Thanks very much, Paul. It does make sense, and is very helpful. I'm starting to think that since I don't need to transfer files elsewhere immediately, I really just need more real estate for viewing images - shooting interiors is killing me, so many details! - that maybe all I need is the HDMI connection... I'd rather have the camera controls & wireless too, but at least this way I'd get live view & image review with histogram, etc...
All good food for thought, though. Thanks again! -c On Apr 11, 2015, at 8:04 PM, Paul <pentax1...@gmail.com> wrote: Christine - I have a couple of the Eye-Fi Pro series cards. I use the Pro rather than the Mobi in the event I want to transfer RAW files from the card to either my iPad or computer. Transferring RAW files however would be a last resort as it's a slo-o-o-o-w process. OTOH, I have my camera (a K-5)set to record RAW+JPG and the Eye-Fi cards set to transfer JPGs only. The JPGs generated by the camera are the smallest file size and lowest quality compression, but still give me decent web-sized images on the iPad. They transfer reasonably quickly and the client gets to review the images on a screen larger than 3 inches. Eye-Fi calls transferring to a tablet or phone "Direct Mode". If you have the card set up to transfer to either a network computer or a tablet/phone, it defaults to the known network and only goes to direct mode if there is no known network available. I only want the transfers to go to my iPad whether I'm in range of my network or not, so all I have set up is the direct mode. An alternative setup for venues outside of a studio would be to take a laptop connected to a wireless router to an event to set up your own network and use the eye-fi card to transfer to that. That may work better than the direct mode to a tablet but is somewhat more cumbersome. In direct mode, when the card goes to sleep the tablet loses the connection so when you wake the camera/card back up you need to re-establish the connection on the tablet. There is some adjustment to how long the card's wi-fi remains active after the last image is transferred but that uses more from the camera battery so it's a balancing act as to how long you want the card's wi-fi to run vs battery life. Uf-da...does that make any sense? HTH -p > On 4/10/2015 10:41 AM, Christine Nielsen wrote: > hello all, > > Has anyone had any luck with various tethering & tethering-like solutions? > > I'd like to get live view, camera controls (aperture, ss, iso, remote > shutter), image review w/ histogram, ipad app... > > What I think I understand so far... > > Eye-fi card? > + image review... > + combined with an HDMI out, I could get the live view to laptop... > - but no camera controls... > - and not wireless w HDMI out... > - does this get sketchy on location, depending on wifi connection? > > Flu card? (don't think this is possible on the k-5ii... is it?) > +live view on my iPad.. > +camera controls > +image review > -no view of histogram, or meter > - I'd have to buy a k-3 to use it, yes? > > PK tether? > I know this has been the default workaround for the pentax tethering > issue, but it always just looks... sketchy... to me. Something about > their website seems kinda half-baked. Something about the "Use at > Your Own Risk" in bold on the homepage... Anyone use & recommend? > > > Now for the Bonus Tale of Woe.... yesterday I was shooting > architecture interiors... Bracketing RAW images to combine later, > mostly, but I wanted to try a few in-cam jpegs, just for kicks. After > a couple at various settings (HDR Standard, Strong 1, 2, etc), the > camera basically seized up. The lcd screen showed the progress bar, > not progressing, with the usual "image processing" note. I let it go > for a while... 5-10 mins, but still nothing. Supposed to be able to > hit "menu" to cancel, but that didn't work. Even turning off the > camera didn't shut off the back screen. Removed the (full) battery, > waited a few minutes, put it back in & resumed shooting. The image I > was trying to create wasn't there, of course, but everything else > seemed fine. I went back to shooting RAW... tried it again later, and > it happened again after a couple of HDR shots. Maybe I'll send it in > with my 16-50, which has -surprise! - recently given up on AF. > > I seem to get cameras to produce the weirdest bugs... it's just one of > my talents, I guess. > > :) > -c > -- Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
