Remote FTP transfare of images for D10

[roryprime]

Hello i am doing alot of Event photography and i have a problem in that when i fill up a card i have to send it back to a stall where the photographs are sold, i have a number of cards and i just swap them about, but it is not always easy to find someone willing to treck about bringing cards back and forth. Would anyone know of a wi-fi or wireless connection that would span over 1-2 miles, to connect my camera and PC, im using a D30 and a D10.

Any help welcome
Thanks
Rory

[roryprime]

Think i have just gone and answered my own question, aperently nikon D2H is the only camera with wi-fi adapter at the moment which has a range of 130m with an extra antena.
if anyone knows anything diffrent let me know thanks

[Dans_D60]

A couple of issues:

-The 10D only supports USB 1.1. So even if one could rig up some kind of wireless transceiver, it wouldn’t be very fast.

-There is nothing available that will transmit 1-2 miles at WiFi speed. At best you get about 200 feet to a WiFi access point.

-The adaptor (if at all possible) would require power which means a separate battery.

I believe Canon will provide some sort of wireless capability in a future camera. But to develop and produce a high-speed wireless one for the 10D is not practical .. .unless you want to spend a lot of $$$ and time. Better just to buy multiple 1G CF cards.

[PacAce]

I think there are a few pocket PCs (Compaq IPaq, Toshiba e755/e780) that come with wi-fi built in. And I think they will take the CF cards. You might want to pursue that angle as a possibility.

[Jim_T]

It's unlikely you can get WiFi going over 1 mile..

If you have a couple of laptops and your local cell phone company has 1X or GPRS, you may be able to subscribe to their service and transfer files at a reasonable speed.

You can purchase dedicated data cards for use on your local carriers network.. It's very expensive, but will work over many miles. With roaming, you can probably work across a continent..

Here's an example of what I'm talking about...

http://www.sierrawireless.com/ProductsOrdering/AC750_GSM.asp

[Sketcher]

Wi-Fi won't work for your application. Even if you set up bridges or repeaters to cover the distance (which would be hugely cost prohibitive)you'll be spending more time maintaining your WLAN and being concerned about data transfer than you will about getting the photos.

What size and quantity of images are you transferring? I've used my CDMA/GSM cards for emailing & uploading images to web but I rarely upload large quantities or large files for that matter. The wireless modems work well to a fashion. CDMA & GSM wireless modems such as the Sierra 750 and others range in bandwidth/service capability from 20kbs to 400kbps (speed dependent upon hardware and available service) and some carriers anticipate providing consumer 1MB bandwidth by year end but as a reliable solution for bulk image transfer it is not... yet. Of course, wireless carrier option requires a laptop or capable pda so there's additional cost to the modem & service.

There are higher bw dedicated carrier solutions as mentioned but even the CDMA/GSM options get spendy when paying for additional bandwidth so I'd venture that it'd not even be worth considering.

Your requirement to send the card back to 'the stall'; is that to offload images so you can reuse the card or is it to provide prints in an ultra-timely fashion or another reason altogether? You might be better served buying more cards and or an interim storage solution such as an X-Drive if not a laptop/cardreader. Without question, the wireless options even if one did work per your app are going to be significantly higher in cost than additional cards, storage devices or even hiring a youngster to perform courier service.

At least, from my perspective (known to change in light of more accurate information or when arguing with an individual who carries a big stick).

[roryprime]

thanks for all the info very helpfull, after looking at what people are saying and the technology avalible and the cos if GPRS it just gonna get too costly with sending so much data, think i will just have to stay with the good old sending the cards backward and forward i have 5 or 6 already, so is not really a problem. just would have been handy with a wireless solution.
But thanks again, maby in the furture there might be a good way to do it

Rory

[defordphoto]

Also, to set the record straight, the 1D MKII is wi-fi'able.