![]() The new Eye-Fi Center software provides many configuration options and sports an improved interface. The Eye-Fi Pro X2 is best suited for casual photographers who prefer convenience over speed, highlighted by wireless file transfer, automated card maintenance, and urban geotagging. Geotagging is enabled in the Eye-Fi Center software. So be sure to check this data if tagging is important to you. It did, however, miss-tag a couple of images by applying the location information from a previous shoot from 30 minutes earlier. The Pro X2 only failed once to geotag in urban environments during testing. It works great when you’re in urban environments, and not at all when you’re on top of an isolated mountain. As with previous models, the card looks for registered networks and uses that information to apply location data to your images. I’ve always considered the geotagging one of the most important features on Eye-Fi cards. ![]() If you enable a new feature called Endless Memory, the Pro X2 card automatically frees up space after transfer by deleting files, allowing you to concentrate on shooting instead of fiddling with in-camera memory. Once the images have been moved to your computer, you don’t even have to erase them off the card. This is slower than file transfer via a USB card reader, but also more convenient. On average, it took the Pro X2 16 seconds to transfer each 18MB raw file, and 6 seconds to send a 3.5MB JPEG. But unlike the SanDisk memory, the Eye-Fi card immediately began streaming the images to the Pictures folder on my Mac. In a 10 second burst, the SanDisk recorded 10 frames compared to 6 frames on the X2. Compared to a SanDisk Extreme III 8GB memory card, transfer speed from the camera to the Pro X2 card was slower. The Pro X2 is compatible with the formats most photographers use: JPEG, raw, and movie files. I tested the Pro X2 in a Canon Rebel T1i shooting in Raw+JPEG mode. In many ways, the new software is the biggest improvement here. For these new cards, Wi-Fi capability has been beefed up to a speedier 802.11n, and Eye-Fi has introduced new companion software, Eye-Fi Center, to manage all card functions. It can stream your photos to your Mac, upload them to your favorite social networking site, and even geotag the pictures along the way, all while the card is still in your camera. Pro X2 is the latest generation of wireless SD card from Eye-Fi.
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