eyefi requires internet I believe. I don't know if the Canon equipement does. There is probably a speed difference also. I've used the eyefi card for about a month and it's fairly slow to upload the files.
Read the specs for the 5D3's wifi and I doubt the 6D will come close. The separate wifi unit is a/b/g/n compliant, bluetooth ready, ethernet wifi and wired ready...it's basically a mini router. You can't fit that much tech in the smaller body or above the prism....at least not yet.
I'd be surprised if the 6D gives us n level, maybe not even g level wifi...it's specs aren't fully explained yet that I'm aware of. wifi is not built in to the 5D3 due to it's total mag body, the top of the 6D is polycarb.
JohnBrose wrote:
yes, via wifi, but if that ipad doesn't have wifi/internet, I don't believe it will work. I may be wrong, but that's my understanding.
It does. You can be 30 miles deep into the woods and have the ipad cellular service turned off and EyeFi Card can still beam to the ipad.
There are 2 types of communications, router based like in your home; your cable tv/internet device and what's called broadband which is supported via cell towers, like your smartphone is.
If your device, like a lower level kindle; the 1st Fire for instance, only has wifi, then you can only play content that has been installed or downloaded directly to the devise via a wifi router; your home, starbucks, an airport, etc. If it has broadband, like 3G, then the devise can receive live streams of data as long as you are within a cell towers range.
One requires a data plan, 3G, etc... from your phone company
Hope this helps...
Jerry
StillFingerz wrote:
Read the 5D3's wifi and I doubt the 6 will come close. The separate wifi unit is a/b/g/n compliant, bluetooth ready, ethernet wifi and wired ready...it's basically a mini router. You can't fit that much tech in the smaller body or above the prism....at least not yet.
I'd be surprised if the 6D gives us n level, maybe not even g level wifi...it's specs aren't fully explained yet that I'm aware of. wifi is not built in to the 5D3 due to it's total mag body, the top of the 6D is polycarb.
802.11 b/g/n dual band solutions from several vendors are highly integrated and relatively cheap. I would suspect it will be b/g/n compliant. If I were to predict further, I would say it is probably going to be dual band, too. That is "table stakes" these days.
dwweiche wrote:
802.11 b/g/n dual band solutions from several vendors are highly integrated and relatively cheap. I would suspect it will be b/g/n compliant. If I were to predict further, I would say it is probably going to be dual band, too. That is "table stakes" these days.
I hope you're right, but dual band...I'd say not, not in a low end model?
JohnBrose wrote:
yes, via wifi, but if that ipad doesn't have wifi/internet, I don't believe it will work. I may be wrong, but that's my understanding.
All iPads ARE wifi . And some are cellular .
On the basis that the eyefi card or the canon wireless grips are not cellular , then your just using the wifi coms of the iPad so all iPads will be fine.
There are obviously advantages to the wifi grips (or the plug in ones of the 1 series) but they are stupidly expensive .
Canon are most likely pricing them on the basis that most buyers of a device like it would be pro's that shoot events and need to send high volumes of data . And without there being another cheaper solution (that's as fast and reliable) they just HAVE to buy it.
