Camera to Web Services Connectors
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@Obsolesce said in Does ChromeOS make sense for a desktop?:
@Obsolesce said in Does ChromeOS make sense for a desktop?:
@scottalanmiller said in Does ChromeOS make sense for a desktop?:
@Obsolesce said in Does ChromeOS make sense for a desktop?:
@scottalanmiller said in Does ChromeOS make sense for a desktop?:
Getting images from your camera, to the OS, and uploaded somewhere
There's the problem. They should be going directly from your camera to the cloud. That's how we do it on our cell phones and had done it on the Sony DSLR.
In theory, but almost no cameras have their own Internet access.
We used a WiFi SD card in the camera that uses your device's wifi to transfer. In our case, it transferred to the phone, and directly to cloud.
I forget what hte card was called, I'll ask my wife in a little while.This is what it was: http://www.eyefi.com/
Damn, only comes in 32GB? I use 128GB and think it is small.
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@Obsolesce said in Does ChromeOS make sense for a desktop?:
Yeah I don't know what's going on with them (Eyefi), but amazon has them. Not sure if there's similar or better alternatives or not, didn't look. It's been a while.
"Eyefi Mobi Pro is an SDHC memory card with a pro punch: available in 16GB and 32GB capacity, it includes built-in WiFi that connects your camera, at lightning speeds to your smartphone, tablet, PC or Mac. Just pop it into your camera and install any of our desktop or mobile apps to instantly transfer RAW and JPEG. Selective transfer gives you the freedom to choose which images transfer to your device. Mobi Pro will transfer images over your existing home network — or if you're on location, it will create and use a private, secure connection, for ultimate on-the-go convenience. For additional information see the tech specs."
Doesn't connect to ChromeOS or Linux. Smartphone is nice, but almost always I'm doing big uploads from places where I have to leave the device and take the phone elsewhere.
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@scottalanmiller said in Does ChromeOS make sense for a desktop?:
One place where I often find issues is image editing on ChromeOS. It works, but it's not as easy as I think that it should be. Getting images from your camera, to the OS, and uploaded somewhere hasn't been totally as easy as possible like I think it should be there. Because it is a process of trying to work basically as a file backup service, the lack of transparent file handling makes it awkward.
@scottalanmiller said in Does ChromeOS make sense for a desktop?:
One place where I often find issues is image editing on ChromeOS. It works, but it's not as easy as I think that it should be. Getting images from your camera, to the OS, and uploaded somewhere hasn't been totally as easy as possible like I think it should be there. Because it is a process of trying to work basically as a file backup service, the lack of transparent file handling makes it awkward.
Why are you not using Google Photos or some other app that automatically uploads photos from your phone? Or are you one of those stone age people that have an actual camera?
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@travisdh1 said in Does ChromeOS make sense for a desktop?:
Why are you not using Google Photos or some other app that automatically uploads photos from your phone? Or are you one of those stone age people that have an actual camera?
Actual camera, no cell phone does what I need, lol. hardly stone age if it is still state of the art
Google Photos would help... how?
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@scottalanmiller said in Does ChromeOS make sense for a desktop?:
@Obsolesce said in Does ChromeOS make sense for a desktop?:
Yeah I don't know what's going on with them (Eyefi), but amazon has them. Not sure if there's similar or better alternatives or not, didn't look. It's been a while.
"Eyefi Mobi Pro is an SDHC memory card with a pro punch: available in 16GB and 32GB capacity, it includes built-in WiFi that connects your camera, at lightning speeds to your smartphone, tablet, PC or Mac. Just pop it into your camera and install any of our desktop or mobile apps to instantly transfer RAW and JPEG. Selective transfer gives you the freedom to choose which images transfer to your device. Mobi Pro will transfer images over your existing home network — or if you're on location, it will create and use a private, secure connection, for ultimate on-the-go convenience. For additional information see the tech specs."
Doesn't connect to ChromeOS or Linux. Smartphone is nice, but almost always I'm doing big uploads from places where I have to leave the device and take the phone elsewhere.
If you have it upload to your phone in real time you never need to do large uploads. It'll do it after every pic.
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@scottalanmiller said in Does ChromeOS make sense for a desktop?:
@travisdh1 said in Does ChromeOS make sense for a desktop?:
Why are you not using Google Photos or some other app that automatically uploads photos from your phone? Or are you one of those stone age people that have an actual camera?
Actual camera, no cell phone does what I need, lol. hardly stone age if it is still state of the art
You say it's state of the art, but doesn't have built in wifi. Doesn't seem like it to me.
Google Photos would help... how?
It doesn't, that's why the "Or" was in my first post.
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@travisdh1 said in Does ChromeOS make sense for a desktop?:
You say it's state of the art, but doesn't have built in wifi. Doesn't seem like it to me.
Well when it comes to taking pictures, the ability to take pictures seems to be the defining factors.
Lacking the necessary built in camera would make any camera less than state of the art.
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@travisdh1 said in Does ChromeOS make sense for a desktop?:
You say it's state of the art, but doesn't have built in wifi. Doesn't seem like it to me.
Not many phones have the required storage capabilities, either.
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@scottalanmiller said in Camera to Web Services Connectors:
@travisdh1 said in Does ChromeOS make sense for a desktop?:
You say it's state of the art, but doesn't have built in wifi. Doesn't seem like it to me.
Not many phones have the required storage capabilities, either.
But if the picture is going immediately from the camera to your phone and then getting uploaded to say next cloud, then the phone does not actually need the storage
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@JaredBusch said in Camera to Web Services Connectors:
@scottalanmiller said in Camera to Web Services Connectors:
@travisdh1 said in Does ChromeOS make sense for a desktop?:
You say it's state of the art, but doesn't have built in wifi. Doesn't seem like it to me.
Not many phones have the required storage capabilities, either.
But if the picture is going immediately from the camera to your phone and then getting uploaded to say next cloud, then the phone does not actually need the storage
Not enough time for that, so it can't. No phone connection is fast enough for that which I mentioned above. I'm often doing this in places where it takes hours or days to upload a shoot and I need another 128GB in the field while the other SD card is uploading.
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yeah a portable NAS (with battery) with built in wifi AP would be good for that camera situation.
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@Dashrender said in Camera to Web Services Connectors:
yeah a portable NAS (with battery) with built in wifi AP would be good for that camera situation.
NAS on its own generally lacks the flexibility to handle uploading to a service.
All "avoiding a laptop" solutions tend to ignore the fact that you need flexibility to determine how you upload. Unless you control the remote service and can SSH to it or whatever, all packaged devices are going to lack the basic functionality you need.
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@Dashrender said in Camera to Web Services Connectors:
yeah a portable NAS (with battery) with built in wifi AP would be good for that camera situation.
Also... does anyone make a NAS, that is portable, has a battery, and has a wifi access point, and connects to the Internet?
And at what point are you just describing a laptop but calling it a NAS?
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@scottalanmiller said in Camera to Web Services Connectors:
@Dashrender said in Camera to Web Services Connectors:
yeah a portable NAS (with battery) with built in wifi AP would be good for that camera situation.
Also... does anyone make a NAS, that is portable, has a battery, and has a wifi access point, and connects to the Internet?
I think Western Digital made a portable HDD with a battery and card readers that would automatically copy anything put in the media card slot to the HDD. Don't know if they're still a thing.
And at what point are you just describing a laptop but calling it a NAS?
When you add a screen, duh
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@scottalanmiller said in Camera to Web Services Connectors:
@Dashrender said in Camera to Web Services Connectors:
yeah a portable NAS (with battery) with built in wifi AP would be good for that camera situation.
Also... does anyone make a NAS, that is portable, has a battery, and has a wifi access point, and connects to the Internet?
And at what point are you just describing a laptop but calling it a NAS?
yeah - rushed post - you're right, it's just a laptop that's needed.
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@travisdh1 said in Camera to Web Services Connectors:
@scottalanmiller said in Camera to Web Services Connectors:
@Dashrender said in Camera to Web Services Connectors:
yeah a portable NAS (with battery) with built in wifi AP would be good for that camera situation.
Also... does anyone make a NAS, that is portable, has a battery, and has a wifi access point, and connects to the Internet?
I think Western Digital made a portable HDD with a battery and card readers that would automatically copy anything put in the media card slot to the HDD. Don't know if they're still a thing.
And at what point are you just describing a laptop but calling it a NAS?
When you add a screen, duh
Well if that's true, that would serve the purpose I was going for - because my thinking was you're in a remote no internet access area, so you'll be plugging the NAS into a laptop when you return somewhere with internet access, but while in the field, you've copied the pictures off the cards so you can keep using them.
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@travisdh1 said in Camera to Web Services Connectors:
I think Western Digital made a portable HDD with a battery and card readers that would automatically copy anything put in the media card slot to the HDD. Don't know if they're still a thing.
They did, but that lacks the upload function. Getting stuff to an HD isn't an issue normally.
