Nikon D7000

[xave]

Wasn't sure if this was a defect with my camera or a known issue with the Nikon D7000. All my other SD cards fit in normally allowing an interior spring to activate and deactivate when inserting and removing the card. The Eye-Fi however does not activate the internal spring and almost has to be wedged in place. The card works but is not acting like a normal Sd card when inserting it.

[danb]

I have personally noticed that the card is a bit tight when inserting it into the D7000. We have two D7000's in the Eye-Fi office right now and when I insert and eject the card you can definitely feel it. The difference for me though is that the card inserts and ejects normally; i can feel the spring action in the SD slot. The card is tight, but not having a problem with the spring action in the D7000 slot.

Maybe your D7000's clearance is just slightly tighter causing the card to be just that more tight in the slot? If there is too much friction then the spring action won't be noticeable.

Nikon has tested the D7000 with the our cards and have not reported any type of problem with us. Also we adhere to the SD standards, therefore Eye-Fi cards are within the size specifications detailed in the standard.

[drichard]

when i put my pro x2 in slot1 it gets stuck, slot2 is ok but not great

[x2stew]

I have noticed the same problem. I have 3 different Eye-Fi cards and 4 different D7000 bodies that I've tried out. 2 out of the 4 D7000 bodies have issues with all 3 Eye-Fi cards while none of the D7000 bodies have any issues properly spring ejecting any Sandisk or Transcend cards. I've contacted both companies for customer support and both want to point the finger at the other company saying that they adhere to the SD standard.

[Paul Kelly]

Same problem here.

When I use the Connect X2 card in slot2 of my D7000 the only way of getting it out is with long-nosed pliers. Neither convenient nor reassuring.

[CSM]

I had same problem. It does seem like the D7000 is tight, as other cameras
are ok. Nikon support was purchasing an EyeFi card to check it out further.

Carl

[SelfMadeCelo]

I just got my D7000 and have the same issue. I noticed it was a bit tight on my D5000 but the spring action would still work. On my D7000 it won't spring at all

[acadiadad]

I have had the same problem. In addition, it doesn't stay locked in place so I get periodic card errors. I removed the label to relieve the tightness but it didn't help. At a minimum I wish it would it would lock in place.

[Ste_Nova]

works fine in mine

[netZ]

Same issue, D7000 + Eye-Fi Pro X2 = stuck sd card. If you compare the width of a regular SD card (ie. Sandisk, Kingston etc), the Eye-Fi is slightly wider. You can tell by placing the cards on it's edge on a flat table.

To rectify it, I took an emery board and filed down the sides a little to smooth out the sides. This allowed the Eye-Fi card to easily insert and remove from the camera without being stuck.

Thanks!
netZ

[papachud]

The Eye-Fi however does not activate the internal spring and almost has to be wedged in place. The card works but is not acting like a normal Sd card when inserting it.

Same here and I get an occasional card error

[papachud]

The Eye-Fi however does not activate the internal spring and almost has to be wedged in place. The card works but is not acting like a normal Sd card when inserting it.

Same here and I get an occasional card error

I wanted to let you know that I have returned my card for a refund because it caused card errors and would not 'spring' out of the card slot.

I tried 4 cards and none of them worked properly in my Nikon D7000. (Yet other brands worked flawlessly).

This was the 2nd disappointment that I had with the card: the other was that your software let me install an update on my ppc mac that was incompatible.

I am very disappointed that this did not work out for me.

I hope that there will be something that can be done so that I can use your technology in my brand new d7000.

[netZ]

Ran into the same issue. My Eye-Fi card wouldn't eject properly. Filing down the edges of the card allowed it to be inserted and ejected properly from the D7000.

If the card works in the Eye-Fi usb adapter and other types of SD slots etc... the issue is the D7000 SD card slot isn't wide enough for the Eye-Fi card.

Other than that, the Eye-Fi card has worked for me...

Thanks!
netZ

The Eye-Fi however does not activate the internal spring and almost has to be wedged in place. The card works but is not acting like a normal Sd card when inserting it.

Same here and I get an occasional card error

I wanted to let you know that I have returned my card for a refund because it caused card errors and would not 'spring' out of the card slot.

I tried 4 cards and none of them worked properly in my Nikon D7000. (Yet other brands worked flawlessly).

This was the 2nd disappointment that I had with the card: the other was that your software let me install an update on my ppc mac that was incompatible.

I am very disappointed that this did not work out for me.

I hope that there will be something that can be done so that I can use your technology in my brand new d7000.

[Striker]

I had the same problem with a Nikon D300 but I found the solution.
The eye.fi card is made of two halves of plastic case soldered together, this soldering part (on the thinner sides of card) is not very well cleaned after the manufaturing. I just took a very thin rasp or sandpaper and cleaned sides of eye.fi! No more problems in fitting it.

Have fun!

[williams-pics]

Same issue, D7000 + Eye-Fi Pro X2 = stuck sd card. If you compare the width of a regular SD card (ie. Sandisk, Kingston etc), the Eye-Fi is slightly wider. You can tell by placing the cards on it's edge on a flat table.

To rectify it, I took an emery board and filed down the sides a little to smooth out the sides. This allowed the Eye-Fi card to easily insert and remove from the camera without being stuck.

Thanks!
netZ

A great tip thank you, I did this to mine and its now a soother fit than the ordinary card, time to have a go at it as well.
Regards,
Bruce.

[Kashback]

Same problem here on my d3100, push the card in and it just jams in, there isn't the normal click you get with a regular SD card. To remove the crd you then need to grab it with a pair of tweezers!

Another problem is at start up, when you turn the camera on, a yellow egg timer pops up for about 1 second, slowing down the cameras start up time significantly. It does not seem to be a problem in any other situation, but is a massive drawback which needs to be addressed.

[Wolfie]

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Noticed this myself. I have SDs from 2 different manufacturers and they insert and eject smoothly and cleanly. The EyeFi does not. Something about it is off spec in size. I don't know what but something is.

It does function though.

[Reindeer]

I purchased a Nikon D7000 a few weeks ago along with a Eye-Fi X2 4GB card. It works perfect in the WiFi and direct mode. The cards fits and locks in place in either card slot without issue.

[anjz]

I just purchased a 4gb Connect X2 card for use in my D7000 and D90. The card was difficult to remove from both cameras. I returned the card and got another copy of the same. It fit in both cameras quite nicely. Seems in my opinion to be a quality control issue with the card; some being of slightly different dimension than others.

[damnbeaner]

I filed the non-locking side of the Eye-fi card down a fraction of a millimeter and it fits perfectly and pops out.

[DigitalNoise]

Utterly Disappointed.

The Eye fi Pro X2 8GB, so far has been quite lame from my experiences of it so far. Firstly, I have the jamming issue in my D7000 as well, but haven't tried it in the D90 yet. I have filed off as much as I would like to (being a brand new purchase) yet it still gets stuck, not only in the camera but also in my laptop's SD slot.
Geotagging is a touchy issue, I feel the company need to highlight the fact that it requires a wifi connection... I'm a landscape photographer predominantly and I'm often miles from any networks. I feel slightly misled. Also the fact it only supports JPEG is quite frustrating as I need to shoot raw+JPEG to geotag, which kind of defeats the point in buying a pro card in the first place.

Talking of raw files, I am yet to download one via the eye fi software, so far it's only interested in the JPEGs. I lost a lot of faith in the card the first time I used it. I spent a night hiking, taking long exposures with the eye fi card in slot 2 on backup and got home after the sun rose eager to view the files. The camera showed NEF+JPEG yet after 'downloading' I can only find the JPEGs, the raw files are gone from the eye fi and for some reason no files were ever stored on the card in slot one. Very frustrating, especially when I spent so long waiting around for the exposures! Having shot plenty of images since, it's still catching up from that night! I'm struggling to see how this is of any benefit! I'm no network expert, my router is only a G network but I'd expect to have the files on my laptop within a week of shooting them.

Like others I have to keep waking the camera up for uploads to resume. The sheer duration of the transfers drains the battery. Even when the card is inserted in the laptop it seems to take forever and uploads are intermittent. It's inserted in the laptop now, and since I've turned my laptop on this morning it hasn't done anything. My email is filling up rapidly to tell me every time it does upload a couple of images. I expected one to tell me when they were all done, thats all. The software has a primitive feel about it which makes me feel like a beta tester who's paid for the privilege.
The card slows my camera down considerably, it takes about three seconds to start up and about two to view a file after creation. Fine for my purposes but not for those with quick fingers. I haven't been able to test it's range yet.

My main intended use for the card was to aid in time lapses. This way I can access the files in direct mode as they are created and keep the card free to shoot more. I'd only be shooting in JPEG for this so if my eye fi card can upload an image in 30 seconds then it may just avoid a trip back to the shop but we will have to wait and see. I'd like to keep it, I'd like it to work as well as it should, it's a great concept but from my experiences in still in the concept stage and creates much more hassle than it's worth at the moment.

[ianw]

There is an issue with the Eye-Fi card when attempting to use the Pocket Wizard Flextt5 to trigger a remote camera in "relay mode". It works fine in what Pocket Wizard call "Basic Trigger Mode". This mode uses the older Pocket Wizard "standard" channels. However if you also want to fire a remote flash using the Nikon TTL system you must use the ControlTL channels. When using this mode it will not work until the camera's exposure meter times out ie the LCD in the viewfinder shuts off. If you have the Eye-fi card enabled the LCD in the viewfinder never shuts off, so you cannot trigger the camera.

If you disable the Eye-Fi card (via the setup menu in the camera) then the LCD will shut off. However although I have set the Exposure meter timeout (Option C2 - Auto Meter off delay) to 4 seconds, the LCD will not shut off until approximately 15 seconds even though the card is disabled. This means you can only trigger the camera once every 15 seconds. If you take the Eye-Fi card out of the camera you can trigger the camera every 4-5 seconds (still slow).

So the choices are to either use Basic Trigger Mode and manual flash and rapid triggering, or remove the Eye-Fi card.

This may apply to other Nikon models - I have not tested any others so I can't say.

I am not suggesting this is a bug - just an incompatibility between Eye-Fi, Pocket Wizard, and Nikon. It would be nice if between the three the problem could be resolved via a firmware upgrade.

ianw

[cench]

same issue here

D7000 + Eye-Fi Pro X2 = stuck sd card

I also have to use tweezer's to put it in or take it out? any recommendations from eye-fi?

edit: ok, emery board really works. just clean the sides.

[ecs1749]

Have the 4GB X2 card here. Works fine with my Nikon D7000 and D90.

[Pono Photo]

Ok, so here is the scenario. I shoot with many different cameras (Nikon D300, D7000, D800). Since I can have multiple cards in the D7000 and the D800 and i can write different things to each, The eye-fi card got me thinking. I have no desire to upload the RAW files wirelessly, or even jpegs for that matter. What I want to do is use my iPad as a client viewer. I want to put in two cards, one to record the RAW images, and a second card is an eye-fi card. I would have the camera send mid-resolution images to the second slot as Jpegs, those would go to the iPad for the client to see the images. I've done this scenario with the laptop and a cable so the clients can view the images. But I really want to lose the cables.

So the question is, have any of you tried this before? Has anyone tried the multiple card use with the eye-fi cards? I have not bought the card yet, because I want to know if this will work first. I know there are also bluetooth cards out there. I have looked at them a bit, but it seems these eye-fi cards have a better reputation, so I'm leaning toward them. Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated!

[zorwick]

I have an 4Gb Eye-Fi card from few years back, what I used a lot in my previous Canon compact cameras, IXUS 70 and S95. I have got a Nikon D7000 so I put the card in and it worked fine for a while when suddenly stopped working in the D7000. The Nikon displayed -E- card error.

The card still working fine in my small Nikon. My other 3 normal cards are ok with the Nikon, only the EYE-FI is not working.

I examined the Eye-Fi from closer and I noticed that the very first little plastic "rail" is missing from the 45 angled side. It is simple broke down. Not the whole rail, only a part missing from the middle, there is still a tiny bit on the front.

And there is an other broken rail part, which is on the very end of the last rail on the other side.

I had the same experience before like many of the others here, the card was soo tight, and always stucked into the camera. It was always hard to remove. So maybe it broke down once when I removed from the Nikon.

Could it be the reason for the card error?

What can I do with the card to get it work again with my Nikon?

Thanks

Zolie

[zorwick]

Could it be the reason for the card error?

I answer my question, yes, that was the problem. I made a surgery and opened it along with another old 32 Mb card. I have swapped the inside panel and it works again

Honestly, it was too easy to open the Eye-Fi because the plastic is soo rigid a brakes easily. Not the best quality IMHO.

Zolie