Review and giveaway for the Eye-Fi 4GB memory card

Remember my post on Monday about my daughter’s pictures? I mentioned the new Eye-Fi card that is in her camera and how convenient it is for me now to upload her pictures – because I don’t have to do it all anymore! Thanks to the wonderful Eye-Fi card, they download automatically via the wi-fi network at our house.

The Eye-Fi card is simply an SD card that has built in wi-fi capabilities. So, once you go through the set-up procedures, and put the card in your camera, all the pictures you take will load to your computer once you are with-in a certain range of it.

Here are a few things you need to know about the Eye-Fi card:

Your camera needs to be ON in order to upload
Some cameras may need to be turned to the preview mode to allow the upload to begin
Only JPGs and movies can be uploaded, not raw files
You need to turn OFF the automatic shut-down mode so that your camera will not close down mid-upload
They only offer SD cards right now, no Compact Flash (CF) cards
The cards are available in 4GB and 8GB sizes

After you take your pictures, they upload to the Eye-Fi Center, which was installed on your hard drive during the card set up process. You can publish picture to online sites like Flickr and Facebook directly from there, although you know I really don’t recommend that.

If you have multiple cards, as I do, you can see what each card has uploaded, with the pictures being separated into folders by the date the images were taken.

The Eye-Fi folder is set up in your Pictures folder (or should be put there). I import the images to Organizer and/or Lightroom and let the files rest in the Eye-Fi folder. In the future if I want those images in my 2012 folder, I will move them via Lightroom, but for now I’m fine with them staying to the Eye-Fi folder.

Below is an example of my screen while importing into Organizer.

Next is my screen during the import into Lightroom.

Below is a not-so-short video showing the Eye-Fi card in use, from taking the picture, uploading, then importing to Lightroom. If you want to be able to visualize how it works, this will be a big help. Make sure to move down further because the giveaway is next!

Because I think these little cards are very nifty and time saving, I am giving away two 4GB Eye-Fi cards this weekend!

GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED

To enter leave a comment telling me if you do or don’t own a reflector (photography). Yes, I’m thinking about doing a giveaway for one of those and want to see how many do/don’t own them.

One entry per person
Giveaway ends at 11:00 PM EST on Monday, May 21st
Two winning comment numbers will be drawn via Random.org
Winners have seven days to respond to my email, after which alternate winner(s) will be selected

Winning numbers were 21 and 82, and those comments were left by Chelsea and Lauren. Congratulations, ladies!!

In case you are curious – I was not given any Eye-Fi cards to review, I was not paid to do this review or giveaway, and the cards for the giveaway will be purchased by me, Amanda Padgett.

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