Eye-Fi Compact Flash to SD card adapter

[f16sunshine]

Hello all

I adopted eye-fi cards for my Ricoh GR and Fuji Cameras.
They have really changed my worklow in a positive way. 😀

I also use an Eos 5Dii which does not have an SD card Slot but rather is the larger Compact Flash type.

Does anyone use an eye-fi Compact flash adapter for their DSLR?
Any cautions or warnings to share? I'm using the Eye-Fi "X2" cards.
Thank you for your replies

 

[Oscuro]

Yeah. Two years ago. For the D3 bodies.. Tried two different brands. Didn't work reliably enough, or at all in some cases. I gave up. Last I heard, two or three years ago, Eye-fi is maybe working on a CF card with Mobi capabilities. Like I said, maybe. Nothing on their website.

 

[Oscuro]

Hello all

I adopted eye-fi cards for my Ricoh GR and Fuji Cameras.
They have really changed my worklow in a positive way. 😀

And, yeah, I like working with an A-phone or iPhone as a terminus for the photographs. I'm an old transparency guy, so editing usually consists of "no, no, no, yes, no, no, ..." - really just pulling selects, sorting "slides" on a "light table" that is also a phone. For a while I used a iPad but with 32gb and a Retina screen the phone is fine and I don't have to carry the extra device. Seventy-five percent of the time I'm a one-man show - eye-fi wifi gives me back up without the bulk. For A/Ds or client review I sync the selects to iPad. Let's me control what they see rather than having them stare at a tethered screen and comment on every single shot.

Warning! I'm sure you know this already, but it's important to delete from the destination device, not in-camera. Seems to trash the directory structure or something (so the elves tell me) and leads to card errors and incomplete wifi transfers. I had an assistant photo-bomb me with a "Don't Delete" sign while doing a lighting check. I haven't since and no problems.

It sure is nice not having cables, isn't it?

 

[f16sunshine]

It sure is nice not having cables, isn't it?

Yes it is.

I just ordered the card adapter reviewed here.
It was only $12 Hopefully it works.
If it works in the camera I need it for the card will never be removed unless it fails.
When I transfer RAW I use the USB cable these days.

Will report the progress here.

 

[f16sunshine]

An update on this.

The "C. Ming" SD to CF adapter works great in the 5Dii.
Actually the Eye-fi Card has never been faster even with the big files from the 5D.
Maybe it's the bigger battery.... who knows.

The Ricoh GR is nearly as fast.... Fuji XE1 is close behind that.
The M8 seems to be the slowest and have trouble with staying connected.
I think it's a result that metal base plate.

Anyway problem solved 🙂