Guys,

I wanted to update you prosumers, gearheads, DSLR-lovers, pros and aspiring pros (did I forget anyone?).

We've just announced the Eye-Fi Pro, and it's selling through us, through Amazon, B&H and a few other prosumer shops. http://www.eye.fi/cards/pro.html

The main features that differentiate the Pro card from our other cards are:

RAW
peer-peer / ad-hoc.

You all know what supporting RAW means, so I won't need to explain this.

What does peer-to-peer OR ad-hoc mean? It means that you don't need a router anymore, to upload photos directly to your computer. Just point the Eye-Fi Card at your ad-hoc network, and the photos will start streaming in immediately.

It also means that you can use things like Windows Mobile (WinMo) or Nokia phones, with free ad-hoc based router software, and from anywhere that there is cell-coverage, stream photos back to your studio, to SmugMug, or anywhere else that you'd like, in real-time, from anywhere. Until now, this was only possible with something like the MiFi or CradlePoint. Now, with any device that's online, that supports ad-hoc -- you can be online with the Eye-Fi Pro card.


Please don't ask (and torture me), about a CF version. We don't have it. So this is only for those of you that have SD based bodies, or dual slot CF/SD. Oh, and no, please don't use CF adapters. They don't work for several reasons.

Thanks --

Ziv.

This is really exciting! I can't wait to get mine, I'm gonna order now. WTG Ziv, so cool to see you guys growing like this!

Ziv; this is so cool, I know it does not work for me YET, I still have hope.

So is this a hardware change, or can the older cards be upgraded with new firmware. I was an early adopter but I don't use my eye-fi any more because I only shoot RAW.

Originally Posted by davemj98 Ziv; this is so cool, I know it does not work for me YET, I still have hope.

Dave, yup, I know. Stay tuned... It's all I can say...

Originally Posted by Shane422 So is this a hardware change, or can the older cards be upgraded with new firmware. I was an early adopter but I don't use my eye-fi any more because I only shoot RAW.

Shane, great question. The answer is -- no. Sorry. We've been giving tons of free updates to our users, since the very beginning. The latest selective-upload is also a free upgrade to all of our users.

But the new Pro cards add raw and ad-hoc and they require a new card purchase. You want the 4GB cards anyway. They have much faster write-speeds.

Thx --

Ziv.

Originally Posted by gillat It also means that you can use things like Windows Mobile (WinMo) or Nokia phones, with free ad-hoc based router software, and from anywhere that there is cell-coverage, stream photos back to your studio, to SmugMug, or anywhere else that you'd like, in real-time, from anywhere. Until now, this was only possible with something like the MiFi or CradlePoint. Now, with any device that's online, that supports ad-hoc -- you can be online with the Eye-Fi Pro card.

I was just about to post a thread about this, when, lo and behold, it's stickied right here!

I've tried to find a definitive answer for myself, but I'm not a network geek... does an iPhone qualify as "any device that's online" ??? I've become a very lazy photo-sharer lately, thanks to the iPhone. Snap snap, two more finger taps and it's smugshot'ed or posted straight to FB, immediately from wherever I'm standing.

Sorry. I didn't understand the question.

Originally Posted by gillat Sorry. I didn't understand the question.

Can I stream photos directly to the web with an Eye-fi Pro via my iPhone?

I will re-quote the important part of your post:

It also means that you can use things like Windows Mobile (WinMo) or Nokia phones, with free ad-hoc based router software, and from anywhere that there is cell-coverage, stream photos back to your studio, to SmugMug, or anywhere else that you'd like, in real-time, from anywhere. Until now, this was only possible with something like the MiFi or CradlePoint. Now, with any device that's online, that supports ad-hoc -- you can be online with the Eye-Fi Pro card.

Also, for clarification to all on this forum, are you a representative of Eye-fi? If so, it's nice to have a direct point of contact for a product many people on this forum use.

Thanks,

Now I understand.

If you're an Eye-Fi customer, which means that you have an Eye-Fi account, you could download the free Eye-Fi app from the app store, and use it. It'll give you the same functionality as the Eye-Fi Card. Photos will go from the iPhone, to any of our 30 partner sites, AND to your PC/Mac wherever it is on the net :-)

If your PC/Mac is off, next time that you turn it on, the photos will come to it. Just like with the Eye-Fi Card.

Thanks --

Ziv.

My clarification wasn't so good. I don't need the Eye-fi app to post photos taken with the iPhone's built-in camera. Let me try again, the question goes to the ad-hoc and iPhone integration.

Let's say I'm on a hike (in a 3G service area), I would like to be able to:

1. take a photo with my camera (a Canon DSLR, for example), in which I'm using an eye-fi SD card

2. send this photo to my iPhone (eye-fi card connects to iPhone via ad-hoc?)

3. upload this photo to the web (Smugmug) using the iPhone

This would be a really cool feature.

Sorry, unsupported by Apple. So if you'd like to do that, I would either:

• Use a MiFi instead (same monthly cost for service)
• use a Symbian phone
• use a WinMo phone

MiFi would be my first choice, by far...

Originally Posted by gillat Sorry, unsupported by Apple. So if you'd like to do that, I would either:

That's what I thought, I wanted confirmation straight from the source. Thanks.

Gillat,
Have you tried shooting your eye-fi in the 2nd slot (SD slot) of the Nikon D300s??

Gillat,

Been looking at the card, and it looks like real workflow improvement especially during on location shoots where you want to display the images on the screen of a laptop for customers to select without playing with cards. However, for $150 I was looking for warranty information since it's a significant purchase for SD memory. Can you point me to the place where the warranty information is displayed?

TIA


************EDIT*************
Just found it. As a suggestion, you might want to put the link in a little more visible location, since it looks like the background, I had to really look for it and that gives the impression you're hiding the warranty terms which doesn't send the right message.

Originally Posted by Art Scott Gillat, Have you tried shooting your eye-fi in the 2nd slot (SD slot) of the Nikon D300s??

Art, of course. Take a look a this page:

http://www.eye.fi/how-it-works/camer...ity?postTabs=1

The D300s is Eye-Fi Connected. There is even GUI in the camera for us. It's the best integration.

That's my main camera, and I've already put 20K frames on it. If I'm in the studio, I shoot raw to the CF and small JPG to the Eye-Fi Card. For everyday use, or events, I shoot in backup mode, and make the SD slot primary. Of course, you can also shoot in Selective Transfer or Selective Share modes...

To summarize -- the D300s is perfect for the Pro or Pro-sumer wanting to use an Eye-Fi Card.

Thx --

Ziv.

************EDIT************* Just found it. As a suggestion, you might want to put the link in a little more visible location, since it looks like the background, I had to really look for it and that gives the impression you're hiding the warranty terms which doesn't send the right message

Good feedback. BTW, even though we only say that there is a 1 year warranty, we've even supported customers that have had issues with cards in unsupported countries, and beyond the warranty period. In short -- the warranty period is there, for legal reasons, but we go way beyond, in many cases.

However, for $150 I was looking for warranty information since it's a significant purchase for SD memory.

One more thing -- If you compare $150 to 4GB SD --sure, it's more, although there are plenty of pro SD cards that cost close or more than that. I agree that the normal 4GB card costs way less.

But when you consider this, against a vertical grip that has Wi-Fi, that costs $1000 + the body, etc..., and you compare our features, with geo, webshare, etc..., to a Wi-Fi grip that you could use in the studio -- $150 is a huge bargain ;-)

Here is a good link --

http://www.eye.fi/how-it-works/features/advanced

Thanks --

Ziv.

I know you said to not hassle you, but I would definitely get one if it was a cf card... unfortunately my D300 doesn't support SD cards... So I guess I'm putting in my vote to hurry along the CF card research and development!

Originally Posted by Jeremy Winterberg I know you said to not hassle you, but I would definitely get one if it was a cf card... unfortunately my D300 doesn't support SD cards... So I guess I'm putting in my vote to hurry along the CF card research and development!

Feel free to mention it anytime :-) I promise that it'll never get too old :-)

BTW, I had a D300 as well. LOVED it. The D300s is way better :-)