Comments on: Share Easier: the Eye-Fi Card http://www.socialphototalk.com/share-easier-eye-fi/ Social Media Marketing for Photographers // Photography + Community Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: nerdliness http://www.socialphototalk.com/share-easier-eye-fi/comment-page-1/#comment-320 nerdliness Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:15:23 +0000 http://www.socialphototalk.com/?p=738#comment-320 Step in the right direction, but I think I'll personally hold off until there's some sort of 3G/4G version that can allow me to upload directly to Flickr, etc. without having to be near a PC. Not sure if I could personally justify the cost when it's really only streamlining the process a tad. I mean, you still have to be near your own WLAN to upload, right? So if I snapped a photo of Superman rescuing a kitten from a tree, I'd still have to run home before I could share that shot with someone else.<br><br>For me, I don't think the added value is worth the cost. If I'm in that much of a hurry to share a photo, I'll sacrifice the quality a bit, use the quickly improving camera on my SmartPhone, and email the shot to Flickr from the scene.<br><br>But I've been wrong before. Maybe I just need them to send me an Eye-Fi card to dink around with and I'll be converted. Step in the right direction, but I think I'll personally hold off until there's some sort of 3G/4G version that can allow me to upload directly to Flickr, etc. without having to be near a PC. Not sure if I could personally justify the cost when it's really only streamlining the process a tad. I mean, you still have to be near your own WLAN to upload, right? So if I snapped a photo of Superman rescuing a kitten from a tree, I'd still have to run home before I could share that shot with someone else.

For me, I don't think the added value is worth the cost. If I'm in that much of a hurry to share a photo, I'll sacrifice the quality a bit, use the quickly improving camera on my SmartPhone, and email the shot to Flickr from the scene.

But I've been wrong before. Maybe I just need them to send me an Eye-Fi card to dink around with and I'll be converted.

]]> By: Nick @ SCUBAMarketing http://www.socialphototalk.com/share-easier-eye-fi/comment-page-1/#comment-319 Nick @ SCUBAMarketing Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:41:18 +0000 http://www.socialphototalk.com/?p=738#comment-319 I've been using an Eye Fi for over a year now, starting with just the regular model, then adding in one that supports video. It's great. It may not be as fast as some SD cards, but I just use it in my compact camera mostly, have it set to sync to a few of my most accessed routers and away everything goes. I've been using an Eye Fi for over a year now, starting with just the regular model, then adding in one that supports video. It's great. It may not be as fast as some SD cards, but I just use it in my compact camera mostly, have it set to sync to a few of my most accessed routers and away everything goes.

]]> By: nerdliness http://www.socialphototalk.com/share-easier-eye-fi/comment-page-1/#comment-306 nerdliness Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:15:23 +0000 http://www.socialphototalk.com/?p=738#comment-306 Step in the right direction, but I think I'll personally hold off until there's some sort of 3G/4G version that can allow me to upload directly to Flickr, etc. without having to be near a PC. Not sure if I could personally justify the cost when it's really only streamlining the process a tad. I mean, you still have to be near your own WLAN to upload, right? So if I snapped a photo of Superman rescuing a kitten from a tree, I'd still have to run home before I could share that shot with someone else.<br><br>For me, I don't think the added value is worth the cost. If I'm in that much of a hurry to share a photo, I'll sacrifice the quality a bit, use the quickly improving camera on my SmartPhone, and email the shot to Flickr from the scene.<br><br>But I've been wrong before. Maybe I just need them to send me an Eye-Fi card to dink around with and I'll be converted. Step in the right direction, but I think I'll personally hold off until there's some sort of 3G/4G version that can allow me to upload directly to Flickr, etc. without having to be near a PC. Not sure if I could personally justify the cost when it's really only streamlining the process a tad. I mean, you still have to be near your own WLAN to upload, right? So if I snapped a photo of Superman rescuing a kitten from a tree, I'd still have to run home before I could share that shot with someone else.

For me, I don't think the added value is worth the cost. If I'm in that much of a hurry to share a photo, I'll sacrifice the quality a bit, use the quickly improving camera on my SmartPhone, and email the shot to Flickr from the scene.

But I've been wrong before. Maybe I just need them to send me an Eye-Fi card to dink around with and I'll be converted.

]]> By: Nick @ SCUBAMarketing http://www.socialphototalk.com/share-easier-eye-fi/comment-page-1/#comment-305 Nick @ SCUBAMarketing Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:41:18 +0000 http://www.socialphototalk.com/?p=738#comment-305 I've been using an Eye Fi for over a year now, starting with just the regular model, then adding in one that supports video. It's great. It may not be as fast as some SD cards, but I just use it in my compact camera mostly, have it set to sync to a few of my most accessed routers and away everything goes. I've been using an Eye Fi for over a year now, starting with just the regular model, then adding in one that supports video. It's great. It may not be as fast as some SD cards, but I just use it in my compact camera mostly, have it set to sync to a few of my most accessed routers and away everything goes.

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