Canon W-E1 Wifi Adaptor To Work on Various Cameras

[Chaitanya]

This is blatantly unfair, stupid Canon. Where's the inexpensive WiFi CF card for the 1D X and 1D X II?!? Epic fail!

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/816112-REG/Digieffects_SDXCF_Extreme_SD_HC_XC_to_CF.html

 

[johnhenry]

I like how they just do bug swats for "upgrades" of their cameras firmware most times.

Only the last 7D upgrade got any real stuff, like the in camera edits, rating etc

 

[Hjalmarg1]

WiFi functionality with an improved Android and Apple App would be great. It could also use the geo-information from the phone to tag the location when connected. For landscape shots from a tripod, you could use the phone as a remote control, including timelapse and bulb shots longer than 30 seconds. For some of the photographers in the news business, or social media addicts, one could quickly post and send jpegs from the phone to instagram, facebook and alike, or classic e-mail.

All in all this should be an easy fix and software upgrade for Canon and I wonder why they did not do this 3 years before. The last time I used the Android Canon Remote App with a Canon 6D about 2 years ago, the phone app was very early and basic in functionality. I did not use it much therefore, but this is certainly something that could be really nice.

Current Canon app for Android and Apple is not user friendly so, it should come with better application functionalities and with a firmware to the camera bodies. I wasted my money with an EyeFi card and I don't want to waste in another deficient Wifi card. I hope my 5D Mark III is compatible

 

[Antono Refa]

I like how they just do bug swats for "upgrades" of their cameras firmware most times.

Only the last 7D upgrade got any real stuff, like the in camera edits, rating etc

IIRC, if the new firmware contains just bug swats, Canon calls it an update.

You get those updates for free, regardless of whether its just bug swats, or whole new functionality, so what do you care what Canon calls them?

 

[Loswr]

I like how they just do bug swats for "upgrades" of their cameras firmware most times.

Only the last 7D upgrade got any real stuff, like the in camera edits, rating etc

Because manual audio gain for the 5DII, uncompressed HDMI out and f/8 AF for the 5DIII, f/8 AF and EC in M mode for the 1D X don't count as 'real stuff'? :

 

[AvTvM]

I like how they just do bug swats for "upgrades" of their cameras firmware most times.

Only the last 7D upgrade got any real stuff, like the in camera edits, rating etc

Because manual audio gain for the 5DII, uncompressed HDMI out and f/8 AF for the 5DIII, f/8 AF and EC in M mode for the 1D X don't count as 'real stuff'? :

nothing but bug fixes. Bug being, that it was not already implemented in delivery status firmware from the start in any Canon EOS launched after 2012.

 

[Loswr]

I like how they just do bug swats for "upgrades" of their cameras firmware most times.

Only the last 7D upgrade got any real stuff, like the in camera edits, rating etc

Because manual audio gain for the 5DII, uncompressed HDMI out and f/8 AF for the 5DIII, f/8 AF and EC in M mode for the 1D X don't count as 'real stuff'? :

nothing but bug fixes. Bug being, that it was not already implemented in delivery status firmware from the start in any Canon EOS launched after 2012.

Sony's bug fix for the shutter vibration of the a7R...the a7RII. :

 

[AvTvM]

Sony's bug fix for the shutter vibration of the a7R...the a7RII. :

Canon's bug fix for EOS M / M2 firmware ... EOS M3 / M10 with Powershot firmware ... right?

 

[Loswr]

Sony's bug fix for the shutter vibration of the a7R...the a7RII. :

Canon's bug fix for EOS M / M2 firmware ... EOS M3 / M10 with Powershot firmware ... right?

Right. That's one reason I bought an M2 and not an M3...

 

[AvTvM]

Canon's bug fix for EOS M / M2 firmware ... EOS M3 / M10 with Powershot firmware ... right?

Right. That's one reason I bought an M2 and not an M3...

I know from another post of yours.
It is one of the reasons, why I did NOT buy EOS M3. Really hoping for a *WORTHY* EOS M4 sometime soon.

 

[sulla]

This is blatantly unfair, stupid Canon. Where's the inexpensive WiFi CF card for the 1D X and 1D X II?!? Epic fail!

Well, a CF WiFi Adapter could be quite possible, at least the CF-protocol talks a rather straightforward P-ATA language (CFast cards talk S-ATA), i.e. it is basically the same bus that hard disk drives with a parallel port connector implements (remember the CFs that included a tiny hard disk, the "microdrives"?) I.e. the CF-ports are designed for sending AND receiving data. Put a processor and a wifi module into a CF, update the camera firmware and anything should be possible. Probably the market for such a product is too small and SD-WiFi-cards make more economic sense.

 

[Don Haines]

This is blatantly unfair, stupid Canon. Where's the inexpensive WiFi CF card for the 1D X and 1D X II?!? Epic fail!

Well, a CF WiFi Adapter could be quite possible, at least the CF-protocol talks a rather straightforward P-ATA language (CFast cards talk S-ATA), i.e. it is basically the same bus that hard disk drives with a parallel port connector implements (remember the CFs that included a tiny hard disk, the "microdrives"?) I.e. the CF-ports are designed for sending AND receiving data. Put a processor and a wifi module into a CF, update the camera firmware and anything should be possible. Probably the market for such a product is too small and SD-WiFi-cards make more economic sense.

Hardware wise, I could see it with a CF to SD adaptor....

Software wise, same as the 7D2..... you will need an update of the firmware to be able to use the card.....

 

[Meatcurry]

I guess this image proves that the W-E1 doesn't have any storage on board!

http://www.canonwatch.com/images-canon-w-e1-wifi-adapter-bg-e20-battery-grip-leaked-cw5/

 

[AvTvM]

if it works in EOS 5D3 and/or EOS M and is functionally acceptable, i will get one ... unless it requires connection to any sort of Canon "cloud" service or Canon controlled servers.