Has anyone got this combo working? Could you share the manufacturer of your CF adapter...the firmware version of your 8gb Eye-Fi X2 pro (read that version 5 broke the working combos) The lure of spending less than a $100 versus Canon's $750+ (battery) for the WFT-E4 II A is strong. I have a possible event that has time as the most critical factor. If the pictures could be offloading unto a laptop as I shot them...this would help tremendously.
I'm looking for more recent, practical, hands on experience. For example: Get adapter brand x, paired with route z, and the eye-fi card works in dslr cameras listed.... Even if it includes instructions for prying off metal plates on the adapter...I don't care if it is pretty - just that it works
I have been thinking about this aand a couple different plans have emerged.
(I got the eye-fi today for 50% off at BB)
1-I will wait for the adapter to arrive and see if the eye-fi works...if it does...great. If it doesn't I will....
2-Rather than spend $800-1100 on wifi gear for either my Nikon or Canon bodies - I'm thinking I will pick up a second back up Canon body for less than the wifi gear (got some priced at $450-580 that natively use SD memory, and ARE SUPPORTED models according to eye-fi.) This way I end up with an entire camera...a kit lens...wifi...geo tagging...ad hoc connections...for about half the price of the manufacturers dedicated wifi gear.
3-I'll bite the bitter pill and buy the wtf-4 for the Canon 5D MkIi. I can't see spending 30% more on the Nikon side (WT-4, camera control software, battery)
I seriously doubt I will do this...
I have no experience with the WT-4 but my experience with eye-fi is its EXTREMELY SLOW. To the point I don't even use it and it sits in the drawer. Faster to pull the card and copy the files. Also I don't think it supports RAW only JPG so unless you shoot the smallest JPG files or RAW + small JPG the transfer time is brutal.
My kids got me a Nikon Coolpix S8000 for fathers day - 14.2 megapixel. The Jpegs are about 5 mb file size each (approx. 4300 x 3200 pixels), and transfer in just 5-15 seconds (timing is from the time I press the shutter-the file is written to the disk,and then transferred to my laptop). The longer transfers were when i was 35 feet away and through a wall. My router doesn't work as well with all our other wireless devices once we get about 60 feet away. BTW..this "pro x2" does transfer raw files, does ad hoc connections, and even geotags the photos. This is really slick...I hope the adapter will work as well with my work cameras...
EDIT
I just timed the transfers with my ipod...the close range ones are actually 12-17 seconds each...and 60 foot ones thru two walls took 38-45 seconds each. I had to leave the camera far away...otherwise it sped up as I approached the router. I guess the "neat" factor made it seem faster...
Yes, I saw that Ian, and we do have an ipad [though my wife and kids think it is their ipad]...thanks! If I can get the adapter + eye-fi to work with my D2X, D300, or 5DmkII...then maybe I will get another ipad. Otherwise, my concern is the firmware version of the eye-fi. I'm not letting it update for the time being, because of something I read on their forums about v5.x breaking working adapter+eye-fi setups. However, I am missing out on "direct connect", and some other features by sticking to version v4.2. There is even this ipad/eye-fi video that someone shared on the FM People forum.
no need to pay for shuttersnitch (though I have it). The updated eye-fi app works with the card just fine (when you can get it working).
Echoing what svassh says, working with full res raw files and the eye-fi is really slow. I've not bothered yet to buy the pro card and try just sending small jpgs and saving the raws.
Well, I finally got the adapter this am...long story...and I tested it already. I did NOT pry off the metal plates, because I wanted to see how limited the range was, first. Range was determined by how far the camera was from my router. As you can see...the wifi/adapter combo worked splendidly straight out of the box. Camera body is the Canon 5D mkII, Eye-Fi card used was the 8gb Eye-Fi X2 pro, firmware version firmware v4.2. All possible camera settings were changed to stay on, and not sleep.
Methodology: Shoot 10 images, set down camera, hit "start" on my ipod stop watch...walk to my laptop leaving the camera behind, and see how long the total transfer took. I realize that normal shooting might effect the timing some, but I wanted a single image average.
5D mkII-Test #1
40' range thru a wall = 12.3 seconds per image (average of 10 jpg "Large" & "L2" 5616x3744) avg file size = 2500 KB
5D mkII-Test #2
40' range thru a steel desk & commercial office partition = 6.0 seconds per image (average of 10 jpg "Large" & "L2" 5616x3744) - avg file size = 1630 KB
As long as I can stay within a reasonable distance to my router, the Eye-FI/Adapter combo is a really slick wireless alternative to the WFT-4. BTW...it worked just as well on my Nikon D300.
I have the 5DmkII and Delock CFii to SDHC adapet + EYE-Fi PRO X2 and it works for me.
I also removed the metal plates to extend the range. Works fine. I wrote an in-depth blog post as a resource: http://danylophotography.com/blog/?p=439
]...thanks! If I can get the adapter + eye-fi to work with my D2X, D300, or 5DmkII...then maybe I will get another ipad. Otherwise, my concern is the firmware version of the eye-fi. I'm not letting it update for the time being, because of something I read on their forums about v5.x breaking working adapter+eye-fi setups. However, I am missing out on "direct connect", and some other features by sticking to version v4.2. There is even this ipad/eye-fi video that someone shared on the FM People forum.