Canon 5D Mark III

[sprintex]

Hey all, I pre ordered a Canon 5D Mark III (I am excited that it has an SD as well as a CF slot) and am thinking of getting an eye fi pro to go with it. I know the Camera hasn't shipped out yet but i was wondering if its just worth buying and trying out or if anyone has had any experiance with trying a card on a new camera. For instance does the firmware on the camera need to support the Eyefi or does the software on the Eyefi just mimic a standard SD card and just handle everything else behind the scenes.

Thank you for your time
-Jeff

[DropKnowledge]

The Canon 5D Mark III will be an Eye-Fi Connected camera. This means that the camera will have additional Eye-Fi options built into its firmware, allowing the user to enable/disable Eye-Fi uploads right from the camera menu, as well as giving an on-screen indicator for Eye-Fi activity. Eye-Fi Connected cameras will also automatically stay powered on while the card is transferring files so as not to interrupt the process.

Hope this info helps.

[studiomk]

I have the same Eye Fi compatability on a Nikon D3100 I use for smaller event photos. Glad that at last we can have the facility onboard a pro level FF caonn camera without mad 1Ds mkiii price. Does the range/speed of transfer increase dramatically now the card is out of the CF adapter in the 5D? Have you tested the set up and logged any speeds, range, issues? Thanks

[DropKnowledge]

We haven't tested the 5D Mark III, so I can't comment on any performance related metrics, but card performance should generally improve compared to using in a CF adapter.

[craigypoo123]

Maybe you guys or someone knows. I already use the card for my photobooth that I have at weddings but I was thinking of trying to figure out how to have the eyefi pro card to just have jogs (which it can do from the mark III) but only sending images that I lock or rate with the new image rate feature and it sends those images to my iPad. Then I can simply hand the iPad to the bride and groom/guests to see images that we took throughout the day (this would be so much easier then what I do right now which is... grab the card out and put it in the iPad, then have all 700-1000 images show up on my iPad and sort through them and find the ones I like import them and then give it to them/put the iPad at the bar for people to see the images. This takes quite a bit of time and sometimes it is just not fast enough and I have to forget about it.)
Any thoughts anyone?

Thanks soooo much!

[DropKnowledge]

craigypoo123,

This should work just as you've described. You can set the Eye-Fi card to use the Selective Transfer feature, and only the JPGs that are protected in your camera will then be transferred to the iPad. This way, you can decide which photos will make it to the iPad, allowing you to pick and choose right from the camera, instead of having to sort everything on the iPad itself.

- Joe

[Uncle_Ray]

Did any one really test it out in 5D3. For me, my two cards are not working with 5D3 and iPhone/iPad. The cards did not power up only with dimmed icon. I used to have them in my Sony NEX-5 and work fine.

Did any one can help to figure out what is wrong? Thanks a lot!

[dwischnewski]

For me it works great with the 5DIII. No problems so far.

[Uncle_Ray]

Did any one really test it out in 5D3. For me, my two cards are not working with 5D3 and iPhone/iPad. The cards did not power up only with dimmed icon. I used to have them in my Sony NEX-5 and work fine.

Did any one can help to figure out what is wrong? Thanks a lot!

I finally figured out the issue leading to the failure. It was because I missed to checkmark a box in the card setup. Thanks all for helping!

[theransoms]

Hello

I must be missing something... i am new to Eye-Fi and am trying to get it working with 5DMKIII without real success. I am not sure exactly how but i have managed to get one photo taken and transferred to my computer but it was more luck rather than skill i fear because i am not able to make things "work" in any normla fashion.

I have setup my network in the Eye-Fi Center software and it is definitely the one i saw "flash" by during the successful download but apart from that i cannot see the SSID of the network in my menus at all... reading the camera manual in theory i should be able to check the network SSID after installing and enabling the card but all i get is the MAC address and firmware details etc. The WLAN status remains Not Connected with a grey icon... have i missed something perhaps?

Any advice would be much appreciated as i would really like to get this working in tandem/tether with Lightroom if possible. I am using Mac Airport Express APs (which i have read can pose some problems) but i am confident that i am connecting to the 2.4Ghz network which should alleviate any problems...

Simon

[theransoms]

OK, so now i have worked out that if you do not actually write the photo/file to the Eye-Fi card then it will not transmit... had not realized that.

All appears to be fine now.

[digitalkid56]

I've set up everything properly (as I have done with my NEX-5), I can see the settings and my MAC address for my Eye-Fi card on the Mark III, but it never does connect to a WiFi signal..
and it never goes into Direct Mode..

I've tried resetting the card, just updated the firmware to 5.0008, and still no connection.. any ideas?

[DropKnowledge]

digitalkid56,

Have you confirmed that you are actually writing files to the Eye-Fi card? Plug the card into your computer, open the DCIM folder on the card, and make sure your images are stored there. Are you shooting in RAW or JPG? Only the Pro X2 will upload RAW wirelessly, so if you are using another X2 model then this may explain the problem. If the Eye-Fi card does not detect pending uploads, it will neither start its Direct Mode network, nor connect to a configured Wi-Fi network.

If those basic suggestions don't resolve the issue, please attach a card log here so that we can look into this issue further. To grab a log:

- shoot a few test photos and wait a few minutes to give the Eye-Fi card a chance to transfer the files
- insert the Eye-Fi card and reader into your computer
- click the Eye-Fi Helper icon in your menu bar/system tray and select "Get Eye-Fi Card log..."
- save the text file and attach it in this thread

Thanks,
Joe

[digitalkid56]

I tested in both RAW and JPG, neither seems to trigger the card to go on.. I can see the MAC address of the card on my camera, but it never enables..
I do have an X2, and I can confirm that pictures in both RAW and JPG are saving onto the card itself..

After taking a picture, I immediately changed to the Eye-Fi settings to see if it's attempting to broadcast, but it never does:

[digitalkid56]

I have it set to auto-join my iPad's Personal HotSpot (WiFi), it never auto-joins..
I have it set, that if it doesn't find any WiFi hotspots, it should enable Direct Mode, it never broadcasts (i cannot see it on my iPad's WiFi list)

It appears to work fine when I plug it into my computer, direct mode turns on and it shows up..
Not sure what else to check.. here is my log:

[xexex]

I've tried to using Eye-Fi Pro X2 on my 5Dmk3, if I set the transfer mode to selective, Eye-fi never connect to my AP even I select(protect) a image. However, if I set the transfer mode to all images, the SSID will shown in my 5Dmk3 menu and photo will be transferred without any problem.

I think that if I was using "selective transfer", the wifi connection is "on demand", but it doesn't work with my 5Dmk3, the SSID didn't shown on 5Dmk3 eye-fi menu. Sometimes, I need to take one more photo to active the SSID, if it doesn't work, I need to take a photo then "protect" it or replug the card. It seem that I need to do something to active WiFi transmition of eye-fi card.

[AnneHathaway]

No doubt that all of us Canon users love Canon 5D Mark III !

[digitalkid56]

Still unable to get my Eye-Fi card working.. Anybody else have any suggestions?

[jojita]

Still unable to get my Eye-Fi card working.. Anybody else have any suggestions?

I have the same problem. The card works fine in my PEN, but not 5DM3. Just like xexex above, if I toggle to use "Selective Transfer", I get no Wifi.

And Geotagging doesn't seem to work too. I have been testing it whole day on the street with my 5DM3. None of the photo is tagged.

[xexex]

If you're using 5D3, you need to select which memory card that you'd like to display, please select slot 2(SD Card) in camera menu.
After you select SD card to display, set the RATE button to "protect" so you can mark "protect" the photos on SD (not CF, or rate the photos on SD).
However, I've found that the default setting of Wi-Fi will upload photos to their server, then redirect to your target device, such as iPad or PC, it's quite slow for my environment. I disable the relay mode, buy another APP(Free eye-fi APP is not good enough for me), change the target to my Ipad in eye-fi setup software. Now, everything seem great, the photos can direct transfer to my ipad in Direct mode or under the same WiFi using 3th party APP. Somethings, the connection between iPad and eye-fi is dropped, I need to push the PLAY button on 5D3, reprotect a photo, after few second, the photo transfer again(you may need to reconnect the WiFi in iPad setting page).
Eye-fi is a great product, I can show the photos to my family on the fly. If I can change the target using my iPhone/ iPad, not the PC, it would be nice.

[rogercuthbert]

Out of interest what third party app are you using on your iPad then instead of the Eye fi app?

[Bethallison]

Good morning. I have the Canon 5D,Mark3 also and I am considering buying the eye-fi card. For those of you that have used it on another camera I.e.; Nikon, have you tried to format the card on the canon 5DM3. Some cards will tell you to format the memory cards before using them in your new camera. I usually always format my cards before using them. Any thoughts on this?

[kendrikwiley]

The Canon EOS 5D Mark III is the world's best digital SLR. It easily lets us create smooth, clean, beautiful and colorful images in any sort of light. It handles much better my cheaper Nikon D800 and D800E; my 5D Mark III handles and sounds smoother, quieter, feels better and makes better-looking images than my Nikon D800E.