Eye-Fi to enable Camera to Smartphone uploads!
http://www.tuaw.com/2011/01/04/eye-fi-announces-direct-mode-link-between-digital-cameras-smart/
I haven’t talked much about tech stuff on here yet. I use an Eye-Fi X2 Pro card with my cameras. They are so awesome! You just shoot your pictures, and it wirelessly transfers to your computer either in a folder or to a specific photo editing program. This is great so you can just keep shooting and when you’re done, the photos are on your comp ready to go.
You can also do instant slideshows while you’re shooting at an event. I’ve done this at a few parties and it’s a hit.
Anyway, so with most of the cards, you need some sort of wireless network going on, and with the pro card, you can make an ad-hoc network, which means the computer makes a wireless network and the card submits to that one… really nice for outdoor events.
Now they just announced that soon they will have an app for your smartphone that will create some sort of link between the card and your phone, so you can have your photos land directly there. Since most phones have a data network on it, you can then upload all your pictures straight from the phone, no computer required!
This will change the way photographers do their shoots. They can shoot their assignment, while simultaneously uploading low-res (for speed) proofs to the office or editor, and when they get back to their computers, they know exactly what they want already.
I can’t wait!
Category: Tech
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