POSTED BY

Rob Beschizza

AT 9:43 AM
Wednesday June 10, 2009

Cameras

eye-fi

Eye-Fi Pro reviewed. Verdict: "The best keeps getting better"

Sean Fallon reviews the new Pro edition of Eye-Fi's Wi-Fi-equipped SD cards. The hook is that it has RAW support and ad-hoc connections, which means it no longer needs a router: it can transmit photos directly to a computer.

In a nutshell, everything worked great. As always, setting things up with the Eye-Fi manager was a breeze and within minutes I was sending images and video to my desktop and to various sites across the web. Plus, the addition of selective uploading means that I could pick and choose which photos I wanted to send over the network instead of sending the good and the bad en masse.

At three times the price of a basic model -- $150 will buy you a decent Canon point-and-shoot, even -- it's still tempting to wait and see what the cameras that include it built-in will be like.

Eye-Fi Pro Wireless SD Card Review

6 Comments

gnosis

#1 – 10:04 AM June 10, 2009

Hey, what happened to Morning Tech Deals? I miss em!

strider_mt2k

#2 – 11:33 AM June 10, 2009

mourning tech deals...

dculberson

#3 – 11:36 AM June 10, 2009

Hmmmm... I wonder if there will be a Palm Pre / iPhone app now that allows ad-hoc uploading through your phone?

Instant good quality seizure-proof photos with no huge clunky equipment to tote around.

Rob Beschizza

#4 – 1:56 PM June 10, 2009

I was actually thinking Eye-Fi should port its app to iPhone and Pre.

Rob Beschizza

#5 – 1:56 PM June 10, 2009

i.e. so you could have a nice camera, uploading immediately to the net or flickr via the phone in your pocket.

dculberson

#6 – 8:57 PM June 10, 2009

That would be really awesome.

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