On 16 Jul 2007, at 8:23 PM, karl shah-jenner wrote:
Roger Eichhorn:
Sounds like a rapidly developing field that we shouldn't jump into
until it settles down. Bluetooth is now widely available. Will
wireless USB be significantly faster?
are their bluetooth enabled cameras already, and can one tether
their camera using bluetooth?
I don't know, but my 10D is USB 1.0 so I don't bother. I just plug
the flash card into my Mac Powerbook or G4 (slow) and bypass the
whole issue.
if not, I can see everyone 'upgrading' their cameras again in a few
months when manufacturers start introducing such beasts and
claiming speed improvements over all those 'old' systems cobbling
tethered 1DS's with wireless USB to the PC and doing on-the-fly
downloads to their laptops.
out with the old, in with the new ;)
In answer to the question, no. Wireless is faster than bluetooth
is faster than wireless usb.
I have a local wireless in my house. The only issue is that I have
to get up and walk to the printer in another room! I suppose I could
print to a printer in my neighbor's house across the street, but I
would have to call him to ask him to put in the kind of paper I want
to use! His network seems to be unprotected.
Criticism aside, current camera connectivity is largely limited to
USB. Here comes a technology that'll allow folks to tether their
cameras to their backup/preview devices. Why not use it?
It's not going to be as fast as what I do now. Anyway, you have to
lug a PC or other portable storage device to use it. My pc stays in
my hotel room if I'm traveling.
regarding the technology -
before bluetooth their was 'wireless'.
before USB there was serial.
before SATA there was PATA.
All are still around because they work.
I have a three colour pulsed xenon A3 film and flatbed scanner.
It's only connectivity is SCSI. It is only usable with REALLY wide
SCSI. It only talks to windows NT/Win95/98. There have been NO 3
colour scanners of this calibre produced since these were
manufactured in '98 - almost ten years and nothing. The pinnacle
of technology is 9 years old.. NASA uses them, National Geographic
uses them. So I have an old PC purely dedicated to driving that
scanner :)
SCSI was great in it's day, but the cables were a hassle.
common, fast, faster, iPiffle®, new
not impressed.
I am however impressed that this new technology will allow me to
interface some existing stuff I have. Nice to be able to pop the
printer in a different room and connect to it wirelessly rather
than having to wait for the Bluetooth model to come out, tossing
out my perfectly good printer and 'upgrading' to something newer.
Impressed that I'll be able to tether my current cameras and my
external 'safe storage' backup hard drive can now remain
permanently in a safe location and be tethered without any handling
- all good news :)
Bluetooth exists now for printers, but so far, I'm happy with the
cables.
k
Roger
