Eyefi Integrates GoPro and Olympus Cameras

June 16, 2015 | Zoltan Arva-Toth | Digital Compact Cameras , Digital , Compact System Camera , Accessories , Digital Video Cameras | Comment |

Eyefi announced today that its Mobi Pro photography solution now integrates both GoPro and Olympus Wi-Fi cameras. With Eyefi, photos from these cameras are instantly transferred and automatically organised alongside the ones from their smartphones. “No one uses just one device for taking pictures anymore,” said Matt DiMaria, Eyefi CEO. “We understand that photographers want to choose any camera... and still have instant access to all their photos all together in a single collection without having to go home, upload them into a computer and manually merge each one. We’re giving photographers the flexibility and convenience to share images from all their cameras and the insight to discover more about their photos.” Eyefi apps and cloud service automatically organise these images and make it easier than ever to find and discover more about them. Eyefi’s Wi-Fi camera solution is available to all Eyefi Cloud members as part of their £3.49/$4.99/monthly subscription service. Non-Eyefi Cloud customers can purchase it through the Eyefi Mobi app on their phone or tablet for £3.49/$4.99. This feature is currently available for Android devices and is planned for iOS devices later this year. Eyefi’s Wi-Fi camera connectivity is available for use with GoPro Hero+ LCD, Hero 3, GoPro Hero 4 and Olympus Stylus 1, Olympus PEN E-P5, Olympus Stylus TG- 860, and Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II cameras.

Eyefi US Press Release

Eyefi Integrates GoPro and Olympus Cameras

GoPro and Olympus camera customers now have instant access to their their entire collection of photos on any device, anywhere.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 16, 2015 — Eyefi (www.eyefi.com), the global leader in digital photo apps and services, announced today that its award winning photography solution now integrates both GoPro and Olympus WiFi cameras. Now millions of GoPro Hero and Olympus customers don’t have to wait until they get home to upload and share photos. With Eyefi, photos from these cameras are instantly transferred and automatically organized right alongside the ones from their smartphones. With instant access, it’s easier than ever to create and share stories from a comprehensive set of photos. Additionally, with a complete image collection, photo hobbyists can quickly discover and learn more about how they take photos and how to improve their skills.

“No one uses just one device for taking pictures anymore,” said Matt DiMaria, Eyefi CEO. “We understand that photographers want to choose any camera - a GoPro for extreme photography, an Olympus point and shoot, a DSLR with an Eyefi Mobi card or a smartphone for the selfie shots - and still have instant access to all their photos all together in a single collection without having to go home, upload them into a computer and manually merge each one. We’re giving photographers the flexibility and convenience to share images from all their cameras and the insight to discover more about their photos.”

Find and discover more about photography

Eyefi’s award winning Mobi Pro WiFi card, app and cloud service embrace the desire of photographers to use any camera and still have their images instantly organized and easily accessible. When photographers use Eyefi apps with a GoPro or an Olympus camera, they have access to the photos and from those cameras right along the images from cameras with Eyefi Mobi WiFi SD cards and those from phones and tablets. Eyefi apps and cloud service automatically organizes these images and makes it easier than ever to find and discover more about them.

Smart Tags automatically identifies images by subject area such as people, structures, food/drink, indoor, outdoor and dozens of other attributes, saving time when it comes to finding digital images at a later date. Photographers have the option to configure Smart Tags and to add their own tags to make images easier to find.

Discover is the first and only photo analysis feature that helps photographers expand their skills by surfacing insightful information in a visual and graphical manner about their images - attributes like most frequent settings, behavioral trends, all sortable by camera model and lens type. For example, if you are concentrating on improving your skills with depth-of-field you can easily view the range of aperture settings and select and compare only those with a certain f-stop number to display. Discover lets you analyze your photos by shutter speed, ISO, exposure mode, and more.

Pricing and availability

Eyefi’s WiFi camera solution is available to all Eyefi Cloud members as part of their $4.99/monthly subscription service. Non-Eyefi Cloud customers can purchase it through the Eyefi Mobi app on their phone or tablet for $4.99. This feature is currently available for Android devices and is planned for iOS devices later this year.

About Eyefi

Eyefi frees photographers worldwide to take and experience great photos everywhere. Photographers know that when taking great photos is essential, being able to focus on taking the shot matters the most. By automating photo transfer, organization and accessibility, Eyefi gives hobbyists, amateur photographers and professionals more time to focus on what they do best — taking great photos. Eyefi products have transferred over 1 billion images from digital cameras to the Internet, mobile devices and PCs.

For more information about Eyefi, please visit www.eyefi.com or @EyefiCard.

Eyefi UK Press Release

Eyefi supports WiFi cameras

Eyefi Mobi apps and Cloud service now work with WiFi enabled cameras from GoPro® and Olympus

UK – 16 June 2015 —Eyefi (www.eyefi.com), the global leader in digital photo apps and services, today announces updated offerings that include support for WiFi enabled cameras. With Eyefi’s WiFi camera connectivity, customers who use GoPro and Olympus WiFi cameras don't have to wait until they get home to upload and share their photos. Photos from those cameras are instantly transferred, automatically organised and beautifully displayed alongside images captured with other cameras, including DLSR cameras with an Eyefi Mobi WiFi SD card, mobile phones and tablets. With Eyefi Cloud Smart Tags, the entire collection of photos is automatically classified by subject area and synced to all devices making it easy to find, enjoy and share vivid memories as soon as they happen.

“No one uses only one device for taking pictures anymore,” said Matt DiMaria, Eyefi CEO. “When it comes to camera gear, today’s photo enthusiast relies on an array of equipment from WiFi cameras, to DSLRs with an Eyefi Mobi card, to smartphones and tablets.With Eyefi, photos from each camera are instantly transferred and available in a single collection, eliminating tedious, time-consuming manual transfer and consolidation steps. Also, with Eyefi Cloud photos are made available on every device, instantly.”

Take advantage of intelligent organisation

In addition to the ease and convenience of having photos in a single collection, Eyefi brings a new level of organisation to photographers. Smart Tags automatically identify the subject or subjects in each photo, and applies tags automatically. Dozens of tags such as person, landscape, food and drink are included. Custom tags can also be created. Smart Tags are completely configurable by the user giving them control over how their images are organised and making them easier to find.

Discover more about photos

The revolutionary Discover feature is the first and only visualisation tool that helps photographers learn more about how they shoot, and how settings and a combination of settings affect images. Discover takes camera metadata such as model, ISO, aperture, and shutter speed, and makes it easy for photographers to analyse their photos.Results are displayed in an informative, graphical format.

Pricing and availability

Eyefi’s WiFi camera connectivity is available on Android-based devices today, and will be released on iOS-based devices later this year. Eyefi is also announcing a new £3.49 monthly pricing option for Eyefi Cloud. The Eyefi Cloud subscription includes WiFi camera connectivity support for GoPro and Olympus cameras with built-in WiFi. Eyefi Mobi app users who don’t subscribe to Eyefi Cloud can add WiFi camera connectivity to their Eyefi Mobi app with an in-app purchase of £3.49. Eyefi’s WiFi camera connectivity is available for use with GoPro Hero+ LCD, Hero 3, GoPro Hero 4 and Olympus Stylus 1, OLYMPUS PEN E-P5, Olympus Stylus TG- 860, and Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II cameras.

About Eyefi

Eyefi frees photographers worldwide to take and experience great photos everywhere. Photographers know that when taking great photos is essential, being able to focus on taking the shot matters the most. By automating photo transfer, organisation and accessibility, Eyefi gives hobbyists, amateur photographers and professionals more time to focus on what they do best — taking great photos. Eyefi products have transferred over 1 billion images from digital cameras to the Internet, mobile devices and PCs.

GOPRO, HERO, the GOPRO logo, and the GoPro Be a Hero logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of GoPro, Inc.

Olympus is a registeredtrademark, and other Olympus product and service names and slogans referenced in this release are trademarks or registered trademarks of Olympus and/or Olympus’ affiliated companies.

For more information about Eyefi, please visit http://en.eyefi.com or @EyefiCard.

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