot...
XplosiV
Master X is Watching You
Got a drive link kit too, just not usb 3.
As for the original post.
It depends on your needs for storage, if your likely to need to swap out SD cards then either by bigger or buy more. Don't see a need for a WiFi card as SD is cheap enough to buy what you need until you can get to a laptop / pc anyway.
saptech
Android Expert
See I'm nobody, I can't afford to keep up with all this new technology.
I understand what you all are saying. I do have extra cards, thumbdrives, HDs, even a couple of old computers that works.
But being able to have the pictures uploaded to the cloud, like I can do with my phone & dropbox is a big advantage for me.
I understand what you all are saying. I do have extra cards, thumbdrives, HDs, even a couple of old computers that works.
But being able to have the pictures uploaded to the cloud, like I can do with my phone & dropbox is a big advantage for me.
Speed Daemon
Android Expert
In a backpack?
I have all kinds of storage at home and on the road, but it's not exactly portable.