Eye-Fi Share 2 GB Wi-Fi SD Flash Memory Card EYE-FI-2GB (OLD VERSION) by Eye-Fi
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Digital camera reviews of Eye-Fi Share 2 GB Wi-Fi SD Flash Memory Card EYE-FI-2GB (OLD VERSION)
Digital camera Review: Check for compatibility first!!!
Summary: 2 Stars
Honestly, this product is excellent in theory, but is lacking in practice. I bought this for my father for Christmas because I thought it'd be a neat little gadget thats easy to use and would save him the time of uploading his photos to the family site. What we found is that this is just not compatible with the camera he has. He's got a Panasonic Lumix FX07, but apparently it is only compatible with an FX01 at this point. I'm assuming down the road they'll expand the range, but right now we're returning it. Basically what happens is before a photo can be uploaded, the camera shuts off. There isn't a longer setting on the camera, so no photos uploaded. That, coupled with the fact it takes ~5min/photo to upload, makes it easier just to connect via USB.Digital camera Review: Cool Gadget
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a very cool little gadget. It wirelessly transmits photos directly from the camera to your computer and then on to the web if you want. It gets four stars from me because it is a little more difficult to set up than the directions indicate. It also operates on Eye-Fi servers (something that isn't clear on the packaging). The servers went down on Christmas and it took awhile to get up and running. It has a known conflict with AVG anti-virus software. You should check to make sure your camera is compatible before purchasing. Eye-Fi has a great, human tech support team.
Digital camera Review: Could it get any easier?
Summary: 5 Stars
I have had my eye-fi card for a few months now and remain very happy with it's performance. This is one of those rare tech gadgets that seems really cool in concept but instead of ending up on the pile of cool, useless gadgets, it holds it's worth well. I liked it so much I got one for my wife as the convenience of just powering up the camera to d/l pictures is so convenient. I love the flexibility as it is compatible with just about any camera with a SD slot, no matter how old. My only 2 slight gripes are the power/reception of the card can be a little weak sometimes as you need a strong wi-fi signal (expected, I guess as the card is buried in a make-shift Faraday box!). Also, the camera often powers down in a long d/l session. You can turn this feature off in your camera, but run the risk of depleting your batteries. I know there is little Eye-fi can do about this as it is just a minor gripe. Otherwise, if you take a lot of pictures and want a super convenient, flexible d/l option, pick your favorite Eye-fi card and snap away!Digital camera Review: Critical Card Error and Bad Customer Service
Summary: 1 Stars
Card and network connections were easy to set up right out of box. Worked great for the first couple weeks. Card crashed on me while shooting pictures Christmas Eve night. Put in claim to customer service that night. Was amazed to hear back from them on Christmas day and try different suggestions. Now, almost 2 weeks later, still have a bad card, lost some pictures and haven't heard back from customer service on what to do next. Thought card worked great when it did, but failure of customer service to resolve my problem leaves a bad taste with me.Digital camera Review: Decent first version
Summary: 4 Stars
Ok, the card is definitely nice.
But the reconfigurability of it is very lacking.
The only "online" methods of transfer are web based applications & websites. No FTP/SSH/RSync/whatever is available.
And when you do decide to have it send to an online storage, the file is first sent to the eye.fi website, then sent from there to the online storage.
Basically it has 3 choices for transfer
1: Online storage
2: Local computer storage
3: Online & local storage
the local storage means you must have the Eye.Fi client running on a computer within the wi-fi network your card connects to.
I think if they were to at least make it so you could set an online address of the host computer running their software instead of dealing with web applications and the delay of sending to eye.fi, then to the remote server.
Also it does not allow transfer of any non-jpeg images. So RAW/CR2 images will not transfer off of the card.
I like the card, but I hope they make the changes I listed above and others available through a software update soon.