Eye-Fi Pro X2 8 GB Class 6 SDHC Wireless Flash Memory Card EYE-FI-8PC

by Eye-Fi

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 0.6 x 5.4 x 7.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B002UT42UI
• Item model number: EYE-FI-8PC
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (351 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #30 in Electronics > Camera & Photo > Accessories > Blank Media
  • #51 in Electronics > Camera & Photo > Accessories > Digital Camera Accessories > Memory Cards
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 27, 2007

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Eye-Fi Pro X2 Wireless SDHC Memory Card

What if your photos and videos could instantly fly from your camera to your smartphone, tablet or computer? Just think: no more hunting around for the camera cable or having to take the memory card out of your camera and insert it into your computer. How? With the Eye-Fi Pro X2 Wireless SDHC Memory Card. It does all the work for you.

Wirelessly transfer your photos to the device of your choice and your favorite online sharing sites

Eye-Fi built a wireless transmitter right into a Class 6 SDHC memory card, giving you the power to wirelessly transfer photos and videos with 802.11n speeds to the device of your choice and to your favorite online sharing sites like Facebook, Picasa, YouTube and many more. The Eye-Fi card is easy to install and works with most SDHC compatible cameras from your favorite brands, including Canon, Casio, HP, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Sanyo, Sony and more.

Streamline Your Workflow and Instantly Upload

The Eye-Fi Pro X2 comes packed with plenty of great features to help streamline your workflow. With Direct Mode, instantly upload photos & videos directly to your laptop, no Wi-Fi router necessary--perfect for off-the-beaten path photo shoots. No kidding. Instant uploads from anywhere. Speaking of anywhere, the Pro X2 will also automatically geotag your photos and videos by location using Wi-Fi positioning. All of this comes in one powerful little SDHC card.

This 8GB card looks and stores photos and videos just like a traditional SDHC memory card, but will also grant you endless memory. Using a feature called Endless Memory Mode, this innovative card automatically frees up space after media is safely delivered. You'll never miss a shot again. The Eye-Fi card really does all the work.

Allows you to wirelessly upload RAW files for professional editing

Wireless RAW File Uploads: Edit Like a Pro

The Eye-Fi Pro X2 not only wirelessly uploads JPEGs, but also RAW files. Whether you're a pro or not, now you can edit like one. You can even install watch folders to set Adobe's Lightroom or PhotoShop to automatically pull your RAW files and apply presets automatically. It's never been this easy to get your photos where you want them.

Geotagging automatically tags your photo location with Wi-Fi positioning

Automatic Geotagging: Search, View, and Share

Automatically tag photos by location with Wi-Fi positioning. You take the photos, and let Eye-Fi do the rest. Your photos will be automatically tagged to show where they were taken. Then you can view photos on a map or search them by location--all without having to spend the time entering that info for every single photo. Just turn your camera on, and photos fly wirelessly, embedded with their geotags.

Direct Mode: Instant Uploads Anywhere

Wouldn't it be nice to have your photos on your smartphone, tablet or laptop right away? With Eye-Fi's Direct Mode you can. The Eye-Fi card will instantly send your full resolutions photos & videos directly to your smartphone, tablet or laptop. Using the free Eye-Fi mobile app, enjoy instant uploads from anywhere your camera takes you.

And even cooler: If you are not near one of your designated wireless networks, the Eye-Fi card will create its own Wi-Fi network on the fly. No kidding. So go ahead--climb to the top of Half Dome in Yosemite, capture those amazing views and instantly transfer them to your smartphone or tablet. Shoot and share while you’re there.

Backup and organize all of your photos and videos over Wi-Fi

With Eye-Fi View, access your files from any web connected device

Automatically Backup and Organize over Wi-Fi--No Cables, No Hassles

Thanks to built-in Wi-Fi, the Eye-Fi card will quickly and effortlessly transfer your photos and video wirelessly to your smartphone, tablet, or computer and to your favorite online sharing sites.

Simply turn on your camera and your photos and videos are automatically transferred to the device of your choice and to your favorite online sharing and printing sites such as Picasa, Facebook, Flickr or YouTube--there are over 25 sites to choose from. And, by setting up a text message, email account or Twitter alert, you’ll automatically receive a message when your images have uploaded.

To help you stay organized, the Eye-Fi card gives you the option of uploading photos and videos to specific, date-based folders on your computer (PC or Mac) or even directly into iPhoto (for Mac only). You'll save time and eliminate frustration by easily finding that great shot.

Enjoy peace of mind and never miss an important shot with Endless Memory

Endless Memory: Never Miss a Shot Again

Enjoy peace of mind knowing you will never run out of space. Using Endless Memory Mode, the Eye-Fi card automatically frees up space after your pictures & videos are safely uploaded. Go ahead, shoot away.

Eye-Fi View: View Photos Wherever, Whenever

Do your photos and videos always seem to be at home when you want to show them or share them? With Eye-Fi View, access your memories from any web connected device. You will be able to view, share or download full resolution photos from the last 7 days. Want unlimited storage and access to your photos and videos? Upgrade to Eye-Fi Premium for only $4.99/month or $49.99/year.

Simple Set-up

Set-up is simple and takes only a matter of minutes. Easy to follow 3-step instructions are provided with your Eye-Fi card.

What's in the Box

Eye-Fi 8GB Pro X2 Wireless SDHC Memory Card; Eye-Fi Center Software for Windows and Mac OS X; Eye-Fi app for iOS and Android; USB card reader for set-up; and Set-up Guide.

System Requirements

• SDHC-compatible digital camera
• Computer with Mac OS 10.5 or later; Windows SP3/Vista/Win7
• 100MB of free space
• Wi-Fi router 802.11 b/g/n 2.4Ghz
• Compatible iOS or Android device

Technical Specifications

• 8GB SDHC Memory: (up to 4000 photos or 3 hours of video depending on camera model , file resolution and other factors)
• Class 6 read and write speeds
• Wireless: 802.11b/g/n 2.4Ghz
• Range: 90ft+ outdoors, 45ft+ indoors
• Wi-Fi security: Static WEP 64/128, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK

	Eye-Fi Connect X2	Eye-Fi Mobile X2	Eye-Fi Pro X2
Memory Capacity
4 GB
8 GB
X2 Engine
Class 6
802.11b/g/n
Endless Memory
Direct Mode
Wireless Uploads
Photos and Videos
RAW
Cool Features
Online Sharing
Eye-Fi View
Hotspot Access	Upgradable	Upgradable
Geotagging	Upgradable	Upgradable
Eye-Fi Premium	Upgradable	Upgradable	Upgradable

Product Description

The 8GB Eye-Fi Pro X2 offers class 6 read and write speeds enhanced by wireless capabilities. Wirelessly upload photos (JPEG, RAW) and videos directly to your computer and favorite sharing site. Transfer via router or ad hoc, plus get auto geotagging and hotspot access. Get the 8GB Eye-Fi Pro X2 SDHC memory card.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

164 of 171 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, a Class 6 SDHC card from Eye-Fi!, April 4, 2010

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Nimravus (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eye-Fi Pro X2 8 GB Class 6 SDHC Wireless Flash Memory Card EYE-FI-8PC (Personal Computers)

First off, there are several different Eye-Fi models so I suggest you get the one with the features you need. The "X2" models now have the Class 6 rating which is great news for fast D-SLR's with high megapixels (18+, etc) or taking 1080p HD video to ensure the data transfer rate can keep up with the recording.

The X2 adds the Class 6 rating, 802.11 b/g/n capability and endless memory. All of which were major concerns with the older models when using them in modern D-SLRs.

I chose this one because the X2 Pro offers RAW image transfers and Ad hoc mode. If you do not take pictures in RAW format and/or do not care to transfer directly from Camera to Laptop via WiFi, then get the X2 Explore for $50 cheaper.

Setup is a breeze. When you first put the card into the computer, it will ask if you want to install the software. You can use the web based settings manager if you do not want to install any software. I chose to install the Eye-Fi Manager software. Very functional.

The first thing it will ask you to do is to select a network to connect to. I chose mine at home and configured the WPA2 security in seconds.... it connected and asked me to put the card into my camera and take a test picture.

I did so and withing seconds, my T2i's display showed that the eye-fi was connected and transferring data. The computer software system tray icon lit up and confirmed this too.

I took an 18mp picture for the test which turned out to be about 22mb RAW and 7mb jpeg. It finished the transfer quickly.

There are many custom features you can set to tell it what to do with the pictures. I have mine set to transfer to my HDD and MobileMe account. There are about 25 online services you can automatically upload to.

I do like the fact that you can set it to upload to a "private" album so it is not automatically "shared".

You can add multiple cards to one account and manage them all through the software. I currently have 3 Eye-Fi cards (2 x 8GB X2 Pro for my D-SLR and 1 x 8GB X2 Explore for my point and shoot).

You can configure each card separately to deliver the pictures where you would like them.

I recommend this card.

UPDATE: I have been using this card all day today and through several battery cycles. There is a significant drop in battery life while using this card, which is understandable because it is transmitting via WiFi.

I am using the Canon T2i and the camera has an Eye-Fi menu within which I can disable the WiFi. The battery does last longer when I shut off the Eye-Fi card (WiFi). So something to think about, maybe get a spare battery or get a camera with Eye-Fi menu support.

170 of 180 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great hardware, but the software needs basic help, April 19, 2010

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Chris Zee Shutterbug (Baton Rouge La) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eye-Fi Pro X2 8 GB Class 6 SDHC Wireless Flash Memory Card EYE-FI-8PC (Personal Computers)

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Here is my experience. Harware 5 stars, software 2 stars. Average 3.5.
Installation file is 21 meg, hardly what I would describe as a compact file (per the manual). Installation offers updates to both software and hardware(firmware) Software is now 3.0.20 version, was 3.0.16. You also must then also allow Adobe Air Installer to access your computer, for non personal data only. Not quite sure what that does, maybe the web based geotagging. Then the SD card updated its firmware from 4.1010 to 4.1012. As installed the software is 12 meg total on a WinXP PC. Took 17 minutes. Reasonable.

Now taking pictures! It takes about 5 seconds for a 850 meg 7 mpixel photo upload. This was at about 50 ft distance from my N router. Right after the picture is taken it appears on the screen. By the time I took my test pictures outdoors and ran back inside to look, they were all there. Software allows to upload to any directory, but defaults to My Documents/ Pictures. Eye Fi helper software which does all this housekeeping can run in auto mode or you can manually start it. Geotagging works great, when you click on the thumbnail it shows a small Google map with the location of your photo. Once again this function is dependent on a Sky Hook recognized wi fi mac address hardware being in the vicinity of your card when the photo is taken. I loved everything so far. But..

Glitch one. And a bad one. Bad or test pictures are forever. A total of 10 photos taken generated a 1 meg log file, a 8 meg dated photo directory, a duplicate "spool" directory of full size photos, and a cache directory with thumbnail snaps. Tons of overhead. Should not be a problem to clean up. Wrong. Deleting the cache directory manually per the web based help file still kept a "palm tree" blank cache image in the eye-fi browser, with a now non existent file name below it. Why is this not a part of the software. I am now littered with palm tree thumbnails for all the pictures I took as a test and have deleted. Why? And why a duplicate "spool" directory after the data transfer has been completed?

There are lots of postings on the Eye Fi web forum site about this being an issue dating back to 2009, but between using eye fi helper, eye fi manager ? (web based additional software I had to add), and eye fi center I still could not find the elusive "delete upload history" button. It is supposed to be the answer. Seems like a common problem. So far, get this, the solution is to delete your account with Eye Fi, and then create a new one. I delete about half the pictures I take each time I shoot, and I have to do this every time???

So the hardware works great, after a short software installation. But the software is missing critical components. So this is only a 3.5 star review. I will upgrade it if, and when Eye Fi improves their photo manager software, or simply allows it to do the simple task of wireless transfer with geo cache data added.

Updated 4/23 If you check my comments file you will see that the Eye Fi folks were very kind to respond to my concerns and offer some additional help. Once the suggestions are incorporated into the actual software (as promised) so other do not have to struggle, I will up the software score. My suggestion is similar to what other software vendors use. Have a "simple" interface and an "expert" interface, such that the user can decide what level of control to exercise over the software. For example when on the road, without wi fi, the capability of turning off the cards' attempts to communicate needlessly and hence conserve battery power. Some newer cameras such as Canon T1i (T2i?) can do this in camera menu.

Update 5/2 The software is now up to version 3.1.2 and the delete local thumbnails is easy to find. After I hit that button, the spool file also seems to be gone. Some quirkiness in using the thumbnails to see the location on a small Google map - clicking next appears to confuse the program if all the pictures are not uploaded yet. Today I used the supplied USB dongle to transfer the pictures (it still uses Wi Fi, would have thought that it would detect that its plugged in and use the USB). Took about 5 min for 40 7mp 1 mb shots. Geotagging error just driving around town is relatively small, about 200 yards. Interestingly enough, the pictures that stay on the card are not geotagged, only the ones that were transferred wirelessly are tagged, so do not overwrite the tagged auto shots by a manual transfer into the same directory, as file names are the same.

Update 5/12 ALthough not recommended by Eye Fi many users have used a SD/SDHC to CF adapter in order to use the Eye Fi with their DSLRs that only take CF cards. This was mostly sucessful with the previous Eye Fi cards. Unfortunately neither I nor anyone else that I have seen has been able to use the 8Gb X2 cards with the adapters. Certainly not in Canon cameras.

Update 5/29 I have just gotten a Fuji XP10 waterproof camera. It has a metal body, but it still manages to transfer pictures to the computer wirelessly at up to 25 ft from a router. The card is not totally compatible though. The second you hit playback on the camera, you get a card error. The only way to recover is to format the card in the camera, which means you would have lost all the pictures taken up to that point if on the road. So do not assume that because the camera and the card are both SDHC that they will play nice together. Check the EyeFi web site.

Update 11/27 Yet another firmware update to 4.2120. The website warns that if you are running version 4.1XXX then you may get an error message and have to retry. Well I was running version 4.2001 prior to the update. And I got the error. It is somewhat humorous, starts with "Breathe in...." Reinserted the card per the instructions, this did nothing, you have to re insert the whole Eye Fi adapter. This time it offered to update current 4.2120 to a "new" 4.2120. Supposedly the standby power consumption is significantly less.

32 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars X2 PRO CARD DELIVERS!!, April 6, 2010

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Derek Hallett "Derek" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eye-Fi Pro X2 8 GB Class 6 SDHC Wireless Flash Memory Card EYE-FI-8PC (Personal Computers)

I have been using multiple eye-fi cards with the Canon T2i. As mentioned above, this camera comes standard with eye-fi firmware built into the camera. Eye-fi has partnered with multiple camera manufacturers it seems to bring this functionality into the Camera. My experience with the eye-fi card has evolved from the 4GB Pro Card to the most recent X2 Pro 8GB Card. Some of the immediate benefits you will find with the new eye-fi card class 6 series, are the faster upload speeds via the wi-fi connectivity. The X2 Pro card will upload my 18MP photos in less then 15 seconds. The increase in upload speeds is amazing and i find the value with this card in its ease of photo management. Prior to owning these cards taking photos was a hassle due to the extra work involved in uploading and pushing the photos to an online website. With the original eye-fi Pro card, it took care of the initial problem. With the new eye-fi Pro X2 I am taking more photos and at a higher quality. With the increased sized of storage space and increased upload speeds, I have endless photo taking opportunities. The issue of running out of storage space is no longer a concern. I can simply delete the photos from the camera that have already uploaded through the wi-fi. Some may ask - well how do you know when the photos have finished uploading? With the built in firm ware, eye-fi communicates with the Canon firmware to show you that data transfer is occurring. Once the wireless icon stops moving, you know your photos have finished uploading.

Moving on to the new photo management utility. Eye-fi has successfully updated their photo management, moving the user friendly interface from an online client to a desktop utility. I find this useful because it eliminates the need to access the web. Everything is done directly on the host computer. The new utility makes it easier to manage multiple eye-fi cards as well as any iphone connections you may have.

Overall I highly recommend this product for its ease of use, ease of photo management, blazing fast uploads, and eliminating the need to manually upload photos. I can finally just shoot away and not worry about the need to go upload my photos later. I put my camera down and pick it up ten minutes later ready to go.