Hi all
You may or may not have come across the Eye-Fi card, but they are sensational! Basically they are what looks like a standard SD card, a 2 Gb card in fact, but the amazing thing is that they also work as a wireless network card. This means that your photos can be automatically uploaded to your computer, or even directly up to things like Facebook, Flikr etc (assuming you have access to a wireless network, even a public one).
The Eye-Fi people have today announced a partnership with SmugMug whereby members can use their cards for geotagging their photos as well.
I'm sorry, but if you don't think that being able to stand by the Statue of Liberty, take your photo and within minutes all your friends online can see you standing there grinning isn't cool then I don't know what is *laugh*
I think these things are amazing, I still can't see how you can get so much technology in something so tiny (I am not in any way at all affiliated with them I should add - just a huge fan of this thing).
If you want to learn a little more about them check out my experiences:
//darksideofthelens.com/2008/08/eye-fi-wireless-memory-card/
However, I find it works perfectly in my point and shoot camera but when I put it in my dSLR (using a CF card adapter), a Canon 5D with a metal body, it doesn;t do nearly as well. I am guessing this is due to the metal case stopping the wireless signal being as strong as it is in a plastic case. I do know that the CF adapter does weaken the signl (I was told that when I ordered it).
Has anyone else got experience with one of these they can share, or cast any further light on why it doesn;t perform as well in a dSLR?
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