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Image Spooling Software for WiFi


fishbulb

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I basicly need to duplicate what the olympic photographers were

using. I'm shooting events and need to WiFi my images to a server.

The distance from the camera to the server will be within 300 feet

and will aways be line of sight. The reason I can't just use a

Nikon/Canon WiFi attachment is because we'll be shooting faster than

the camera can send and we'll fill the buffer.

 

I need to shoot to a laptop (via USB or firewire) and let the laptop

spool the images and WiFi them to the server. Who makes spooling

software like that?

Thanks!

Ben

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Can you just map the server's hard drive as the storage location?

 

For example, assuming your capture software's client allows you to specify a "Save to" location, you could specify that location/folder.

 

Note that while this configuration does work (using a D100 and Nikon Capture Control), it may not address your requirement for speed. I tested using an 802.11b card, and thew results were VERY slow. The D100's lack of USB 2.0 support is certainly a contributing factor, so the D2H, D70 or D2X will probably work much faster, but the wireless transfer will surely become a choking point, even using 802.11g.

 

Another option might be to write a script that detects the presence of a file in a particular folder on your laptop, then automatically moves that file to the server.

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