Mary S. Butler

I received an Eye-Fi wireless memory card and a red Casio Exilim this past Christmas (thanks Dave!) and continue to be impressed with how much use I have been getting out of this great gift combo. As any of my Flickr contacts know, when it comes to digital photography I am more interested in immediacy than in optimizing my images. My Flickr page frequently doubles as a blog, which helps explain the paucity of posts here, and is the best way to see what I’ve been up to in any given week.

In case you aren’t familiar with it, the Eye-Fi automatically uploads pictures from your digital camera to your PC or Mac as well as to photo sharing, blogging and social networking sites. My only quandary was deciding on Flickr or Facebook as the online repository. Setup is pretty easy — check out this CrunchGear review if you want the step-by-step. All I need to do to upload the images when I get home is to put my camera in play mode. Within minutes my pix start appearing on Flickr. (Yes, a home wi-fi network is required.)

Although the $99 retail price is a lot for an SD card, for me the convenience of having the built-in WiFi transceiver is worth the extra cost. As of today Amazon is still selling the Eye-Fi for full price, but it does qualify for free shipping. And no, I am not a paid shill. I just like the product that much.