Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Toshiba FlashAir

Now this is cool.

Your 35mm camera takes much nicer pictures than your iPhone.  But the photos on the 35mm camera have to be uploaded to your website through your PC, unless you have a newer camera with WiFi connectivity.  Using the PC as an intermediary is ok for industrial-strength uploading, but can be problematical if you just want to post a quick photo from the field (or nearby McDonalds hotspot).

The Toshiba FlashAir is an SD card (chip for the 35mm camera) with built-in WiFi.  There are quite a few other alternatives out there as well.


  • Eye-Fi Mobile X2.  This SD card creates its own WiFi so that you can transfer photos from the chip to the iPad (which does not have an SD slot).  If your iPad has 3G, you can then upload your photo right from the muddy field.
  • Eye-Fi also has a 4GB SD WiFi card that supports the Raw format that a lot of professional photographers use.  


No need for the PC as an intermediary between camera and web.  Now you can take nicer photos and still share them while they are hot.

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