Dick Montage Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Does anyone here use an Eye-Fi card in their cameras? A little back story: I went on holiday to the Carribean, and took about 400 pics on one card and 400 on another. upon getting home, I find my pics gone and card corrupted. I'll be damned if I ever lose my pics again. Hence am looking for a cloud upload solution. I will be buying a dSLR soon, and possibly an Eye-Fi card. They seem to have stopped the one with GPS built-in but hey. So my thought is: Take pics and when I get a WiFi signal (either in a bar, restaurant or tethered phone) allow the photos to upload. Is this correct? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 I don't know about eye-fi, seems to dependent on having a wireless connection... what I normally do is, carry around my laptop and at the end of the day or two (when possible) I download them to the laptop, it's work, but it's a safe process of not losing your photos... Future wise... if shooting RAW with a dSLR, youll end up with 10mb+ photos, which will be hell uploading from crappy internet connections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted October 22, 2013 Author Share Posted October 22, 2013 The RAW issue is a valid point for sure! Maybe if there's some instant backup device. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 The RAW issue is a valid point for sure! Maybe if there's some instant backup device. It's not only RAW mate, dSLR jpegs are around 6-8mb as well... My point for you is, always invest for the future... As for instant back up, some android phones have USB OTG capabilities, that's always my plan B if I don't have a laptop, use my phone, download to phone, keep shooting... Eye-Fi I think is more a solution for "need that pic right at the moment" like the Queens baby or the Popes son... Dick Montage 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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