Tom, The reader is only necessary to configure the WiFi card, it does upload automatically from inside the camera. You do need to configure the card for each individual wirelessnetwork and it doesn't support any user authentication (so most metropolitan-area wifi networks are out).
-Adam Tom C wrote: > ACTUALLY... after reading Thib's last post and link regarding eye-fi, I have > to say that I can see Brendans's point. I had foolishly thought they had > the wifi built into the SD card itself (silly me, that was a stupid > assumtion if I ever made one, embarrassing actually). > > If one has to stop shooting and take the card out of the camera, and put it > in a reader, then I don't find it nearly as attractive. Yes I can see that > it only takes 10 seconds to put the card in a reader and put a new one in > the camera. > > Here I thought it allowed transfer simultaneously from within the camera > while continuing to shoot. Still useful but not near as whiz-bang as I > thought. > > What would be nice is the *option* to shoot non-stop and have the camera (if > you have this much trust in technology) delete images as they are > sucessfully transferred so that one has a 'never full' memory card. That > would require the camera to be smart enough to receive a returned > sucessful/fail status from the network or receiving PC. > > Tom C. > > >> From: Brendan MacRae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: For those who miss CaNikon's Wifi capabilities >> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:28:21 -0700 (PDT) >> >> >> --- graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Being able to transfer your images directly to the >>> laptop your assistant is >>> using to print and sell the images without having to >>> stop shooting is a money >>> making benefit for event photographers. >> >> True enough. But whether or not there is a real time >> saving methodology with WiFi is my contention. >> >> -Brendan >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >> http://mail.yahoo.com >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
