Comments on: Eye-Fi Unveils New 16GB Pro X2 Wireless Memory Card

By: David Parrott

David Parrott — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 05:38:00 +0000

Please explain. This sounds fantastic. Even an extra 5 feet would make a huge difference. To my knowledge USB 2 doesn’t support anything over 15 feet though, and I’d like to avoid steep transfer speed drop off.

By: Nède

Nède — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 11:40:00 +0000

you can use RJ45 adapters to ad more length, a photog in my city uses 45ftlong wire to connect on a vertical rig

By: arkhunter

arkhunter — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 03:57:00 +0000

Yeah, seems like they are missing out on half the market. Their loss I guess. You’d think they’d at least make a CF adapter that you could slide a SD card into.

By: Michael Miller

Michael Miller — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 03:55:00 +0000

i use direct mode and its very fast. I was shooting at a trade show this year and the shots were appearing almost instant on my laptop. I was transferring full jpegs from my fuji x100. I never bothered with raw because I had the cheaper card that didn’t transfer raw files. I’m sure this new one will do very well for me.

By: Patrick Hall

Patrick Hall — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 03:41:00 +0000

Their argument has always been that CF media will soon be retired. I think it’s a big mistake on their part but then again, none of my current DSLRS use CF at all.

By: arkhunter

arkhunter — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 20:03:00 +0000

Do they have a reason for not doing CF cards as well? Canon 6D now has built in wifi & GPS and an app to view and manipulate them. I’m not sure Eye fi has long to live if they start putting that in all their bodies. I’ll be it will be in their next Rebel body at the very least if not all the next bodies. (maybe not the big MP one coming soon though)

By: Nadim Zoubiane

Nadim Zoubiane — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 19:17:00 +0000

i have the 8GB pro X2, memory space is not an issue, the transfer speed was (im talking about direct mode, never tried the other mode), and if i was previewing the pictures on the camera, because of how slow it was, the transfer would stop. Not denying that it IS a game changer, people were so amazed by it that they never realized that it was slow, but i realized how much time i waste just waiting for pictures to upload.

i dont know how it exactly works, but i tend to think that if its twice the memory size, so its bound to have consumed more space within the card, therefore there will be less space for a better antenna… this really could a business strategy… i would not know. but i was hoping for a faster direct mode.

By: Michael Miller

Michael Miller — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 07:05:00 +0000

I have been using the older Eye fi cards in direct mode for over a year with both Lightroom and Capture One. Set the programs to watch folder and shoot. Files show up pretty fast. The eyefi card can transfer both raw and jpegs at the same time or only transfer the jpegs and store the raw.

I would just buy one and see for yourself. It was a game changer for me.

By: David Parrott

David Parrott — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 22:35:00 +0000

I shoot RAW tethered when using studio gear for fire performance photography, hooked up to a projector so the images are visible live as they come in to the audience. The limiting factor is my 15 foot (maximum allowed by spec) USB cable, and the speed at which USB can transfer 14-bit RAW images. If I can ditch the USB, have my primary card recording the RAW shots and this card pulling jpgs over to the computer for temporary viewing, that’d be a game changer in terms of speed and mobility. Hmmm…