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Any experiences with EZ Share or other Wi-Fi card lately?

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Any experiences with EZ Share or other Wi-Fi card lately?

I just came across an old post from Wesley Wong about the EZ Share Wi-Fi card, and I was wondering if anyone has any experience with the EZ Share Wi-Fi Micro-SD card adapter (since that will let me use my 32 GB Micro-SD cards with it:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA3RU1MV3275&cm_re=ez_share_wi_fi_sd_card-_-9SIA3RU1MV3275-_-Product

I searched at B&H for any EZ Share products, but found none. I wonder why B&H doesn't carry them.

Anyway, I would like any information about people's experiences with any of the EZ Share Wi-Fi cards or adapters, or any other Wi-Fi cards or adapters, because I'm hoping to use one with my SD1 and eventually with an SD Quattro H (when I get one). The idea is to use tethering to control the camera and the Wi-Fi card or adapter to review the photos on my notebook computer screen or at least on a tablet that runs Android . . . if Capture Pro does indeed not allow me to review the photos on my computer. I may end up using the HDMI output from the SD Quattro H with an HDMI input adapter of some type to view the signal on a tablet, but this is unlikely to be possible with the SD1 Merrill, presumably (at least while in shooting mode, rather than review mode - I don't want to have to switch back and forth between shooting mode and review mode, because I don't want to have to touch the camera). I would like to be able to shoot a variety of exposures of the subject and review the photos on a large screen without touching the camera. Live view on an external monitor would be really nice, but the SD1 Merrill can't do that, as far as I know.

This is for photography of distant things with a telescope, using a Foveon sensor. I don't know how well it will work, and I'll be experimenting with my Sony cameras too, but a friend is letting me use her 5" reflecting telescope for a while, and I thought I'd try using the SD1 Merrill on it. I find that if I touch the telescope (or anything attached to it) the picture changes, so I want to find a solution for shooting without touching the camera, once I have the focus and composition the way I want it. I could use a remote trigger, but that will not let me review for critical focus and image quality on a large review screen, like a 10" tablet or my computer screen.

My plan would be to use this adapter to use the EZ Share Wi-Fi SD to Micro-SD adapter in the Sigma SD1 Merrill, and then use either an Android tablet or my MacBook Air to review the photos. With this solution I'll still have to get a remote trigger, like the Sigma CR-21, which unfortunately costs $45. I might get this wireless trigger instead, which will save me $10 and remove the possibility of the wire transferring vibrations/movement to the camera:

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/749989-REG/Vello_RW_C1_FreeWave_Wireless_Remote_Shutter.html

I already have an IR remote for my Sony cameras (good quality and much cheaper).

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