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| Eye-Fi Card, Wireless 2 GB SD Memory Card | 
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| Brand: Eye-Fi
Category: CE
List Price: $99.99
Buy New: $88.00
You Save: $11.99 (12%)
New (11) Used (3) from $76.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  132 reviews
Color: Orange
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Memory Type: EDO DRAM
Network Interface: SD Memory Card
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 1.3 x 0.9 x 0.1
MPN: N42684
Model: EYE-FI-2GB
UPC: 899949001014
EAN: 0899949001014
ASIN: B000X27XDC
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
Eye Fi Card in a Canon 1Ds Mark II Digital SLR May 12, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am using the Eye Fi card with my Canon 1Ds Mark II. I have had no problems at making it work. It have upgraded to the latest firmware on the card and software for the PC.
I shoot with the following settings of RAW + Small JPG. This card is very helpful for proofing lighting setup in a "wireless tethered mode". Once the lighting is set up as required, I switch over to my high speed CF card slot (camera has both a CF and SD slots).
If the following items were improved this card would get 5 starts from me.
- Make the SD memory faster. This card is fairly slow.
- Come out with a larger, faster SDHC model. Like a 4 or 8GB version. 2GB these days is pretty small.
- Somehow tweak or increase the transmitting speed.
- Allow it to also move RAW image files. It can only move JPG image files.
 Don't buy if you have satellite internet access!!!!!!!!! May 6, 2008
9 out of 16 found this review helpful
I was very excited about this card, not so much for its ability to upload photos to an online album, but for the ability to automatically transfer the pictures to my computer's hard drive using the home network.
What they don't tell you is that if you have satellite internet access (the ONLY high-speed available in my rural location) the card is USELESS because you have to connect to the Eye-Fi server in order to configure the card, and the Eye-Fi server cannot be contacted using Hughesnet (something about proxies). What's more, even if you have an alternate dial-up access, unless your wireless router allows sharing a dial-up connection, the card will still be useless because you have to be on the network that the card will be configured to use when you configure it online. It's all very badly designed, to my way of thinking. Customer service seemed unapologetic. Suggested I buy a "travel router" (for about $100), take one of my computers to a non-Hughes wireless access point, configure it there, then bring it home and use the travel router as my networking router. Hello, excuse me I already HAVE a network router - I don't wish to buy another one just to make your piece of equipment work!
Simple, no-nonsense uploading and sharing. May 5, 2008
I have to admit, I was extremely skeptical shelling out $99 for this card. The size is a bit small, but even with today's mega digital cameras, 2GB is plenty of storage for at least a small trip. I read the reviews on Amazon and decided to go for it.
Set up was a breeze, after entering settings for my secure wireless network, the card connected instantaneously. I think a lot of people are under the impression that this will work as if it were bluetooth capable. Not so. You must be able to connect to a wireless network. If this wireless network is secure and you don't have access, you will not be able to upload the photos.
Transfer speeds seem to be very fast, especially from the card to the computer. I can't say that I sat there with a stop watch and timed a bunch of uploads. Even with a Cable connection to the internet, uploads from the Eye-Fi interface to the photo sharing website were somewhat slow. I guess I have grown accustomed to this since uploading large files to photo sharing websites tend to take a bit longer.
Overall, I think this is an exceptional value. I have ignored all of my other memory cards for this. I am lazy and don't feel like taking my memory card out every time I take pictures. Now, I just turn on my camera and it automatically links to the Eye-Fi interface and the upload is done.
 Works Great - Well worth the investment May 2, 2008
This device is great. I shoot lots of still life/product pictures and before the Eye-Fi had to remove the SD card, walk over the PC, insert it into SD card reader, find images and review the images on my PC. Then remove the card from the reader, walk back to the camera, reinsert the card, etc.
With the Eye-Fi device, I just shoot, walk over to the PC and see the results. Set up was simple even with my WiFi network having a WEP key. I just love this device.
Love the concept, but some HUGE flaws April 27, 2008
19 out of 22 found this review helpful
I REALLY want to love the Eye-fi card... the concept is great. It is a 2GB SD memory card, with built-in wireless. So if you are in range of a wi-fi access point that you have configured the card to recognize, it will effortlessly load your pictures to the Eye-fi site, and also to the photo sharing site of your choice, AND to your computer. Great concept. The Eye-fi software that comes bundled with it is good, and compatible with Mac which is great.
The HUGE problems with this card are:
* The transfer speeds of this card are too slow to support video transfer. They SAY it will, but I can tell you it doesn't for my Panasonic TZ5 camera except on the lowest quality setting. Eye-fi refuses to publish their transfer speeds. Here is what their tech support said in response to an email from me: "We do not share the information about the Eye-Fi Card's specific read/write speeds. I can tell you that our card is on par with the speed of basic consumer SD cards on the market." Translation: Our card is so slow, we can't tell you how slow it is, or you wouldn't buy it. In my camera, taking still pics is OK, but it won't let me record video.
* The battery drain is significant when you are transferring photos.
* It will ONLY transfer JPEG photos via wireless, not movies.
So.. for $99 I got a card that is great for still photos, but useless for video recording. Now I have to carry multiple cards, and switch them out, which is a hassle.
If Eye-fi would fix the transfer speed of the memory card, I would have absolutely no problem recommending this card.
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