Eye-Fi adds video uploads to its wireless camera card

Wed Jan 7, 2009 8:01AM EST

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The awesome Eye-Fi SD card, which uploads photos wirelessly from your camera to your PC and a whole host of photo sharing websites, is about to get even better. Announced today and rolling out later this year: Now the Eye-Fi will also support video, correcting the most irksome limitation of an otherwise must-have camera accessory.

Why video? According to Eye-Fi, the majority of home videos are now shot on digital cameras, not standalone camcorders. The most popular clips online were shot on cameras as well. Yet many videos shot never seem to make it off the cameras which captured them.

Eye-Fi video uploads will be supported at all resolutions, including high-definition, with shots zipping to the web directly from the camera and without having to use a computer as an intermediary, just like still photos captured using an Eye-Fi card. Right now the announcement concerns only the big daddy of video sharing websites -- YouTube -- but it's likely that additional sharing sites will be added over time.

Details are scarce. The company isn't saying whether this feature will be a firmware upgrade for existing Eye-Fi cards or whether it will only be offered on newly purchased hardware. There's no timeline for the actual release of the feature, either -- right now it's just being demonstrated at CES as a prototype -- but the company says to expect its arrival sometime in 2009.

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  • 1 Posted by pb_enial on Wed Jun 24, 2009 5:15PM EDT Report Abuse

    Thanks for the tip. Just bought a Canon A480.

  • 2 Posted by alexgannis on Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:45PM EDT Report Abuse

    You're 100% correct thanks, I made some great shot last year on my Canon 40D ISO 100 bulb setting. bulb is not a fla----- s a setting in pro camera manuel mode.

  • 3 Posted by lubbcraig on Thu Jun 25, 2009 7:17AM EDT Report Abuse

    i guess this is a yearly post for you eh? XD

  • 4 Posted by rogueist on Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:20AM EDT Report Abuse

    You forgot the most important tip - dont stand over the fireworks expecting to catch a firecracker (or M80) exploding on the ground, or a bottle rocket or roman candle as they launch.

  • 5 Posted by gullwingdoors on Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:13AM EDT Report Abuse

    Good article. I think I'll try some of this stuff with my A590IS. Another tip for those whose camera does not have those settings, if it is a Cannon, try the CHDK firmware. http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK It adds a ton of extra features including the ones mentioned in this article (rapid fire, long exposures, etc).

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