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slls
09-03-2005, 03:42 AM
I felt it was worthy of a post.

Nikon Coolpix P1 (http://www.nikondigitalusa.com/main.html?page=p1)
His Dudeness
09-03-2005, 01:01 PM
I think Kodak had them beat.
danielctull
09-03-2005, 01:35 PM
Originally posted by His Dudeness
I think Kodak had them beat.

Me too. (http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=9/19/6433&pq-locale=en_US)
mynamehere
09-03-2005, 02:37 PM
according to a new york times review, the wifi is pretty much useless since it can only communicate with a computer less than 100 feet away which has special software installed. (ie: it can't send pics straight to the net)
Bronxite
09-03-2005, 03:26 PM
Originally posted by mynamehere
according to a new york times review, the wifi is pretty much useless since it can only communicate with a computer less than 100 feet away which has special software installed. (ie: it can't send pics straight to the net)

how does that make it useless. what were you expecting to achieve with WiFI?
hardeeharhar
09-03-2005, 06:08 PM
The ultimate would be sattelite communications to send photos directly to your computer froma anywhere on earth or the moon.

That is what it will take to get me to buy a wifi camera.
Cosmo
09-03-2005, 08:36 PM
seems like a step in the right direction to me.
even if you have to be in the room with the computer, transfering the photos wirelessly is pretty sweet
JCE10
09-04-2005, 01:43 PM
Can someone explain to me why a camera should use WiFi instead of bluetooth? I mean, what if my home wireless network is set up to use high encryption (e.g. AES) for internet traffic, which a digital camera is not likely to support? Doesn't that mean I need to change my network setting just to transfer pics to my computer?

I have not played with these gadgets so if someone can explain that to me...
Anders
09-04-2005, 01:49 PM
Originally posted by JCE10
Can someone explain to me why a camera should use WiFi instead of bluetooth? I mean, what if my home wireless network is set up to use high encryption (e.g. AES) for internet traffic, which a digital camera is not likely to support? Doesn't that mean I need to change my network setting just to transfer pics to my computer?

I have not played with these gadgets so if someone can explain that to me...

Speed.

But I really donīt really see the idea at all. Not before it takes real advantage from being on the net.

Serve a small http interface a la some routers. Share your camera with the rest of the world. Let you/those you let/anybody take pictures from a browser. Imagine the surveillance world we could live in with that :)
danielctull
09-04-2005, 02:27 PM
I hope Wireless USB (WUSB) will start to take off, I'd love having no connections to my PowerBook for cameras or external hard drives. If (when) WUSB comes, they should do a convertor hub; plug 4 (or whatever) USB cables in and they are broadcast using WUSB, that way all our old hard drives and cables can be wireless. :)