Editing Eye-Fi Card Setup

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== Overview ==
Nikon DSLR (D90) + Eye-Fi 8Gb X2 + laptop + Linksys WRE54G wireless repeater + Adobe Lightroom import

The Eye-Fi card is supposed to enable wireless transfers of photos from the DSLR to a computer.

The catch is that it only works if there is a very strong signal between both the Eye-Fi card (while it’s in the camera’s SD slot) and the wireless router, ''and'' a strong signal between the wireless router and the Eye-Fi receiver that gets plugged into the computer’s USB slot. They all have to be in the same room, basically.

== Eye-Fi Setup ==

Eye-Fi, even when it's working, is super-slow. Importing about 15 shots takes well over 10 minutes. Switch to tethered import with a long USB cable. The maximum length for USB cables is 15'.

* Put the SD card in the receiver and plug them both into the laptop’s USB.
* Start the “Eye-Fi Center” software.
* File > Settings > Eye-Fi Card
* “Networks” tab
** Private Networks tab > select the appropriate router. It will try to connect and give a message indicating whether it was successful or not.
* “Raw” tab > Select destination folder for photos.
* '''Note:''' It seems like they have frequent firmware updates for the cards. The settings, esp “network”, don’t take unless the firmware gets installed. Keep an eye out when starting up.
* Close the Settings dialog.
* Eject the Eye-Fi card using the eject icon, and remove the Eye-Fi card from the receiver.
* With the camera powered off, insert it in the DSLR’s SD slot.
* Now when you shoot you should see the images should (slowly) import into the Eye-Fi center on the laptop.

== Camera Setup ==

* '''Make sure that the camera is ''powered off'' when inserting the card.'''
* '''Make sure not to power off the camera before the transfer of the latest photo(s) has completed.'''
* Make sure that the camera doesn’t go into power-saving mode before photo transfers complete.
** D90 Custom Setting Menu
** c2: Auto meter-off delay: 10 minutes (or whatever it takes)

== Importing Photos into Adobe Lightroom ==

=== Workflow ===

* [http://support.eye.fi/software/other/import-into-lightroom/ Eye-Fi support page for this topic]
* Use date-based subfolders for the Eye-Fi import & take at least one exposure to force Eye-Fi center to create a subfolder for the current session.
* You have to then delete the existing photo before making the directory into a watched folder in Lightroom.
* Lightroom: File > Auto Import > Auto Import Settings
** Enable Auto Import: checked
** Watched Folder: Eye-Fi import folder
** Destination Folder: Another folder where Lightroom will copy the photos

=== Example set-up ===

* Photographing in studio with eye-fi receiver in laptop.
* Ultimate destination for photos on desktop in office. 
* (See mounting the remote drive on the laptop)
* Mount the desktop drive on the laptop.
* Set up Eye-Fi card to import photos onto local drive. 
* Start Lightroom on laptop. Open Lightroom catalog that resides on the desktop and points to photos/files on the remote drive.
* Watched folder is the local drive.
* Destination folder is the remote drive.

== See Also ==

* [[Configuring WRE54G Wireless Repeater]]