LAS VEGAS — Amidst the flouncy, high-glamour at CES, where handsome middle managers trade business cards with other handsome middle managers, Eye-Fi has made a solid, down-to-earth product announcement. The Eye-Fi Pro X2 is the same old Wi-Fi equipped SD card, only everything has been dialed up to eleven.
The only problem with the Eye-Fi cards has been speed, or a lack of. While they were just great for normal use, the write speeds were nowhere near fast enough for the demanding DSLR user. This has been fixed, and the X2 has Class 6 read/write speeds, which means a minimum transfer speed of 6 MB/s. The Wi-Fi is faster, too, with 802.11n inside.
These hardware bumps are enough to make the 8GB card worth talking about, but there is an interesting new software feature, called Endless Memory Mode. This deletes images from the card after they have been successfully uploaded, freeing up card space and effectively turning the card into an infinite buffer for wireless, tethered shooting.
Add in RAW support and ad-hoc networking, which lets you send images direct to a computer without a router in-between and this is a rather useful addition to your camera bag. $150. Now we just need the Compact Flash version. C’mon, Eye-Fi!
Eye-Fi Pro X2 [Eye-Fi. Thanks, Gina!]
