littlelio Posted January 18, 2019 Share #1 Posted January 18, 2019 Advertisement (gone after registration) I took the bite and it turns out the new Toshiba FlashAir W-04 works well in M-D body. I could not find much information about it, so I think it might be helpful. The connection is good - the base metal plate does not block the signal - perhaps because Leica leaves a plastic slot cover on purpose to let the signal pass through? Speed is all right. I have not tested, but totally acceptable, for DNG. Lots of settings in the card. M-D is special so can not take full advantage, but other cameras definitely would like it. The card can bridge to another wifi network (with internet), so your iphone can connect to it without losing internet. Overall I think this is a good product. To be honest the original Eye-Fi is not very user-friendly. So now, the bottle-neck is the pure DNG from M-D. The photoraw works, and the speed is higher than I expected, surprisingly. Anyway, wifi is no problem, and definitely it can match up M10D, the key is JPG. Not complaining, I think it is good. Hope it helps. Leon Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DandA Posted January 18, 2019 Share #2 Posted January 18, 2019 Thanks for the info. What happens say you're in the field with your M-D 262 and your cell phone with just a cellular signal (LTE/4g), no WiFi, will the WiFi card still transfer the DNG over Bluetooth or cellular signal? Dave (D&A) Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlelio Posted January 19, 2019 Author Share #3 Posted January 19, 2019 14 hours ago, DandA said: Thanks for the info. What happens say you're in the field with your M-D 262 and your cell phone with just a cellular signal (LTE/4g), no WiFi, will the WiFi card still transfer the DNG over Bluetooth or cellular signal? Dave (D&A) I am afraid that Wifi is a must, not bluetooth or cellular signal. Nowadays most of the phone has wifi... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DandA Posted January 19, 2019 Share #4 Posted January 19, 2019 Yes of course most cell phones have WiFi. Guess I misunderstood and thought one had to be in range of a WiFi signal. Instead, the WiFi card sends out its own WiFi signal. How silly of me not to realize this. Thanks. Dave (D&A) Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hpgraver Posted January 23, 2019 Share #5 Posted January 23, 2019 (edited) What about battery drain? Can you turn the wifi off to avoid excessive drain? Is there a setting that makes it possible only to transfer jpg files if you save both in dng and jpg? Is it possible to access the pictures on the card through your phone and only transfer the files that you choose? Edited January 23, 2019 by hpgraver spelling Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverchrome Posted January 24, 2019 Share #6 Posted January 24, 2019 Does this card affect start-up time? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exodies Posted January 24, 2019 Share #7 Posted January 24, 2019 Advertisement (gone after registration) 15 hours ago, hpgraver said: <snip>Is it possible to access the pictures on the card through your phone and only transfer the files that you choose? Seems unlikely. The card would have to have software which understood all raw formats and knew how to get the thumbnail out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micha.i Posted January 28, 2019 Share #8 Posted January 28, 2019 On 1/23/2019 at 6:23 PM, hpgraver said: What about battery drain? Can you turn the wifi off to avoid excessive drain? Is there a setting that makes it possible only to transfer jpg files if you save both in dng and jpg? Is it possible to access the pictures on the card through your phone and only transfer the files that you choose? This works, and it's exactly what I am doing. However, the jpeg thumbnails are visible, the raw ones not. Means if you shoot raw+jpeg you can still select and transfer only what you want. Once transfered I see as well some very low res thumbnail of raw pictures. I usually transfer only jpegs to my ipad/phone, and don't cope with raws while on the road. I have to admit I have not checked the battery consumption... but I didn't had the impression that this would be increased. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hpgraver Posted January 29, 2019 Share #9 Posted January 29, 2019 Thank you, micha. This seems great. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micha.i Posted January 29, 2019 Share #10 Posted January 29, 2019 9 hours ago, hpgraver said: Thank you, micha. This seems great. Should mention that the speed is... low. So, if you have the time, with a glass of good wine, go for it. You'd need as well to change the auto-turn-off to more than 2min otherwise might be faster to just take and half case / bottom plate off and take the SD card out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlelio Posted February 7, 2019 Author Share #11 Posted February 7, 2019 On 1/24/2019 at 1:23 AM, hpgraver said: What about battery drain? Can you turn the wifi off to avoid excessive drain? Is there a setting that makes it possible only to transfer jpg files if you save both in dng and jpg? Is it possible to access the pictures on the card through your phone and only transfer the files that you choose? This is what I am testing now. M-D is not battery hungry, so far I 'feel' wifi card eats up the battery faster, but not too bad. There is a 'switch' to turn the wifi on and off, according to the flashair manual, however M-D can not do it, since it requires some menu operation, on the preset image. It is a clever design, but M-D is a no-go. So if you really want to save some battery, just use a regular SD card. Again, M-D only generates DNG raw file, so I have not tried that much. JPG would be much faster I guess, than DNG raw. There is no thumbnail preview of DNG, so this flashair on M-D is only for 'emergency' use... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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