The Eye-Fi Mobile X2 Wireless SDHC Memory Card; it does all the work for you. Eye-Fi built a wireless transmitter right into a Class 6 SDHC memory card, giving you the power to wirelessly transfer photos and videos with 802.11n speeds to the device of your choice and to your favorite online sharing sites like Facebook, Picasa, YouTube and many more. The Eye-Fi card is easy to install and works with most SDHC compatible cameras from your favorite brands, including Canon, Casio, HP, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Sanyo, Sony and more. The Eye-Fi Mobile X2 comes equipped with a great new feature called Direct Mode that enables you to instantly transfer full resolution photos and videos directly to your smartphone or tablet. Using the free Eye-Fi app, you can then view and share those memories on the fly. No need to settle for low quality camera phone pictures anymore. And even cooler: If you are not near a Wi-Fi network, your smartphone or tablet can connect directly to the Eye-Fi Card using Wi-Fi. No kidding. Instant uploads from anywhere. This 8GB card looks and stores photos and videos just like a traditional SDHC memory card, but will also grant you endless memory. Using a feature called Endless Memory Mode, this innovative card automatically frees up space after media is safely delivered. You’ll never miss a shot again. The Eye-Fi card really does all the work.
| 198 of 205 people found the following review helpful  Finally, a Class 6 SDHC card from Eye-Fi!, By Nimravus (California) - See all my reviews This review is from: Eye-Fi Pro X2 8 GB Class 6 SDHC Wireless Flash Memory Card EYE-FI-8PC (Personal Computers) First off, there are several different Eye-Fi models so I suggest you get the one with the features you need. The "X2" models now have the Class 6 rating which is great news for fast D-SLR's with high megapixels (18+, etc) or taking 1080p HD video to ensure the data transfer rate can keep up with the recording.The X2 adds the Class 6 rating, 802.11 b/g/n capability and endless memory. All of which were major concerns with the older models when using them in modern D-SLRs. I chose this one because the X2 Pro offers RAW image transfers and Ad hoc mode. If you do not take pictures in RAW format and/or do not care to transfer directly from Camera to Laptop via WiFi, then get the X2 Explore for $50 cheaper. Setup is a breeze. When you first put the card into the computer, it will ask if you want to install the software. You can use the web based settings manager if you do not want to install any software. I chose to install the Eye-Fi Manager... Read more 203 of 211 people found the following review helpful  Works as advertised, but I had a few unexpected surprises, By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Eye-Fi Connect X2 4 GB Class 6 SDHC Wireless Flash Memory Card EYE-FI-4CN (Personal Computers) Product works exactly as advertised, and is very convenient to have and I'm glad I bought it. It's easy to configure and exceptionally easy to use.But I have two gripes about issues that I didn't discover until after I got it (but which are well-documented on Eye-Fi's website): 1) With my camera (a Nikon D40), the camera won't leave the power on to the card long enough after a picture is taken, so the pictures don't get uploaded. The workaround is easy - turn the camera off and back on. But it's annoying to have to remember to do that, because that's the point of the card - to not have to think about it. (Of course, this is really Nikon's fault, not Eye-Fi's, but it affects me nonetheless.) 2) The Eye-Fi has a feature that lets it upload both to a home computer and to a website (like Flickr or SmugMug). I knew that the Eye-Fi supported doing the uploads also to an FTP site, and I planned on using that feature to let it upload pictures to my home... Read more 219 of 230 people found the following review helpful  Great hardware, but the software needs basic help, By This review is from: Eye-Fi Pro X2 8 GB Class 6 SDHC Wireless Flash Memory Card EYE-FI-8PC (Personal Computers) Customer review from the Amazon Vine™ Program ( What's this?) Here is my experience. Harware 5 stars, software 2 stars. Average 3.5.Installation file is 21 meg, hardly what I would describe as a compact file (per the manual). Installation offers updates to both software and hardware(firmware) Software is now 3.0.20 version, was 3.0.16. You also must then also allow Adobe Air Installer to access your computer, for non personal data only. Not quite sure what that does, maybe the web based geotagging. Then the SD card updated its firmware from 4.1010 to 4.1012. As installed the software is 12 meg total on a WinXP PC. Took 17 minutes. Reasonable. Now taking pictures! It takes about 5 seconds for a 850 meg 7 mpixel photo upload. This was at about 50 ft distance from my N router. Right after the picture is taken it appears on the screen. By the time I took my test pictures outdoors and ran back inside to look, they were all there. Software allows to upload to any directory, but defaults to My Documents/ Pictures. Eye Fi helper... Read more |
Eye-Fi Connect X2 Wireles Photo & Video Uploads To Computer Class 6
| 196 of 203 people found the following review helpful Finally, a Class 6 SDHC card from Eye-Fi!, By Nimravus (California) - See all my reviews This review is from: Eye-Fi Pro X2 8 GB Class 6 SDHC Wireless Flash Memory Card EYE-FI-8PC (Personal Computers) First off, there are several different Eye-Fi models so I suggest you get the one with the features you need. The "X2" models now have the Class 6 rating which is great news for fast D-SLR's with high megapixels (18+, etc) or taking 1080p HD video to ensure the data transfer rate can keep up with the recording.The X2 adds the Class 6 rating, 802.11 b/g/n capability and endless memory. All of which were major concerns with the older models when using them in modern D-SLRs. I chose this one because the X2 Pro offers RAW image transfers and Ad hoc mode. If you do not take pictures in RAW format and/or do not care to transfer directly from Camera to Laptop via WiFi, then get the X2 Explore for $50 cheaper. Setup is a breeze. When you first put the card into the computer, it will ask if you want to install the software. You can use the web based settings manager if you do not want to install any software. I chose to install the Eye-Fi Manager... Read more 201 of 209 people found the following review helpful Works as advertised, but I had a few unexpected surprises, By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Eye-Fi Connect X2 4 GB Class 6 SDHC Wireless Flash Memory Card EYE-FI-4CN (Personal Computers) Product works exactly as advertised, and is very convenient to have and I'm glad I bought it. It's easy to configure and exceptionally easy to use.But I have two gripes about issues that I didn't discover until after I got it (but which are well-documented on Eye-Fi's website): 1) With my camera (a Nikon D40), the camera won't leave the power on to the card long enough after a picture is taken, so the pictures don't get uploaded. The workaround is easy - turn the camera off and back on. But it's annoying to have to remember to do that, because that's the point of the card - to not have to think about it. (Of course, this is really Nikon's fault, not Eye-Fi's, but it affects me nonetheless.) 2) The Eye-Fi has a feature that lets it upload both to a home computer and to a website (like Flickr or SmugMug). I knew that the Eye-Fi supported doing the uploads also to an FTP site, and I planned on using that feature to let it upload pictures to my home... Read more 215 of 226 people found the following review helpful Great hardware, but the software needs basic help, By This review is from: Eye-Fi Pro X2 8 GB Class 6 SDHC Wireless Flash Memory Card EYE-FI-8PC (Personal Computers) Customer review from the Amazon Vine™ Program ( What's this?) Here is my experience. Harware 5 stars, software 2 stars. Average 3.5.Installation file is 21 meg, hardly what I would describe as a compact file (per the manual). Installation offers updates to both software and hardware(firmware) Software is now 3.0.20 version, was 3.0.16. You also must then also allow Adobe Air Installer to access your computer, for non personal data only. Not quite sure what that does, maybe the web based geotagging. Then the SD card updated its firmware from 4.1010 to 4.1012. As installed the software is 12 meg total on a WinXP PC. Took 17 minutes. Reasonable. Now taking pictures! It takes about 5 seconds for a 850 meg 7 mpixel photo upload. This was at about 50 ft distance from my N router. Right after the picture is taken it appears on the screen. By the time I took my test pictures outdoors and ran back inside to look, they were all there. Software allows to upload to any directory, but defaults to My Documents/ Pictures. Eye Fi helper... Read more |
The Eye-Fi Pro X2
not only wirelessly uploads JPEGs, but also RAW files. Whether you're a
pro or not, now you can edit like one. You can even install watch
folders to set Adobe's Lightroom or PhotoShop to automatically pull your
RAW files and apply presets automatically. It's never been this easy to
get your photos where you want them.
And
even cooler: If you are not near one of your designated wireless
networks, the Eye-Fi card will create its own Wi-Fi network on the fly.
No kidding. So go ahead--climb to the top of Half Dome in Yosemite,
capture those amazing views and instantly transfer them to your
smartphone or tablet. Shoot and share while you’re there.Product works exactly as advertised, and is very convenient to have and I'm glad I bought it. It's easy to configure and exceptionally easy to use.
But I have two gripes about issues that I didn't discover until after I got it (but which are well-documented on Eye-Fi's website):
1) With my camera (a Nikon D40), the camera won't leave the power on to the card long enough after a picture is taken, so the pictures don't get uploaded. The workaround is easy - turn the camera off and back on. But it's annoying to have to remember to do that, because that's the point of the card - to not have to think about it. (Of course, this is really Nikon's fault, not Eye-Fi's, but it affects me nonetheless.)
2) The Eye-Fi has a feature that lets it upload both to a home computer and to a website (like Flickr or SmugMug). I knew that the Eye-Fi supported doing the uploads also to an FTP site, and I planned on using that feature to let it upload pictures to my home web server from anywhere I could get a wi-fi connection. It turned out that there were a number of problems with that plan:
a) It only uses "FTPS" while "SFTP" would have been much easier for me to set up, and much more secure
b) The pictures all go through Eye-Fi's servers before going to the FTP site, which I didn't realize (and this part isn't especially well documented), and I'm not OK with that
c) It takes a long time for the pictures to actually make it from the card to Eye-Fi to the FTP server, so it was very hard to trust that the system was working reliably
d) There's no way to tell the Eye-Fi to then NOT upload the pictures via my home wifi, if they were uploaded via FTP.
So like I said, it's a good product that does what it says, so if you just want it to do the base things, go for it! On the other hand, if you have a D40, or you want to use it to upload to a home FTP site, consider this review before doing so.The Eye-Fi Pro Wireless Flash Memory Card adds the Class 6 rating, 802.11 b/g/n capability and endless memory. All of which were major concerns with the older models when using them in modern D-SLRs.
