Blacks: Eye-fi 8gb wifi SD card - $29.99 YMMV

[torpdude]

This is likely a YMMV but I picked up the 8gb Eye-fi Explore X2 card for my camera for $29.99 today at the Halifax Shopping Centre Blacks location. The shelf price indicated $49.99 (after a 29% reduction) but the price rang up as $29.99. This is an older model with no raw picture support but at $30, it is a steal (Henrys is selling the same card for $70 - on sale). I am not sure whether this is chain wide or whether any of the other stores have stock hence YMMV.

[nellium]

I'm gonna check out my local black's tomorrow. This is incredible if it is chainwide

[Fantaz]

Can someone post a scan of the receipt for PM opportunities?

[torpdude]

Can someone post a scan of the receipt for PM opportunities?

Here you go...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/83865335@N08/7672866650/

[Fantaz]

Here you go...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/83865335@N08/7672866650/

Thanks! I can try to PM at The Source.

http://www.thesource.ca/estore/product.aspx?language=en-CA&catalog=Online&category=MemoryCard_SD&product=4411101

[mec9t8]

According to the friendly sales lady from Woodbridge, there is 1 left at Eaton Center (basement) and 1 left at Upper Canada Mall.
None left in our popular GTA locations .. too bad ..

[Neovingian]

@Fantaz, let us know how yoru PM'ing went, would other retailers other than Source PM Blacks price?

[knightwrangler]

Any RFD's able to successfully price match from the Source or Henry's?

[ericdraven]

Went to the store and they have them all on sale in different capacities...

Thanks Op!

[djemzine]

Can't see this online on Black's. However on my way to Upper Canada Mall.

However I think its pointless if you have no WiFi to upload the photos on the go, even with a mobile hotspot.

[Gaffer]

Can't see this online on Black's. However on my way to Upper Canada Mall.

However I think its pointless if you have no WiFi to upload the photos on the go, even with a mobile hotspot.

You can transfer the files to your computer/iphone/tablet/iPad by joining them together over Wifi so what ever you shoot shows up on the screen. Very handy for previewing shots rather than on the back of you camera.

As well, it will hang onto the photos and download then when you get back to what ever network you specify, lik eyour home newtwork for example. You can set the card to unlimited capacity so it will download all or part of the cards contents when it gets to a percentage that you specify. Very handy. You'll never run out of memory assuming you return to the network you tell it to download to.

Take a look at some of the videos on youtube of what it can do.

I am surprised more people dont know about these and use them.

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[rf134a]

You can transfer the files to your computer/iphone/tablet/iPad by joining them together over Wifi so what ever you you shoot shows up on the screen. Very handy for previewing shots rather than on the back of you camera.

As well, it will hang onto the photos and download then when you get back to what ever network you specify, lik eyour home newtwork for example. You can set the card to unlimited so it will download all or part of the cards contents when it gets to a percentage that you specify. Very handy.

Take a look at some of the videos on youtube of what it can do.

I am surprised more people dont know about these and use them.

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People don't buy them because a regular 8GB card is $6 or less. Remember, cheaper is better...

[Gaffer]

This is like comparing and iPhone and a rotary phone. They both make phone calls but the more expensive unit does a lot more.

Sure I can buy 10 8GB SD cards for the price of one of these, but they still wont do all the other things that they Eye-Fi card does. If you ask me digital cameras should have this functionality built in.

Cheaper is better, but time is money.

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[albundy99999999]

No one has yet to mention that using this type of card will drain your camera battery than the regular card.

[Gaffer]

It will.

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[knightwrangler]

Can't see this online on Black's. However on my way to Upper Canada Mall.

There is none available at the Upper Canada Mall-save your gas. Oops might be to late! Just saw the date you posted that...

[grego9198]

I own a 4gb X2 version of the Eye-Fi and to be honest it's been really poor. I used it with my Sony TX7 compact camera and it would constantly corrupt my photos. I thought it was an issue with my camera, but using a normal SD card was fine.

I ended up RMA'ing it (which was a painless process) and tried using it in my Olympus E-P3 which was supposed to be eye-fi friendly, but the same thing happened again. I had the camera setup to not go on standby as recommended in the manual because I thought that the camera shutting off when transferring photos was causing the problem. It wasn't.

I really wanted to like this thing. The premise of having your pictures wirelessly upload to your computer is awesome, but it's actual usage left a lot to be desired. It's now sitting in my junk drawer.

[miji2]

This is like comparing and iPhone and a rotary phone. They both make phone calls but the more expensive unit does a lot more.
Sure I can buy 10 8GB SD cards for the price of one of these, but they still wont do all the other things that they Eye-Fi card does. If you ask me digital cameras should have this functionality built in.


Either you're being too kind (comparing it to an iPhone) or you've never used an Eye-Fi card before. This was the single worst technology purchase I've ever done. The convenience and slickness of it is nothing but theory/marketing. In actual day-to-day usage these things are useless. I mean, who on earth powers up their camera after coming back home, navigates the menus to change power settings to never sleep, and drains the battery in the process, then recharges back so you can change power settings back to normal and check if all pictures managed to sync or not before the battery died ... all this just to transfer pictures which takes 30 seconds otherwise. Rinse and repeat for every time/day you bring the camera home. This process is so frustrating that you will soon end up with a $30 SD card ($70 in my case) which you will use in standard way anyways.

[torpdude]

Either you're being too kind (comparing it to an iPhone) or you've never used an Eye-Fi card before. This was the single worst technology purchase I've ever done. The convenience and slickness of it is nothing but theory/marketing. In actual day-to-day usage these things are useless. I mean, who on earth powers up their camera after coming back home, navigates the menus to change power settings to never sleep, and drains the battery in the process, then recharges back so you can change power settings back to normal and check if all pictures managed to sync or not before the battery died ... all this just to transfer pictures which takes 30 seconds otherwise. Rinse and repeat for every time/day you bring the camera home. This process is so frustrating that you will soon end up with a $30 SD card ($70 in my case) which you will use in standard way anyways.

I bought mine for the convenience of transferring to my cell so that I can immediately upload the picture as my DSLR takes far better photos than my cellphone.

Also here is a better photo of the receipt that shows the time and date for your price matches:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/83865335@N08/7686075502/in/photostream

Enjoy

[rf134a]

No one has yet to mention that using this type of card will drain your camera battery than the regular card.


It will.

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Sure, but not enough to drastically affect the battery life. You might lose the equivalent of 5-10 shots, but how regularly do you shoot until the battery drops dead?

Pleasantly surprised that my 8GB X2 was able to geotag at Kennedy Space Center.

Throughput isn't the best at 1MB/s but it's better than nothing.

[Fantaz]

@Fantaz, let us know how yoru PM'ing went, would other retailers other than Source PM Blacks price?

Well, it's OOS now at all Sources near me. I went to Blacks at Eaton Centre and despite them showing 1 in-stock it is a store discrepancy, and there's no stock to order-in either.

[ericdraven]

I own a 4gb X2 version of the Eye-Fi and to be honest it's been really poor. I used it with my Sony TX7 compact camera and it would constantly corrupt my photos. I thought it was an issue with my camera, but using a normal SD card was fine.

I ended up RMA'ing it (which was a painless process) and tried using it in my Olympus E-P3 which was supposed to be eye-fi friendly, but the same thing happened again. I had the camera setup to not go on standby as recommended in the manual because I thought that the camera shutting off when transferring photos was causing the problem. It wasn't.

I really wanted to like this thing. The premise of having your pictures wirelessly upload to your computer is awesome, but it's actual usage left a lot to be desired. It's now sitting in my junk drawer.


You can update it can't you?

[albundy99999999]

Sure, but not enough to drastically affect the battery life. You might lose the equivalent of 5-10 shots, but how regularly do you shoot until the battery drops dead?


True, not on a regular basis. Only when you need it, the battery dies. Ooops....

For a deal like that, it's worth to get it and I definitely won't pay full retail price. An alternative is transferring your photos to your phone/tablet via OTG cable, it would be at least 10x if not 100x faster. It may not be convenient as with the wireless, but it will save the time.

With time, cameras with come with wifi functionality. This may put eye-fi cards out of business.