[Leica] SD card will wirelessly upload your photos as you shoot

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (tedgrant at shaw.ca)]

But this ability to directly send from your camera has been used by wire 
services for a few years. I suppose the microSD cards have evolved from that 
use.

A photo editor can have 6 photographers covering a big live event and as 
each camera clicks the image is immediately transmitted to the photo desk 
where the editor sees what each photog is shooting. He can also direct them 
to possibly better positions for the next picture as all he has to do is 
watch 6 or 7 monitors as the images pop on screen. He selects and sends to 
the wire.  Done!

I suppose this system has come to the masses, so it's no big deal. I don't 
imagine the good guys - bad guys would use it for fear of giving away all 
the secret plans for the next country to invade! ;-)
ted



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Spencer Cheng" <spencer at aotera.org>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 6:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] SD card will wirelessly upload your photos as you shoot


> Kyle,
>
> This is a good thing? Are you willing surrender editorial control like 
> this? If yes, they might as well replace you, the photographer, with a 
> remote controlled camera robot.
>
> As for confiscation risks, the microSD cards are so small now that it 
> would be really easy to stick it under one's tongue or loose it in one's 
> pocket amongst the coins. :) Or for the truly paranoid, use a cellphone 
> camera and send the pictures off immediately without having to look for a 
> Wifi hotspot.
>
> Regards,
> Spencer
>
> On Jan 5, 2010, at 9:05, Kyle Cassidy wrote:
>
>>
>> The eye-fi pro is an 8gb sd card with built in wireless. It will upload 
>> to your laptop / desktop or one of 25 on-line services (such as picassa) 
>> as you shoot.
>>
>> No longer do you have to shoot an event, run your cards back to some 
>> schlep with a laptop at the back of the room to send them back to the 
>> news agency. They can get them as you take them, and even call you on the 
>> phone and say "hey, go back and get another shot from the left, but 
>> include the band-stand this time." I suspect it will also make the 
>> attempted/confiscation of reporters/tourist images by "officials" a moot 
>> point. you don't need to smuggle the microfilm out of russia anymore.
>>
>> http://www.dpreview.com/news/1001/10010501eyefiprox2.asp
>>
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