Christine -
I have a couple of the Eye-Fi Pro series cards. I use the Pro rather
than the Mobi in the event I want to transfer RAW files from the card to
either my iPad or computer. Transferring RAW files however would be a
last resort as it's a slo-o-o-o-w process.
OTOH, I have my camera (a K-5)set to record RAW+JPG and the Eye-Fi cards
set to transfer JPGs only. The JPGs generated by the camera are the
smallest file size and lowest quality compression, but still give me
decent web-sized images on the iPad. They transfer reasonably quickly
and the client gets to review the images on a screen larger than 3 inches.
Eye-Fi calls transferring to a tablet or phone "Direct Mode". If you
have the card set up to transfer to either a network computer or a
tablet/phone, it defaults to the known network and only goes to direct
mode if there is no known network available. I only want the transfers
to go to my iPad whether I'm in range of my network or not, so all I
have set up is the direct mode. An alternative setup for venues outside
of a studio would be to take a laptop connected to a wireless router to
an event to set up your own network and use the eye-fi card to transfer
to that. That may work better than the direct mode to a tablet but is
somewhat more cumbersome.
In direct mode, when the card goes to sleep the tablet loses the
connection so when you wake the camera/card back up you need to
re-establish the connection on the tablet. There is some adjustment to
how long the card's wi-fi remains active after the last image is
transferred but that uses more from the camera battery so it's a
balancing act as to how long you want the card's wi-fi to run vs battery
life.
Uf-da...does that make any sense? HTH
-p
On 4/10/2015 10:41 AM, Christine Nielsen wrote:
hello all,
Has anyone had any luck with various tethering & tethering-like solutions?
I'd like to get live view, camera controls (aperture, ss, iso, remote
shutter), image review w/ histogram, ipad app...
What I think I understand so far...
Eye-fi card?
+ image review...
+ combined with an HDMI out, I could get the live view to laptop...
- but no camera controls...
- and not wireless w HDMI out...
- does this get sketchy on location, depending on wifi connection?
Flu card? (don't think this is possible on the k-5ii... is it?)
+live view on my iPad..
+camera controls
+image review
-no view of histogram, or meter
- I'd have to buy a k-3 to use it, yes?
PK tether?
I know this has been the default workaround for the pentax tethering
issue, but it always just looks... sketchy... to me. Something about
their website seems kinda half-baked. Something about the "Use at
Your Own Risk" in bold on the homepage... Anyone use & recommend?
Now for the Bonus Tale of Woe.... yesterday I was shooting
architecture interiors... Bracketing RAW images to combine later,
mostly, but I wanted to try a few in-cam jpegs, just for kicks. After
a couple at various settings (HDR Standard, Strong 1, 2, etc), the
camera basically seized up. The lcd screen showed the progress bar,
not progressing, with the usual "image processing" note. I let it go
for a while... 5-10 mins, but still nothing. Supposed to be able to
hit "menu" to cancel, but that didn't work. Even turning off the
camera didn't shut off the back screen. Removed the (full) battery,
waited a few minutes, put it back in & resumed shooting. The image I
was trying to create wasn't there, of course, but everything else
seemed fine. I went back to shooting RAW... tried it again later, and
it happened again after a couple of HDR shots. Maybe I'll send it in
with my 16-50, which has -surprise! - recently given up on AF.
I seem to get cameras to produce the weirdest bugs... it's just one of
my talents, I guess.
:)
-c
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