If your dad loves to fire up the grill, he also may enjoy the Grill Daddy. Summer is here and that means so is barbecue season. The Xshot Camera Extender is telescoping camera mount that extends three feet away from you, so you can take pictures of yourself without getting your arm in the frame. Hopefully the next version of the Eye-Fi Card will include support for roaming hot spots.Now you don't have to worry about an unwanted extremity being in any picture you take of yourself. It's not a perfect solution though, and you might want to let the technology simmer for a bit. It works as advertised, turning your ordinary digital camera into a Wi-Fi-enabled one that can send your photos straight to your computer or photo sharing service as you shoot.
#Eye fi card reader password#
Even if you don't need a password and only have to click a bright "Internet" button when accessing it your notebook, the camera simply can't access that network.įor a first effort, the Eye-Fi Card impresses me. Worse still, it can't work with any Wi-Fi network with any sort of log-in system or splash page. Since the card only connects with wireless networks you explicitly tell it about, it can't work with public Wi-Fi hot spots if you're away from your router. Any photos you shoot outside of your Wi-Fi network upload automatically from the card to your computer/photo service when you get back in range of the network and turn the camera on. If you're not around a Wi-Fi network you registered on the card, it behaves like a normal SD card. You also need to disable power saving (the function that automatically turns off the camera if you don't touch it for a length of time), ensuring that the card will ravenously devour your batteries. Unfortunately, wireless transfers take much longer than simply writing to an SD card, so you need to keep your camera on for a few minutes after you take your photos, to make sure they transfer.
#Eye fi card reader software#
If the computer upon which you installed the Eye-Fi software is within range and turned on, your photos also automatically upload to its hard drive.
As you shoot, the card automatically uploads your pictures to your photo service of choice.
Once you get within range of a registered Wi-Fi network, though, the card really works its magic. You shoot and the photos stay on the card's 2GB of memory. Once you take the card out of the reader and actually put it in your camera, it works just like an ordinary SD card. Integration with Web services like Webshots and Flickr is easy just enter your username and password, and the card does the rest. A setup wizard guides you on your card's initial run, holding your hand as you register your local wireless network and enter your upload preferences.
#Eye fi card reader install#
Once you install the software, you can access your card's settings through a very simple Web-based service.
The card comes with a USB reader, a small instruction booklet, and nothing else all the pertinent software is included on the card, and it autolaunches when you connect it to your computer. Unfortunately, the card I've been using doesn't include the firmware the Eye-Fi Card will use at release, so I can't yet give this product a formal score. Well, I've had several days with the card, and I'm ready to give you some first impressions. Last week I wrote about the Eye-Fi Card, a special SD card that enables digital cameras to upload their photos wirelessly.
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