This is brilliant.
Eye-Fi.
Here's how it works.
- You get the Eye-Fi card.
- You plug the Eye-Fi SD card into your machine.
- Onboard software initializes the SD card.
- You put that card in your camera and you're done.
When you use it.
- Take pictures.
- The Eye-Fi card uploads the picture automatically to your computer.
- You don't have to connect any wires
- you don't have to tell it
- no buttons
- it just does it
- You can also tell it to automatically upload those photos to an online photo account of your choosing.
- Sweet.
The only hitch is you need a wireless network. I have Cat-5 all through my house so I would need to turn on my wireless router, but most people are wireless now I expect.
This is a brilliant implementation because it does not require you as a user to buy a new camera to get this automatic functionality. All you need is to replace you SD card and you are good to go.
Great product design.