My husband purchased an iPad 4 for me for Christmas because he had read online about shooting from camera to iPad to view and edit photos. At the Apple store, the man sold him a $30 camera adapter so I could transfer the files. Once I got to my studio after the holiday I connected my camera to the iPad but was disappointed to see that it did not transfer photos as I took them, instead it acted as a USB reader and transferred files that were already on the memory card. This was a complete waste and not at all what I needed. So, I did some research and found out about the Eye-Fi card, and of course checked out all of the reviews for it. I purchased it, and received it yesterday. When I got into the studio today, I set it up, and although it took me a little while to figure out all of the settings so that it worked for exactly what I wanted (less than an hour) I have it up and running and it works amazingly! I do a few events throughout the year where clients can choose their photos on the spot, and it isn't reasonable to move my whole computer set up to my shooting area to shoot tethered to my PC, and it obviously doesn't make any sense to try to travel with it. Well this is a perfect solution. I have the Canon 1DS Mark III. I use a regular CF card to record all of my RAW files for transfer and editing on my PC once I'm back at my studio and use the Eye-Fi SD card to transfer small jpeg files directly to my iPad. The photos on my iPad are strictly for people to see their photos, and I won't be editing or saving these files, so I use the S jpeg so it transfers extremely quickly. In less than 3 seconds, files are ready to view. This helps to boost sales a lot, because a lot of people will order less at events if they are unsure how their photos turn out. It does take a little set up work on both the iPad and camera to get this all to work out this way, but like I said it doesn't take long.
One drawback I did see was that it seems as if my iPad looses the connection to the card, and then you have to go back into settings and wifi to reconnect. That is a little inconvenient, but I set it to automatically connect, and I am hoping this fixes the problem. One piece of advice though, if you plan on using this app with your camera and you may not take a photo for a few minutes, you may want to turn your sleep settings off on your camera. I did notice that the wifi disconnected after the camera went to sleep and it took a minute to reconnect.
All in all, it is an awesome product to shoot "tethered" with, and of course the fact that everything is wireless makes it so much easier! I definitely recommend the Eye-Fi!
| Color | Orange |
|---|---|
| Special Feature | water_proof, x_ray_proof, temperature_proof |
| Read Speed | 10 |
| Item Weight | 0.05 Pounds |
| Warranty Type | No Warranty |
| Write Speed | Class 10 |
| Hardware Interface | SDHC |
| Secure Digital Association Speed Class | Class 10 |
| Manufacturer | Eye-Fi |
| UPC | 899949001908 255978589532 |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 00899949001908 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Wireless Type | 802.11n, 802.11b, 802.11g |
