[GRLUG] Eye-Fi

[Bob Kline]

Probably right.  Cameras with WiFi
built in are coming down in price.  e.g.,

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-EC-SH100-Digital-Optical-Touchscreen/dp/B004L3R0Z0/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1319467069&sr=1-1

With a 4GB Eye-Fi unit costing $40 even
from Amazon, and the Samsung Camera
for $139 having a 5X optical zoom, and
14MP sensor,  there would be some soul
searching for a few customers as to what
route to go.  But the Eye-Fi does add
flexibility.  As for retrofits,  some will find
their camera bodies have enough plastic
in them to allow the unit to work.

    -- Bob


On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 10:20 AM, megadave <megadave at gmail.com> wrote:

> I presume the point of the eyefi is for cameras that DON'T have
> wireless. Instead of buying a whole new camera ($$$$$), just add a
> method to retrieve pictures that an existing camera stores to the SD
> card.
>
> But there is no camera directly involved in my desired use:
>
> Wireless device in digital frame, ability to load pictures into it
> from a PC (over ftp, web, or whatever - even SMB would be fine as
> londa as it was compatible with Samba) for the frame to display.
>
> I know they make frames with wifi built in, but again, instead of
> buying a whole new frame ($$$$$) just add a method to store pictures
> to a memory card that an existing frame can already accept.
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 10:14, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Or have the camera have that ability
> > built in.
> > http://www.physorg.com/news6183.html   2005
> >
> http://www.qvc.com/qic/qvcapp.aspx/view.2/app.detail/params.item.E249422.desc.Samsung-14MP-5X-Optical-Zoom-Digital-Camera-wBuiltin-WiFi?&cookie=set
> >
> >
> http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/26/panasonic-lumix-fx90-point-and-shoot-packs-built-in-wifi/
> > And Canon apparently has one ready.
> > It strikes me this is a better approach - i.e.,
> > keep the memory simple and cheap - but
> > clearly someone sees the need to have
> > WiFi in the memory itself.
> >    -- Bob
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 9:41 AM, megadave <megadave at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> One thing I wish is it supported working the other way around - at one
> >> time I saw one and was hoping to put it in a digital frame, and send
> >> pictures *TO* it, for the frame to display.
> >>
> >> But apparently, they didn't even consider that anyone would ever want
> >> to do that, and its completely unsupported.
> >>
> >> On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 13:29, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> http://www.amazon.com/Eye-Fi-Connect-Wireless-Memory-EYE-FI-4CN/dp/tech-data/B003DV4234/ref=de_a_smtd
> >> > Anyone used one of these?
> >> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye-Fi
> >> > **
> >> > Under Linux, the EyeFi card can be configured using eyefi-config,
> which
> >> > allows viewing the logfiles and changing the wireless settings.
> >> > **
> >> > I gather most digital cameras have
> >> > largely plastic cases?   i.e., you can't
> >> > put a transmitter inside a metal can.
> >> >    -- Bob
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