LZeal releases ezShare wireless SDHC card with a Wi-Fi on/off switch

You could search on ebay,you will found cheaper price with 8G/Class10,16G/Class10,and 32G/Class10.All of them support RAW file,direct transfer.

Jan 28, 2013permalink

John Driggers

(Continued-see prior comment)
The eyefi process is vastly superior to the EZshare process. It just takes a week or so to figure out how to set up the eyefi card. It's not buggy, but the user experience is and they should fix that. However, it's still worth the hassle, as once you get it figured out and set up, it works great, it's fast, it's easy to turn on and off and to switch downloading between computer, tablet and phone. It's just not plug and play.

I have no experience with the new Toshiba card, but would like to hear from someone who has. And please spare us all your guesses, speculation and folk tale comments if you do not have a Toshiba card. You're just making noise in the wind.

Jan 26, 2013permalink

Kodachrome200

it took me like 30 mins to figure out eyefi and have it up in running

Jan 26, 2013permalink

plevyadophy

@John Diggers
Your two combined posts are very well said. Lots of folks whine about the Eye-Fi cards, when really there is nothing wrong with them, it's mainly user error. However, much of that user error is brought about by the not too clear instructions that accompany the card, and even on their website things aren't as clear as they should be.

But once you have spent time (far too much in my opinion) on their site and on their forum and worked out all the permutations, it's a wonderful and robust product. I should say that I am referring to their new X2 cards; the previous generation had lots of problems.

The irritation of having to log-in to an online account to change settings, I think is just a way of them controlling things i.e. to prevent Chinese/Far East IP theives copying their product. I don't particularly like the irritation but I accept it because it protects consumers from buying junk copies from the likes of eBay (who admit that most mem cards on the site are fake).

Jan 26, 2013permalink

plevyadophy

@John Diggers (Part II)
I am also grateful to you for pointing out the shortcomings of this new ezShare card, which I first discovered about two weeks ago at this online retailer: http://www.gadgetinfinity.com/wi-fi-card/

Jan 26, 2013permalink

Louis Dallara

I am a geek very familiar with WIFI and could never get ehr card to consistency transfer, I has a approve camera... I sold it..

Jan 27, 2013permalink

John Driggers

Actually, the "news" is that they now are selling class 10 cards. All their previous cards had the on/off switch. That's old.....

What they don't really make clear is that there is no "push" to your computer/tablet/phone. You have to go and get the photos. With mobile devices you have to down load one at a time. Very cumbersome. With laptops and desktops you can get a whole folder, but it transfers as as a single RAR file that you then have to extract your photos from. Very cumbersome too.

Eyefi cards biggest issue is the complexity of use, poor instructions, and a presumed default choice of use to upload to outside services or the eyefi server storage instead of a simple transfer between your camera and a computer/tablet/phone.

The simple transfer task was added last as the product evolved. Eyefi would do well to set up software defaults to that option instead of social media or eyefi servers.

(To be continued)

Jan 26, 2013*permalink

Indeed,end user can automatically push images to smart device by one button pre-setting on latest released Apps on iOS,Android. Select-download behavior is designed for browser-access.

Jan 28, 2013permalink

BozillaNZ

With the time I open the card door to access the switch, I can instead take the card out and chuck it into the SD slot in my desktop/laptop and only using 1/100 time to transfer all my images over!

Jan 25, 2013permalink

This might be good for on the go when you're outdoors or in remote location and you want a virtual 'tether' to your laptop without actually being physically attached. You import your images directly into Lightroom without a lot of hassle. That's my take on its purpose.

Jan 25, 2013*permalink

Josh SZ

Sure you can if you have a notebook/desktop computer nearby. but if you only have a ipad/smatphone around?

Jan 25, 2013permalink

I don't see why you couldn't do it with a tablet device, provided you have the necessary software and storage capacity.

Jan 25, 2013permalink

Aroart

Exactly

Jan 26, 2013permalink

pwmoree

Using the shuttersniitch app and the eyefi card together works fine in the field. All shots jpegs are pushed to the ipad directly. I still find it a bit slow at times. Defining small jpegs and including raw solves that to some extend. You then have immediate pad-screen size views of your shot and you can download the raw shots later.

Jan 26, 2013permalink

You lost me at 'Chinese'. Let me know when they start outsourcing to Japan.

Jan 25, 2013permalink

Mafoo

If you boycotted everything the Chinese made, you would not have a computer to type on, a phone to talk on, a tv to watch, a car to drive... I can go on if you like.

Jan 25, 2013permalink

I'm not really knocking Chinese products(I love Walmart) inasmuch as I'm emphasizing my preferance for Japanese-made electronic items, which are clearly superior.

Jan 25, 2013permalink

RedDog Steve

There are some who prefer Non-Communist sourced goods.

Jan 25, 2013permalink

Woodlink

I hear Leica makes nice camera gear.

Jan 26, 2013*permalink

Pritzl

I'm confused. How can you turn the Wifi on/off when it's inside the memory card compartment?

Jan 25, 2013permalink

Cane

If you look at the picture, the switch is on the edge of the card. So what you do is take those skinny things dangling from your arms and use them to open said memory compartment door and move said switch. Yes, this is a first world problem, but with a little exercise and practice, I believe it can be overcome.

Jan 25, 2013permalink

you'll be remain confused for the rest of you life if you don't reseach.

Jan 25, 2013permalink

Mafoo

Also it's a memory card as well, so you can remove it, turn off wifi, and put it back in as just a memory card.

Jan 25, 2013*permalink

Pritzl

Missed the responses. I was asking how this was that much easier since you most likely will have to turn the camera off, remove the card, flip the switch, return the card and then turn the camera back on.

Mar 22, 2013permalink

vodanh1982

Good luck with your photos.

Jan 25, 2013permalink

This one probably better than buggy, problematic and very high priced EYE FI CARDS. This new one has an on and off switch to preseve power for short life battery of my canon S100. I'll be returning this very costly unreliable EYE FI CARD for good.

Jan 25, 2013permalink

Digitall

Hopefully half the price compared to well-known brands, at least, the ON / OFF feature is a good option.

Jan 25, 2013permalink

xlynx9

I'd love to see a comparison between all these wifi sd cards.

In particular, I'd like to know which ones will transparently sync directly to a smartphone in the background with the sd card in AP mode.

Eyefi software is better on Android than iOS in this way, but the hardware has a lot of quality issues (or I'm very unlucky), and I'm not sure which will fill that spot the best.

Jan 25, 2013permalink

G Sciorio

You're not very unlucky :-) I have issues too.

Jan 25, 2013permalink

Just a Photographer

You are not alone, me too is having problems with Eyefi cards.
Also I dislike their software and the fact that you need to login to be able to make changes to the eyefi card settings.
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It would be nice if DPReview could do a review on these new wifi sdhc cards.

Jan 25, 2013permalink

No!! you're not unlucky.. it's the manufacturer of the crude made EYE FI CARD which is now very unlucky for there's a new and reliable one just came up.and with a brillant idea to provide an on and off switch on it.

Jan 25, 2013permalink

http://shop69011823.taobao.com/

ez Share works in AP mode exactly.

Jan 28, 2013permalink

plasmo

does anyone know how much it costs, and is it available to purchase?

Jan 25, 2013permalink

Najah69

Hi Plasmo,

It's seems to cost 145 US$ or 105 € for a 16 Go if you buy it on there wn online shop.

Jan 26, 2013permalink

http://www.ebay.de/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=ez+Share&_sacat=0&_from=R40

it might be territory difference.Even in Germany,you could buy an ez Share @ around 59USD for 8G/Class10,functionally similar to 8G Pro.: RAW file supported, direct transfer without external internet, no need for presetting,multi-user access simultaneously.

Jan 28, 2013*permalink

xlynx9

HTTP server. No such thing as an HTML server.

Jan 25, 2013permalink

Richard Butler

Toshiba describes its cards as offering an 'HTML server function'

http://www.toshiba-components.com/FlashAir/faq.html#3

But yes, I concede your point - it's an HTTP server that delivers the contents as an HTML page.

Jan 25, 2013permalink

Josh SZ

It is not an invention but practically useful.

Jan 25, 2013permalink