Canon 5D Mark III users:
Is anyone using a Wi Fi card in the SD slot of their 5D Mark III for transmission to an I pad for review? if so what is required besides the wi fi card and I pad etc. and how well does it work?
I tried it a while back with my Mark II. I already had the iPad and Eye-Fi card so I bought a CF to SD adapter to try it out. It worked but it was too slow to be of any real use. Part of the problem was using the adapter but after testing the Eye-Fi speeds with the card directly in my reader I don't believe it is fast enough for satisfactory results with RAW images. With the camera set to record only small JPEG's though it worked great, transferring images in 2-3 seconds.
Since the 5DIII has dual slots I think the setup would work perfect as you can set the SD card to just JPEG and then find the right balance of speed / size that works for you while still being able to record RAW files onto the CF card.
If anyone with a Mark II is reading this, there is one possible workaround. I tried this with the ProX2 card. It is the only one that supports the wireless transfer of RAW files. Unfortunately, you can't tell it to just transfer the JPEG images so setting the Mark II to record JPEG+RAW causes it to transfer both files to the iPad making it even slower. I think the situation would work much better with the lower priced Mobile X2 card. It does not support the wireless transfer of RAW files so if I'm correct, you could set the 5D II to JPEG+RAW and only the JPEG would be transferred, and in my testing this would be pretty fast.
telluridestock wrote:
William,
That's the scenario I am looking for, SD for jpg low transfer to I pad and CF to capture RAW files!
Thanks
I'm not sure but I think the camera will hol dup the CF RAW writing when it sends the small jpgs to the ipad and it may reduce the buffer size even though you are only sending a small raw to the second card.
I've only given it a brief test and didn't look into such things. The latest version firmware and software allows direct transfer to ipad without needing to be in a wifi zone. It offers direct connection, which is fantastic (without that it can be rather limited to say the least unless you fiddle with portable hotspot units and stuff).
Skibum,
I only would be needing the transfer to the ipad for the first few light test etc. shots, than I would refer to the LCD on camera anyway for composition so it seems as if this is the way at least for me to work.
I should have the MKIII Monday and wil be testing it soon after
Thanks
telluridestock wrote:
Skibum,
I only would be needing the transfer to the ipad for the first few light test etc. shots, than I would refer to the LCD on camera anyway for composition so it seems as if this is the way at least for me to work.
I should have the MKIII Monday and wil be testing it soon after
Thanks
yeah my plan is to send it to a calibrated viewer so i can set correct wb in the field (white card ruins sunsets and cool icy light and golden hour lighting etc. figure maybe i snap a few trials in the field and compare to the real thing)
telluridestock wrote:
Is there anyway to have just a JPG sent to the SD Eye fi card and RAWs to the CF card?
Absolutely, it was the first thing I looked up when the owners manual started floating around in pdf. Check out page 116,117. Basically you need to set it to "Rec Separately" and then you'll be able do set each card individually on the
Image Quality menu - pg 119.
wsmeyer wrote:
Absolutely, it was the first thing I looked up when the owners manual started floating around in pdf. Check out page 116,117. Basically you need to set it to "Rec Separately" and then you'll be able do set each card individually on the
Image Quality menu - pg 119.
This is one of the times the quick menu shines. Hit the Q-button and you can select with it with the joystick then use the scroll wheel to select how you want the camera to write files. You can do it one handed which is nice.
telluridestock wrote:
Is there anyway to have just a JPG sent to the SD Eye fi card and RAWs to the CF card?
Yes it can be done.
But is there any reason you need to transfer on the fly? From what I've seen of the eye-Fi to iPad it looks pretty
slow.
If you dont have to have on the fly transfer then a couple of SD cards and the iPads cam connection kit will cost less than an eye-Fi card and the shuttersnitch app . I've just picked up a decent 16gb SD card for about the same as the app.(£10)
The cam connection kit is a pretty good piece of kit. Transfer from card to iPad is pretty fast even for raw files.
Smaller jpegs from the 5D3 would upload pretty fast.
I use it and it works very well. Can transfer from eyefi to android phone, iphone or ipad, etc. Love the fact that they've put in an sd card slot in the 5d3 just for this reason. Nothing like having the images pop up fast on an ipad for the client (or me) to see without having to deal with taking card out and connecting to a device....wireless rules. I usually just use a smallish jpeg to send to the ipad as anything more is really not necessary for reviewing lighting, posing, etc.
I started using this set up last weekend and it's awesome. Being able to see my shots in the field and on a killer IPS screen is fantastic.
I transfer small jpg to the SD and RAW to the Cf. I have it st up to only transfer selected images, so if I want to see it on the iPad, I just hit the rate button and it then send the image. Works great!
On the iPad side I use ShutterSnitch but you can use the free eye-fi app as well.
This is a killer feature for me and one I tried on the 5D2 but it always ended up in frustration.
Ipad app call "Shutternitch" and your done. Transfer small jpeg to SD and RAW to CF card and your done. Expect about 2-4 second before it transfer to the ipad.
I use the EyeFi X2 card in my 1DsII and 1D3's. Works fantastically well. I love being able to record RAW's and small, low quality JPG's seperately, select the SD card for viewing the JPG's, then I have it set where I can press the lock button on the camera for the photos which tells the card to upload just those to my iphone, and within seconds they're on my iphone in the photos folder and I can do anything with them from there. Comes in really hand when I'm shooting a race and want to put up on facebook what are basically live photos from my big camera. The app on the iphone can be setup so that it automatically uploads photos to a designated site such as Facebook once it receives the photos from the camera.
