Geekido

I don’t feel like taking the time to write a coherent article on this topic, so I’m just going to throw whatever thoughts are in my head out as they come to me, over several posts.

As part of her Mother’s Day present, when she got a new camera, my wife also got an 8GB X2 (not Pro) Eye-Fi card. If you’ve never heard of an Eye-Fi card, it’s an SD card that has built-in WiFi, so can transfer pictures to your computer wirelessly, and upload pictures to photo sharing sites while on the road when a WiFi hotspot is available.

We’re using the card in our Pentax Optio W90, with an older MacBook Pro holding our iPhoto ’08 photo library. Over several posts I’ll note some likes, dislikes, and gotchas we’ve experienced in the following areas:

• Using the Eye-Fi with the Pentax Optio W90
• Using the Eye-Fi on a Mac with iPhoto
• Configuring the Eye-Fi for wireless networks, and some of the limitations
• Using the Eye-Fi to upload to Facebook

Here’s a picture of the Eye-Fi card. It’s the same size as a standard SD Card. I’ve included a normal US penny for size comparison. (And yes, I really should have cropped the photo.)