Hi Brian, I've done both and card reader is definitely quicker. Eye-fi in the TG850 means I don't have to open it all the time; its waterproof so I can transfer while it's wet. With other cameras it's been card reader.
Card reader is definitely cheaper - jaycar is your friend :-) Ciao, Pete Mac in Melbourne On 18 April 2017 at 08:11, Brian Walters <supera1...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > Hi Pete > > Thanks for the feedback. > > I'm in two minds about this - might be just as easy to connect a card > reader directly to the tablet - a little more cumbersome but, for the > small number of image transfers involved, it still might be acceptable. > Still contemplating... > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > > On Sun, Apr 16, 2017, at 05:36 PM, Peter McIntosh wrote: >> Hi Brian, >> >> I've got a 16Gb Eyefi Mobi card in my Olympus TG-850. I have used it >> to transfer to my Android phone and Android tablet. Initial >> connection can be a little slow, but it's stable once connected and >> transfer rates are fine. You'll need the Android app on the device of >> course. >> >> I just went onto the eyefi site and clicked on Shop, and it seems they >> have partnered with Toshiba; I was taken to Amazon and a Toshiba 32GB >> FlashAir III Wireless SD Memory Card. >> >> From vague memory I purchased mine from Digital Camera Warehouse, but >> they're no longer available. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Ciao, >> >> Pete Mac in Melbourne. >> >> >> On 12 April 2017 at 09:18, Brian Walters <supera1...@fastmail.fm> wrote: >> > G'day all >> > >> > Just wondering if anyone has experience with wi-fi SD cards such as >> > EyeFi Mobi. >> > >> > My wife has a Lumix LX-5. It's an older model but she quite likes it (so >> > do I :-)) but it's not wi-fi enabled. She would like to be able to >> > transfer files to her Anroid phone/tablet for posting to Facebook. I'm >> > wondering if a wi-fi card would be worth considering. Note that she >> > isn't looking to transfer large numbers of images, so speed of transfer >> > isn't critical but reliability of the w-fi connection is. >> > >> > Any thoughts? >> > >> > >> > Cheers >> > >> > Brian >> > >> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> > Brian Walters >> > Western Sydney Australia >> > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ >> > >> > -- >> > -- >> > >> > -- >> > http://www.fastmail.com - A fast, anti-spam email service. >> > >> > >> > -- >> > 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. > > > -- > -- > > -- > http://www.fastmail.com - Email service worth paying for. Try it for free > > > -- > 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.
