That said, I’ve noticed the battery meter on my Sony DSC-HX5 quickly drain during my limited testing Monday, although that could simply be a issue with the aging battery I’m using. So, will the Eye-Fi put a strain on your camera’s battery? No, says the card’s manufacturer, which claims that the Eye-Fi’s “advanced power management” system will “optimize” battery use. Just insert the Eye-Fi into your camera's SD memory slot and start snapping away.Īnother nifty feature is called “Endless Memory,” which automatically deletes old photos off the Eye-Fi once it’s filled to a set capacity, and only after a given picture has been uploaded to your PC-meaning you’d never have to worry about the Eye-Fi running out of storage space. After tearing open the Eye-Fi box, I found the little memory card sitting in a small USB dongle as per the instructions, I plugged the dongle into my iMac, and within seconds I’d installed the Eye-Fi desktop software. But for a variety of reasons, I never quite ended up getting an Eye-Fi card for myself-namely because I figured it would be too pricey, or too much of a bother to set up.īut having finally grown tired of continually prying the memory card out of my Sony digital camera, sliding it into a USB memory card reader (which, by the way, I usually have to fish out of a cluttered desk drawer), and plugging the thing into my iMac, I decided to break down and buy my very first Eye-Fi card-to my surprise, just $49 (for the cheapest 4 GB version). While it’s a clever concept, the Eye-Fi itself isn’t all that new indeed, the first Eye-Fi cards landed in stores about four years ago.
#Eye fi wireless memory card Pc#
Equipped with its own little Wi-Fi antenna, the Eye-Fi replaces the SD (short for “Secure Digital”) memory card that sits in your digital camera, and then connects to a nearby Wi-Fi network and wirelessly sends any pictures or videos you shoot to your PC or Mac. The idea behind the Eye-Fi memory card is simple.