PDF About a month ago, I got the notification that I was one of the ten chosen as an Eye-Fi Big Shot. I was so excited, I couldn’t believe it. A week or two after that I received my welcome package – which had some great information, business cards a lanyard and a gorgeous, brand new Eye-Fi Pro X2. I think I might have actually squealed when I opened the package. So now I’m a very lucky girl with two Eye-Fi Cards! The new one and the the original Explore Video Card. I love the original, but this new one. Oh. My. Ad hoc networks, works with RAW files, 8 (8!) GB! I love my new card.
There’s a card for every budget and if you take pictures on the road, or at events, you should really look into it. There’s a great support forum fueled by other users and a community of people who are trying to extend the usability of this idea. Which brings me to the reason for this post; Shutter Snitch. This is one really cool app. ($7.99 in the app store) For the iPad and iPhone, but I’m focusing on the iPad, right now.
This took me a bit of time to figure out. Honestly, once I really thought about the technology and what it can and can’t do right now, it made way more sense. From the developer:
Wirelessly transfer images to your iPad from your Eye-Fi card, soon Canon, Nikon or other filetransmitter that supports uploading to an FTP server.
When a JPEG arrives, ShutterSnitch analyzes it and warns you if anything differs from the rules you’ve set up.
For now shutter speed, aperture, ISO, focal length, and light level is checked – but more will be added in the future (suggestions are appreciated).
The set up instructions are super easy and the developers notes are very clear – if it’s not working, disable relayed upload. Unfortunately, that means that you can’t upload to online services – you can switch the settings back and forth, but since I’m lucky enough to have two cards, I use the older card for Shutter Snitch and the newer card for online sharing. So far it’s working perfectly. I take my pictures, protect the ones I want to transfer (you can choose to transfer all pictures, but I take a lot of pictures and they’re not all share worthy!), open shutter snitch…
Choose your device and set up Eye-Fi access (you only have to do this once, unless you change the settings on your card)
Open, or create a new collection (you must be inside a collection to receive images)
Then wait. It takes sometime for the images to start transferring. The developer mentions this, but I kept thinking there was something wrong. It does take a while.
But then, like magic, there are your images -
I love the way the gallery looks, it’s so elegant and smooth – you can rate your images, view the histogram, set up rules about your images, such as warnings when your shutter speed or aperture is not what you’re looking for. I don’t really understand much of that yet – but I will… you can email your images, export them to flickr or an FTP server location, preview them… I can see how a professional photographer might use this to show a client previews from a shoot. I love this app- it’s so well done and it makes me feel like a pro -
That’s the peach pineapple salsa from yesterdays post.
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