Oh, reading far too fast for comprehension then. You're right. Why the heck do they even need the reader?
Thanks for the correction. Tom C. >From: Adam Maas <[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: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:35:25 -0400 > >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. -- 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.
