If you are the type that are consistently demanding the best performance from your camera gear, the CF/SD Performance Database compiled by Rob Galbraith of Digital Photography Insights should be interesting to you. It is a regularly updated database of read and write speed test results from Compact Flash and Secure Digital flash media cards designed to help the serious and professional photographers in selecting camera storage media for most Canon, Nikon, and some Sony digital SLR cameras. Read More…
The Eye-Fi is a secure digital (SD) format memory card with Wi-Fi (802.11g, 54mbps) that can wirelessly send photos from a digital camera to a computer or photo sharing service of your choice. It has generated quite some buzz on gadget blogs (Engadget, Gizmodo, CrunchGear) but some mixed reviews (Post-Bulletin, PC World, DPReview) since its launch.
Overall, it works as advertised but comes with some limitations. For example,
- It only transmits JPEG photos, raw shooters are out of luck (The company says other formats and raw support are coming).
- It has limited range (< 45ft, and practically <20ft).
- It only works on trusted, encrypted, pre-configured wireless network but not open access points.
- It is only in SD format (some have reported it works with a SD-to-CF adapter).
- It is slow to start and slow to upload especially when uploading to online photo sharing sites.
- It uploads everything, no way of selecting images for upload.
Despite the limitations, it does come with a reasonable price of $100. If you find it fun or useful for you (with the limitations), you may want to give it a try.
Posted in Accessories on November 4th, 2007. No Comments.
This is a funny story, with lessons to be learned. If you return a digital camera, make sure you remove your card or reformat the included memory card, at least. The best practice is to “shred” it, not with your paper shredder, but with a software such as this one. When buying memory cards, pay attention to the extra software bundled with them. Some provide encryption and shredding features for free.
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