Olympus OI Share
Jun 09, 2020
4 minutes
It's one of the oldest camera Wi-Fi apps still to be used under its original name, and the Olympus Image Share app had a rather unusual start to life. Announced alongside a number of Olympus cameras at Photokina in 2012, the original Olympus Image Share required the use of a FlashAir card. Manufactured by Toshiba, these cards are the same size as standard SD cards, but as well as offering data storage, they also contain a small Wi-Fi chip that could be utilised by compatible cameras.
Much like the Eye-Fi cards that appeared around the same time, FlashAir cards weren't exclusive to Olympus cameras; they could in fact be used by many cameras to make them Wi-Fi
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