In addition, the D90 uses heavy-duty, long-life Li-Ion batteries which last much longer than the tiny batteries that come in pocket/point-and-shoot cameras.
#Eye fi review install#
The degree to which it drains was a little hard for me to relate because my Nikon D90 has the add-on battery pack that lets me install two batteries simultaneously. Yes, the Eye-Fi card will put an additional drain on your battery-no question.
#Eye fi review full#
JPEGs out of a Nikon D90 at full resolution can weigh upwards of 6–8 MB. Transfer them through a Wi-Fi connection just doesn’t seem practical. These files tend to be huge, and trying to Another big topic in the forums is the lack of support for theĬamera RAW format-only JPEGs can be uploaded. (among other formats), but Eye-Fi seems somewhat tight-lipped about anything Eye-Fi’s forums are full of queries about a Compact Flash version There are two other possible “gotchas” with the Eye-Fi card. Is always reverse chronological to the time they are uploaded. Rather, Flickr accepts photos as a stream. Huge program, except that services such as Flickr don’t exactly work in terms of They were processed out of the order they were originally shot. Even though the photos did eventually get processed, It wasn’t an enormous problem because the Eye-Fi card tried again soonĪfter and was successful, however it did so after one or two other picturesįinished uploading first. In, less than five out of more than 100 total) didn’t successfully transfer from The only quirk I encountered with the Eye-Fi Manager was when a few photos (as If this isn’t proof of the transition from industrial age to Service such as Flickr, I envision a computer in the media room receiving photosĪs they are shot and photos posted to the session’s official gallery within While the media team may not utilize an online Roaming around taking vacation pictures, this business session has full access Suggestion to assign Eye-Fi cards to all the photographers. We’re now approaching the 2010 session, and I’m hoping the media team act on my Were available for viewing by the end of the day. But, in 2005, not only was virtuallyĮveryone shooting digital, but photographers also came to the media room afterĪn event to upload their photos to a gallery and add cutlines (captions). Saw roughly half film use and half digital. The 2000 session was a transition time that I am fairly sure photographers at the 1995 session (which It is an enormous, week-long event, and there are dozens of photographers who Generally held in a stadium setting of the chosen city for that term’s meeting. Necessarily employed, with the organization also arrive at the meeting, which is The sessions are open, thousands of people who are affiliated, though not Workers from around the world converge to the chosen location. There is, however, a type of scenario where I think the Eye-Fi card can shine.įor example, I am involved in a quinquennial business meeting where hundreds of Locations instead of the actual photo spot! Photos online that are geotagged at various Starbucks, McDonald’s, etc. Eye-Fi cards are able to upload pictures through a Wayport Possibly helpful to many is that Eye-Fi has partnered with Wayport to provide Internet connection is proxied and access is purchased on a computer, the Eye-FiĬard-a separate device-is still locked out. It probably goes without saying that a popular desire of theĮye-Fi card is likely to auto-upload vacation pictures-especially out in nature.īut again, are open access points really common enough? Even at hotels, if the Uploaded until I came home and turned on the camera within range of my own The Disney property, but every one was locked down, and none of my photos Sure, there are countless access points in use throughout
My tests of the Eye-Fi Explore centered around an evening of photography atĭisney’s Epcot resort. Opened-common at hotels), once again, the access point is unusable. User would log in or purchase Internet time before any other pages can be When a Web connection is redirected to a different page, usually one where a Plus, even where it isĪvailable, it is either encrypted or proxied. Way from being ubiquitously available everywhere. But the oneĬhallenge it faces is that, as popular as Wi-Fi has become, it is still a long Don’t mistake me-the whole concept of the Eye-Fi card is amazing.
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