Since starting blogging I’ve been trying to find ways to save time and improve my photography. I bought my new computer in May because it had a slot to put my SD card into. This worked well until I went to my friends Brad & Tina’s Wedding. Apparently the constant removing and inserting of the SD card broke the sensors. So I was back to attaching the cord to the computer and uploading the slow way.
Because this was a pain in the butt I had to try something different. The eye-fi! I first heard about the eye-fi on Kath’s blog. Even though she was having issues with it, I thought I’d try it out.
Set up of the eye-fi was pretty easy. It took a few minutes to sync up. Once it was done I took out the USB port (below) and plugged the eye-fi into the camera.
And presto, it was done! Using the eye-fi has been pretty easy. All I need to do to upload the pictures is to be near my computer or wi-fi signal and presto. The photos show up on my hard drive. Awesome! I have to keep the camera on and it will automatically upload. When I take pictures at home, it uploads while I’m taking the pictures.
The only problem that I’ve seen is that when I upload the pictures from the work day sometimes I have to turn the camera off and then on again to get the rest of the photos uploaded.
It is a bit more expensive than a typical SD card. So far it is worth the expense. I love being able to add pictures without even clicking a button.
There is even a feature that the pictures can upload to a website (photobucket, picasa etc.) This is super convenient if I were trying to share these pictures with friends and family. Overall, I say two thumbs up, especially for me since I upload pictures multiple times a day. If you aren’t uploading as much it may not be worth the extra cost.
How do you save time with your photography and or blogging?
Goth Hummus
14 hours ago
