Eye-Fi has developed wireless SD Card that works in any camera that uses SD cards. This is super cool. ranging in price price from $50 $150 depending on what it is that you needed to do. All of them allow you to shoot pictures from any camera that takes an SD card then the images or videos are uploaded to a wireless network that you sent up.
From a personal point of view it would be exciting for me to be able to hand my nieces and nephews a wireless SD card for their camera so the pictures that they are taking during birthday parties and holidays are being uploaded to a common website so everyone in the family can view and enjoy the images and their point of view.
From a professional point of view for events or during commitment ceremony or wedding receptions this could be such a cool selling point. Instead of convincing the happy couple to purchase hundreds of dollars worth of point-and-shoot throwaway cameras that then need to be developed and printed. You can convince them to purchase 2 GB WiFi cards that are then uploaded to a common computer that you the photographer furnish and set up with a wireless network during the reception. Then all of the wedding pictures from all of the guest show up on a common website.
Did I mention that this is super cool?!
Monday, August 17, 2009
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Back up on the go
The ability to backup multiple gigabytes of images has long been a requirement while shooting digital. Ideally you want to make three copies of every file shot while you're still on location to ensure that nothing has been lost or corrupted. The obvious solution is to copy everything to your laptop, then to an external hard drive and finally to either a second external hard drive or hyperdrive.
The advantage of using a hyperdrive is that you can view the images if need be while the computer is being used to process files. I've heard of photographers going so far as to mail their UDMA or external drive to themselves so if they are traveling and something happens to their carry-on their shot is not lost. They always have a backup somewhere else. I find this to be sound advice for the cautious geek.
The advantage of using a hyperdrive is that you can view the images if need be while the computer is being used to process files. I've heard of photographers going so far as to mail their UDMA or external drive to themselves so if they are traveling and something happens to their carry-on their shot is not lost. They always have a backup somewhere else. I find this to be sound advice for the cautious geek.
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