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Technical Details
- Wi-Fi Security: Static WEP 40/104/128, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK Mac and PC Compatible
- Stores photos and videos like a standard memory card
- Wirelessly uploads your photos and videos via Wi-Fi to your computer
- Effortlessly share your memories with your favorite photo and video sharing, printing, social networking or blogging website.
- Intelligently and securely handles your photo and video uploads
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Product Description
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Using the Eye-Fi Share Video SDHC wireless memory card, you can quickly and easily transfer your images from your camera to your computer--without cables or cradles. Simply turn your camera on near your home Wi-Fi network and upload your images. Then, share your memories with friends and family on an online sharing site. This card comes complete with four gigabytes of capacity, so you can shoot plenty of photos and videos without running out of space. Installation is simple and the card is compatible with most digital cameras on the market today, including Canons, Nikons, Casios, Sanyos, and more.
 | Overview The Eye-Fi Share Video features:
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| Fast Wireless Uploads of Your Photos and Videos The Eye-Fi Share Video card makes transferring and backing up your photos and videos to your computer quick and hassle-free. Simply turn your camera on near your wireless home network, or other configured networks, and upload your photos and videos to your computer. No need for cables. Now your photos and videos are securely backed up with easy wireless transfer. |  |
 | Quickly Share Your Photos and Videos with Wireless Transfer With the Share Video card you can easily post your photos and videos to your favorite online sharing site. Simply turn your camera on near your home Wi-Fi network to transfer them to a site such as Flickr, Facebook, Picasa, or YouTube--there are over 25 to choose from. |
| Receive Confirmation of Your Photo Uploads There's no need to guess if your photos and videos have transferred to your online site with the Share Video card. You can be automatically notified by setting up an email, Facebook, or Twitter alert. You'll receive an automatic message when your images have uploaded. |
| Easy Installation Getting started is quick and easy. The Setup Guide, included with your card, gets most users up and running in a matter of minutes. |  |
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Product Description
The Eye-Fi Share Video Card (4GB) makes your existing camera wireless, so you can effortlessly store and share your photos and videos on your computer or favorite sharing, printing, social networking or blogging web site. No cables, no hassles, no kidding.
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43 of 44 people found the following review helpful
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I can't say enough about how great the eye-fi technology is... the setup was an absolute nightmare for me though.
CAUTION: For anyone thinking about purchasing this card, you need to make sure that your camera will be compatible and the eye-fi card will transfer the types of files you want transferred. This particular card is a SDHC, meaning your camera needs to be able to handle SDHC cards (not just SD cards!). Also, read in the forums on the eye-fi site to find out if anyone has found problems with your particular camera blocking signals from the card. I have read that some camera cases interfere with the wireless signals from the card. This card will transfer jpeg picture files, but no other image files. There is a new pro card out that will transfer RAW files if you want to transfer those. Video formats the 4GB Share Video card will handle include: MPEG, AVI, MOV, FLV, MP4, and WMV.
The card comes with a small USB device that allows you to plug the card into your compuer. After plugging it in, an eye-fi manager will be launched via your web browser. You must create an account with eye-fi (just requires an email signup - no fees). After the account is set-up, the card will detect wireless connections and allow you to select which connection to use. I had a horrible time getting the card to connect to my wireless connection (never had any problems with other devices, and I have quite a bit of experience setting up wireless networks/devices). The problem is that they give you way too few options to fix problems that might arise. The one and only solution the eye-fi gave me when it wouldn't connect was to add the card's MAC address to my wireless router's list of incoming connections, which didn't help at all. Eventually, I needed to completely redo my entire wireless network to get the card to connect, which was a pain. The problem in all of this wasn't the fact that the card should have connected easier, but that the setup was too simplistic and too linear. If anything went wrong in the setup process, you had to start over from the beginning... there was no way to resume from the part that gave you an error. Essentially, you have to go through the entire process of signing up for an account, connecting to your wireless network, taking a picture, and sending the picture before the setup is complete. Any problems? Back to the beginning... and I had plenty of problems through the process.
After the setup process is complete, the card works great though. Transfers start as soon as the camera is in range of the wireless connection, is on, and the computer is on (although there is another option in the settings to allow photos to be transferred to an eye-fi server and then to your computer so that both do not have to be on at the same time). Photos and video can be uploaded to any directory you choose on your computer and can be labeled by the date created or uploaded. They can also be uploaded directly to a wide variety of sites including Flickr, photobucket, facebook, walmart, costco, and many more (almost any photo site you can think of). You can have photos videos go to separate/multiple places, and advanced options allow you to set private or public viewing capabilities on each site you upload to. Your photos/video are automatically uploaded as soon as the camera is in range of the network, but another feature allows you to only upload pictures/videos that you set to "protect" mode in your camera (that way not everything gets uploaded all the time).
This particular card comes only with support for your home network, but you can purchase an upgrade to allow you to access any wifi hotspot to upload your pictures for $15 a year. An upgrade to allow geotagging of your photos like on the "explore" card is also available for $15 a year.
The transfers are very fast, and the pictures stay on your card in case something goes wrong in the transfer process. You can then delete them from your card when you want. You can set up email, SMS, or Twitter alerts to tell you when the transfer is started, completed, or if anything goes wrong.
Overall, it's a fantastic device. I couldn't imagine going back to all the USB transfers I used to do. Just be prepared for a great deal of frustration in the setup process unless you are one of the lucky ones and everything goes perfect from the start.
CAUTION: For anyone thinking about purchasing this card, you need to make sure that your camera will be compatible and the eye-fi card will transfer the types of files you want transferred. This particular card is a SDHC, meaning your camera needs to be able to handle SDHC cards (not just SD cards!). Also, read in the forums on the eye-fi site to find out if anyone has found problems with your particular camera blocking signals from the card. I have read that some camera cases interfere with the wireless signals from the card. This card will transfer jpeg picture files, but no other image files. There is a new pro card out that will transfer RAW files if you want to transfer those. Video formats the 4GB Share Video card will handle include: MPEG, AVI, MOV, FLV, MP4, and WMV.
The card comes with a small USB device that allows you to plug the card into your compuer. After plugging it in, an eye-fi manager will be launched via your web browser. You must create an account with eye-fi (just requires an email signup - no fees). After the account is set-up, the card will detect wireless connections and allow you to select which connection to use. I had a horrible time getting the card to connect to my wireless connection (never had any problems with other devices, and I have quite a bit of experience setting up wireless networks/devices). The problem is that they give you way too few options to fix problems that might arise. The one and only solution the eye-fi gave me when it wouldn't connect was to add the card's MAC address to my wireless router's list of incoming connections, which didn't help at all. Eventually, I needed to completely redo my entire wireless network to get the card to connect, which was a pain. The problem in all of this wasn't the fact that the card should have connected easier, but that the setup was too simplistic and too linear. If anything went wrong in the setup process, you had to start over from the beginning... there was no way to resume from the part that gave you an error. Essentially, you have to go through the entire process of signing up for an account, connecting to your wireless network, taking a picture, and sending the picture before the setup is complete. Any problems? Back to the beginning... and I had plenty of problems through the process.
After the setup process is complete, the card works great though. Transfers start as soon as the camera is in range of the wireless connection, is on, and the computer is on (although there is another option in the settings to allow photos to be transferred to an eye-fi server and then to your computer so that both do not have to be on at the same time). Photos and video can be uploaded to any directory you choose on your computer and can be labeled by the date created or uploaded. They can also be uploaded directly to a wide variety of sites including Flickr, photobucket, facebook, walmart, costco, and many more (almost any photo site you can think of). You can have photos videos go to separate/multiple places, and advanced options allow you to set private or public viewing capabilities on each site you upload to. Your photos/video are automatically uploaded as soon as the camera is in range of the network, but another feature allows you to only upload pictures/videos that you set to "protect" mode in your camera (that way not everything gets uploaded all the time).
This particular card comes only with support for your home network, but you can purchase an upgrade to allow you to access any wifi hotspot to upload your pictures for $15 a year. An upgrade to allow geotagging of your photos like on the "explore" card is also available for $15 a year.
The transfers are very fast, and the pictures stay on your card in case something goes wrong in the transfer process. You can then delete them from your card when you want. You can set up email, SMS, or Twitter alerts to tell you when the transfer is started, completed, or if anything goes wrong.
Overall, it's a fantastic device. I couldn't imagine going back to all the USB transfers I used to do. Just be prepared for a great deal of frustration in the setup process unless you are one of the lucky ones and everything goes perfect from the start.
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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So I did like the idea of wireless uploading my photo to my computer and Facebook (Which recently became available). Yes it does work and I did like it at first. The process can become time consuming because transfering a large amount of photos to my computer takes time and drains the battery on the camera. Not to mention it wants to automatically to starting upload photos automatically. by default. You can enable the Selective Transfer option ([...])
Eye-Fi supports states you will hardly notice a difference in battery usage. I completely disagree. With my wife's 780is the battery time is cut by more than half. Make sure you add in the cost of a backup battery when buying an Eye-Fi card. Of course if your camera uses AA than you will be adding to the landfills faster
I am now hardly using the card anymore because I would rather put my 16GB SDHC in my camera and just plugin it into the SD slot on my laptop.
The lack of RAW support is also a downer for me but not showstopper. I often shoot in RAW format so I can do post processing of the photos. If RAW is a must you will need to purchase the Pro verion, which also gives you geotagging. Of course geotagging is $15 a year after the first year. You can also add wayport wifi access for $15 a year, which I chose not to do
On the plus side it does support WPA security so you do not have to have the worry of weak WEP security
I would say this is definitely more for the casual phototaker and not the professional.
Would I recommend it, yes but with the understanding that once the novelity wears off you may find yourself using it less.
Eye-Fi supports states you will hardly notice a difference in battery usage. I completely disagree. With my wife's 780is the battery time is cut by more than half. Make sure you add in the cost of a backup battery when buying an Eye-Fi card. Of course if your camera uses AA than you will be adding to the landfills faster
I am now hardly using the card anymore because I would rather put my 16GB SDHC in my camera and just plugin it into the SD slot on my laptop.
The lack of RAW support is also a downer for me but not showstopper. I often shoot in RAW format so I can do post processing of the photos. If RAW is a must you will need to purchase the Pro verion, which also gives you geotagging. Of course geotagging is $15 a year after the first year. You can also add wayport wifi access for $15 a year, which I chose not to do
On the plus side it does support WPA security so you do not have to have the worry of weak WEP security
I would say this is definitely more for the casual phototaker and not the professional.
Would I recommend it, yes but with the understanding that once the novelity wears off you may find yourself using it less.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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***Updated 11/19/2009 Please see new info at the end.****
I used this card in a Canon A560 point and shoot camera using a Windows Vista 64 machine on a protected wireless G network. Setting it up was very easy. Pop the card, inserted into the included card reader, into a USB port, and follow the prompts. When the software is installed you have to register the card via a web browser with the Eye-fi website. They asked for an email address, your name, and a password. I put the card in my camera, took a picture, and voila, the picture was downloaded to a new "Eye-Fi" folder in my pictures folder. The pictures download as soon as you take them and these 7.1MP pictures took about 3-5 seconds each to download.
The good:
- Easy installation
- Works as advertised
- 4GB stores a lot of pictures; pictures remain on card just in case
- No cables needed
- Uploads to picture sharing sites
- Amazing that it works!
The not so good:
- No control of when pictures download. If there are new pictures and your computer is on, they download. So you don't get a chance to delete the bad pictures from the camera before they download.
- It is a bit slower than a cable. If you have many pictures to download (say you took them away from your network), you have to wait longer than if you used a cable. Again, if you only wanted one or two pictures, you still have to wait for them all to download.
- You have to leave your camera on for them to download. Although there is no cable, you still have to wait for things to finish so you can turn off the camera and put it away.
- It is unclear how much power the card uses so I don't know how it will affect battery usage.
- At least thumbnails are uploaded to the Eye-Fi website whether or not you want that.
Maybe it is just a habbit of ours, but without this card, we download just the pictures we want to a folder, and then file them away. Usually we do this after an event (birthday, outing, etc.) so it is pretty easy to decide where they go. With this card, the pictures just pile up in one folder and you have to sort it out separately, including ones you'd never had transfered in the first place.
There is also an extra step of making sure all the pictures downloaded wirelessly before you clear the card. With a cable it is pretty clear; you just downloaded everything you want so you can now clear the card. With the Eye-fi it isn't so clear unless you are in the same room as your computer and watch things happen on the screen.
If you aren't uploading to Flikr or the like, it is uncertain if this is a useful product. A cable can be left attached to your decktop or left on your deck where you use your laptop. The time it takes to connect it is more than made up for by the speedier downloading and spending less time making sure everything downloaded.
I imagine if you do use Flikr and the like, this is great in that if you are traveling, folks you share photos with can see you photots. But, again, unless you can access your account, they are going to see all of your photos if you don't delete them prior to entering a wifi hotspot. Apparently it works at MacDonalds and many other places. Good that it happens so easily, not so good that it might happen when you don't want it to. I imagine that, while traveling, deleting would be easier since you are more often than not away from wifi.
One last caveat: whether or not you sign up for online services, the Eye-Fi website gets, at least, thumbnails of all your pictures. I used the card on my home network assuming it would just go form the camera to my pictures/eye-fi folder. But when I went to change some settings, I was taken to the Eye-fi website and was presented with the images that just downloaded. You can remove them, but it seemes like you should be able to use this card without that happening if you use your home network; I assume, and it makes sense, that it has to go through there servers if you use the web services (e.g. Flikr), but why is that needed when it is all local? Just another thing that makes me feel not everything is in my control.
****** New/Additional Comments ******
Customer service left a comment with my review and, in the interest of being fair, I'd like to point out their response as they tell how to address some of what I consider the shortcomings. Apparently it is very easy to set up but there are more advanced features that can be used but which you have to explore a little more to implement. I should point out that their replies to me and others are very polite, well written, and informative which makes me think well of this company.
1) Pictures don't have to download automatically. You can can set it up so only ones marked as "protected" on your camera will download. Most camera's have this although I never use it, but this would be a good use for it. "You can read more about it on our blog: [...]
2)It isn't just one folder but a folder for each date. That is better but still not the one folder per event one usually makes if doing this by hand (we have on folder per month with special events in a subfolder).
3) Customer service says the thumbnails are not sent to their server and, from what I can tell, they are right and I was wrong. The URL has a IP address that must be that of the card and not their server, which is what confused me. This takes away a big objection. "You can test this out by logging in to your account from a different computer - you won't find the thumbnails there."
I used this card in a Canon A560 point and shoot camera using a Windows Vista 64 machine on a protected wireless G network. Setting it up was very easy. Pop the card, inserted into the included card reader, into a USB port, and follow the prompts. When the software is installed you have to register the card via a web browser with the Eye-fi website. They asked for an email address, your name, and a password. I put the card in my camera, took a picture, and voila, the picture was downloaded to a new "Eye-Fi" folder in my pictures folder. The pictures download as soon as you take them and these 7.1MP pictures took about 3-5 seconds each to download.
The good:
- Easy installation
- Works as advertised
- 4GB stores a lot of pictures; pictures remain on card just in case
- No cables needed
- Uploads to picture sharing sites
- Amazing that it works!
The not so good:
- No control of when pictures download. If there are new pictures and your computer is on, they download. So you don't get a chance to delete the bad pictures from the camera before they download.
- It is a bit slower than a cable. If you have many pictures to download (say you took them away from your network), you have to wait longer than if you used a cable. Again, if you only wanted one or two pictures, you still have to wait for them all to download.
- You have to leave your camera on for them to download. Although there is no cable, you still have to wait for things to finish so you can turn off the camera and put it away.
- It is unclear how much power the card uses so I don't know how it will affect battery usage.
- At least thumbnails are uploaded to the Eye-Fi website whether or not you want that.
Maybe it is just a habbit of ours, but without this card, we download just the pictures we want to a folder, and then file them away. Usually we do this after an event (birthday, outing, etc.) so it is pretty easy to decide where they go. With this card, the pictures just pile up in one folder and you have to sort it out separately, including ones you'd never had transfered in the first place.
There is also an extra step of making sure all the pictures downloaded wirelessly before you clear the card. With a cable it is pretty clear; you just downloaded everything you want so you can now clear the card. With the Eye-fi it isn't so clear unless you are in the same room as your computer and watch things happen on the screen.
If you aren't uploading to Flikr or the like, it is uncertain if this is a useful product. A cable can be left attached to your decktop or left on your deck where you use your laptop. The time it takes to connect it is more than made up for by the speedier downloading and spending less time making sure everything downloaded.
I imagine if you do use Flikr and the like, this is great in that if you are traveling, folks you share photos with can see you photots. But, again, unless you can access your account, they are going to see all of your photos if you don't delete them prior to entering a wifi hotspot. Apparently it works at MacDonalds and many other places. Good that it happens so easily, not so good that it might happen when you don't want it to. I imagine that, while traveling, deleting would be easier since you are more often than not away from wifi.
One last caveat: whether or not you sign up for online services, the Eye-Fi website gets, at least, thumbnails of all your pictures. I used the card on my home network assuming it would just go form the camera to my pictures/eye-fi folder. But when I went to change some settings, I was taken to the Eye-fi website and was presented with the images that just downloaded. You can remove them, but it seemes like you should be able to use this card without that happening if you use your home network; I assume, and it makes sense, that it has to go through there servers if you use the web services (e.g. Flikr), but why is that needed when it is all local? Just another thing that makes me feel not everything is in my control.
****** New/Additional Comments ******
Customer service left a comment with my review and, in the interest of being fair, I'd like to point out their response as they tell how to address some of what I consider the shortcomings. Apparently it is very easy to set up but there are more advanced features that can be used but which you have to explore a little more to implement. I should point out that their replies to me and others are very polite, well written, and informative which makes me think well of this company.
1) Pictures don't have to download automatically. You can can set it up so only ones marked as "protected" on your camera will download. Most camera's have this although I never use it, but this would be a good use for it. "You can read more about it on our blog: [...]
2)It isn't just one folder but a folder for each date. That is better but still not the one folder per event one usually makes if doing this by hand (we have on folder per month with special events in a subfolder).
3) Customer service says the thumbnails are not sent to their server and, from what I can tell, they are right and I was wrong. The URL has a IP address that must be that of the card and not their server, which is what confused me. This takes away a big objection. "You can test this out by logging in to your account from a different computer - you won't find the thumbnails there."
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Great Idea, Not Ready for Prime Time
I bought the Eye-Fi card in the hopes that it would make my job of transferring photos between my camera and PC much simpler. At first, the Eye-Fi card worked fairly well. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Skel
Rubbish
I have had nothing but disappointment with this card and software package. Right out of the box i couldn't add it to my wireless network. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Daniel Mclean
NOT Sony Compatible
Although there is NO MENTION of this ANYWHERE... this is not compatible with Sony DHC cameras. Shame on Eye-Fi. Read more
Published 8 months ago by L. D. Smith II
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Was unable to get Eye-Fi to work at all. Tech support guided me through set-up to no avail. Sent them a log as requested. Even if I eventually get it to work, not worth the effort. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Insp. Clousseau
Get the new X2- it's all you imagine, unlike this old model.
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Published 13 months ago by Question Guy
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I got my eye-fi card last summer and I love it except that it takes a while to wirelessy upload my photos. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Marcella Carter
Easy and fun
I bought this card without realizing it wasn't going to work with my camera, which is OLD. Then I got my daughter a camera for Christmas and it didn't come with a card. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Betyonfire
Kpmommy
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Published 13 months ago by Kimberly
MUST-HAVE FOR DIGITAL CAMERAS!
I don't know how I was using my digital camera without this INCREDIBLE innovation from Eye-fi! First of all, have you ever found yourself caught with your memory card full to the... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Ether
so convenient and hassle free
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Published 13 months ago by N. Wong
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