Thanks for that info, George; very useful to know! On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 11:26 AM, George Sinos <[email protected]> wrote: > In the last few days there were a couple of questions about the > meaning of the Eye-Fi card feature in the new Pentax Camera bodies. > > Today, I listened to the latest TWIP podcast and there was an > interview with one of the co-founders of the Eye-fi company. > > It boils down to this. Eye-fi has made agreements with many camera > companies to insert code into the camera firmware. When you insert > the card, new menus and icons appear for controlling the card and > giving feedback via the camera LCD. > > Also, the firmware assures that the camera won't time out and turn off > in the middle of a transfer. > > The interview motivated me to go check out the eye-fi website. There > is a long list of details, by camera model, that talks about > compatibility and other issues with different eye-fi cards. For > instance, some camera models have so much metal in the body that wi-fi > range is severely reduced. > > Here's the link <http://support.eye.fi/> > > The new "mobi" cards look interesting. The mobi cards can communicate > directly with a smartphone or tablet with no need for a computer for > setup or a wi-fi network use. I can see where that may be very > useful. I think it might be much handier than typical tethered > shooting. > > GS > > > George Sinos > -------------------- > www.GeorgesPhotos.net > www.GeorgeSinos.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.
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