ipad for photographers

[BigTex71]

It all depends on how much you want to spend and what your needs are. All indications are that eye fi are fussy at best. But, at $40, they are the cheapest and smallest capacity solution. Next up would be Air Stash at around $100 plus the card(s) of your choice. Most expensive is the Hyperdrive at $600 but that also becomes an off camera off lap top storage device.

It all really depends upon what your goals (and budget) dictate.

The new HyperDrive is $99 bare and add your own drive. I am thinking about that after the reviews start coming in on how well it works.

I just saw an article the other day that said the Eye-Fi had been updated so that it could create it's own ad-hock wireless network. Once the iPad joins this network you should be able to use the Eye-Fi app with your iPad to transfer files. You may need the latest firmware update to do this.

The iPad cannot connect to an ad-hoc network. Only a WiFi access point.

 

[NCTurner]

I recently (last week) bought an Eye-Fi 16gb card (so, it's not limited to 4gb.) It was a horrible setup. Actually, I never did get it working. I'm fairly technical, and this was a nightmare. If you go to their forums, you will see the hundreds of complaints about not even being able to set up an account. I sent it back, bought a regular high speed 16gb card, and the camera connection kit, (those were cheaper, combined, than the Eye-Fi card) and I'm much, much happier!

 

[twerppoet]

I just saw an article the other day that said the Eye-Fi had been updated so that it could create it's own ad-hock wireless network. Once the iPad joins this network you should be able to use the Eye-Fi app with your iPad to transfer files. You may need the latest firmware update to do this.

The iPad cannot connect to an ad-hoc network. Only a WiFi access point.

I probably should not have called it an Ad-hoc network. At any rate the article describes a way to use the Eye-Fi with the iPad that does not require a third device/router. It's is called direct connect. I'm not sure what kind of network it creates, but obviously one the iPad can connect to.

 

[incapete]

I probably should not have called it an Ad-hoc network. At any rate the article describes a way to use the Eye-Fi with the iPad that does not require a third device/router. It's is called direct connect. I'm not sure what kind of network it creates, but obviously one the iPad can connect to.

That's what I was describing in my earlier post... and I think the reason you guys are getting confused about what sort of wifi it needs/is able to create, is that my memory of the article (or at least the one I read) said it needed to be jailbroken to allow it.

 

[twerppoet]

I probably should not have called it an Ad-hoc network. At any rate the article describes a way to use the Eye-Fi with the iPad that does not require a third device/router. It's is called direct connect. I'm not sure what kind of network it creates, but obviously one the iPad can connect to.

That's what I was describing in my earlier post... and I think the reason you guys are getting confused about what sort of wifi it needs/is able to create, is that my memory of the article (or at least the one I read) said it needed to be jailbroken to allow it.

No mention of jailbreaking in the article I linked. The new Eye-Fi direct connect feature is fairly recent, added in April of this year, and it's only for the X2 cards. I suspect that there would need to be a firmware update of some sort for anyone who bought their card earlier than that.

 

[incapete]

No mention of jailbreaking in the article I linked. The new Eye-Fi direct connect feature is fairly recent, added in April of this year, and it's only for the X2 cards. I suspect that there would need to be a firmware update of some sort for anyone who bought their card earlier than that.

Excellent, that's good to hear.

 

[MikeV99]

From reading the literature on Airstash that the connection is unidirectional from the device to the iPad. Is that correct? If that is the case then isn't the Airstash just a wireless camera kit (it acts as a hotspot for the iPad, correct?). Also, if one uses CF cards I do not see an easy way of using it?

Thanks

Edit:

The Airstash has bidirectional WebDav capability for WebDav apps.