Canon CS100 1TB WiFi drive â‚¬34.99 delivered

Etnies · 27-01-2018 07:08PM

august12 wrote: »

I posted it back after seeing all the negative reviews here,

Well that was silly. The bargain was for the drive and cloud storage. The people whineing over the device (that does exactly as it was designed to do) were expecting it to do more. If they had of done an ounce of research they would have realised this.

august12 · 27-01-2018 07:14PM

Etnies wrote:

Well that was silly. The bargain was for the drive and cloud storage. The people whineing over the device (that does exactly as it was designed to do) were expecting it to do more. If they had of done an ounce of research they would have realised this.

It might be silly to you but not to me, wasn't expecting a slow, noisy machine and according to a lot here, doesn't do what it's supposed to do very well, and the online storage isn't a necessity for me.

autumnalcore · 27-01-2018 07:24PM

Anyone take the drive out of one yet, wondering is it a glacial wd green style jobbie or a proper drive.

dodzy · 27-01-2018 08:02PM

autumnalcore wrote: »

Anyone take the drive out of one yet, wondering is it a glacial wd green style jobbie or a proper drive.

zom done a teardown in post 221. It’s a Western Digital drive.

keavebm · 27-01-2018 08:25PM

Tried it this evening why wont it recognise videos from my phone or movies? Nfc wont work from a samsund s7. Such a pile of dung. Shipping back asap unless someone has a solution on how to c ur vids from phone??

jakdublin · 27-01-2018 09:15PM

august12 wrote: »

It might be silly to you but not to me, wasn't expecting a slow, noisy machine and according to a lot here, doesn't do what it's supposed to do very well, and the online storage isn't a necessity for me.

I think it does what it’s supposed to do very well. I just don’t know why anybody would want a device that does it.

dodzy · 28-01-2018 10:46AM

sugarman wrote: »

That's pretty much it, something nobody really asked for! I reckon it's decent for someone elderly that's not really computer literate. Once set up, all they have to do it tap their device and select the images they want to copy pretty much hassle free.

I cannot see elderly people not PC literate carrying NFC Canons around with them.

fawltyBas · 28-01-2018 10:52AM

Thanks to OP, bought it, took HDD out put it in to a case. I now have a cheap 1 TB portable HDD. You can't go wrong for the price, might get another.

keavebm · 28-01-2018 12:03PM

I was looking for something like this that i can save videos and pictures from my phone directly does anyone know where to get one? It has to be directly from phone to it so i can watch on tv. This yoke is a piece of sh1t

MAJJ · 28-01-2018 01:01PM

Could anyone recommend a suitable enclusure?

Thanks

KeRbDoG · 28-01-2018 01:52PM

MAJJ wrote: »

Could anyone recommend a suitable enclusure?

Thanks

Any cheap 2.5inch SATA->USB enclosure will do

Sappy404 · 28-01-2018 02:27PM

CaSCaDe711 wrote: »

Shockingly bad video alright, curious how many units they shifted thanks to that

Is it possible to copy/has anyone here copied pictures and videos onto this directly from a USB pen drive? I've tried two 16GB pens, and nothing happened. Pens were detected OK (their LED flickered for a few seconds) but nothing appeared, was expecting to see some change in the Menu, or a popup or something. Have 2 options available, Image Import Status, and Preferences, when going into the Import menu, no drive shows up?

Does the media need to be on an actual camera before it'll be seen ?

Any info much appreciated, thank you.

A review posted earlier in the thread states that the USB port is for backing up to, not from. So if true, you can backup your media to a USB drive from this device but you can't copy stuff from a USB drive.

styron · 28-01-2018 02:30PM

MAJJ wrote: »

Could anyone recommend a suitable enclusure?

Thanks

If you're OK with the 4-5 week wait this screwless well designed caddy is good value or a clear version for €7.33. Quite fast and handy to swap out if you've a few drives. Comes with a sturdy 50cm cable.

my3cents · 28-01-2018 02:34PM

MAJJ wrote: »

Could anyone recommend a suitable enclusure?

Thanks

Keep an eye on this one https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0126R1BGQ/ its OK for current price of €12.99 but I've seen is discounted a couple of times on amazon to €6.99 which is a bargain.

studdlymurphy · 28-01-2018 03:10PM

Can anybody recommend a network drive enclosure that this would work with. Maybe one with a few bays?

ED E · 28-01-2018 03:46PM

studdlymurphy wrote: »

Can anybody recommend a network drive enclosure that this would work with. Maybe one with a few bays?

DS416slim would be one option.

dodzy · 29-01-2018 09:55AM

sugarman wrote: »

But its not aimed soley at everyone carrying an NFC Canon! The most basic android phones, tablets and cheap point and shoot digital cameras all have NFC these days.

The likes of my mother for example wouldnt have a clue how to use a computer, but can take snaps on her phone and sort through them in her gallery etc.. She'd find it dead handy to just tap the NFC and select what she wants to copy over.

Similarly, my grandfather. He's ok using a digital camera and brings his memory card to boots to get help printing them on the machine. Once set up and shown how, he'd manage to use the CS100.

Agreed, but they will not work with the device. NFC on this is restricted to pure canon NFC enabled devices.

Foe example, the NFC capable Sony A7R-II which runs circa €2K with a lens will not work with this device.

go4it · 29-01-2018 10:28AM

took it last week, and updated to the last firmware ( 2.5.2 ) When touching the S5 android nfc, it redirects you to internal ip of the cs100 station; from there through a interface i could select pictures from the phone , but only one by one, not multi-select or a whole folder ; takes about 2 min till the cs100 decides to transfer the pictures.

Tried with a SD card: could see the green led lit, but no sign of the status : is it copying, is not copying , what's going on?

The fastest way to upload the pics was through PC : just type the lan address ( 192.168.x.x in my case ) and the station web-server page shows up , and is very quick to upload.

After a forced power cut , the station took another ip, 169.x.x.x and that was the tipping point when i decided to look for the torx screwdriver , to take the hdd out and put it in a external enclosure ( torx 10 i think )

Bottom line : for 35 euro i got a 1TB hdd, 1m hdmi cable, 2 AAA duracell batteries. i saw this offer after the 100GB cloud offer was finished ( the power supply is kinda awkward : 7.4v 2 A )

tphase · 29-01-2018 11:47AM

go4it wrote: »

Bottom line : for 35 euro i got a 1TB hdd, 1m hdmi cable, 2 AAA duracell batteries. i saw this offer after the 100GB cloud offer was finished ( the power supply is kinda awkward : 7.4v 2 A )

you got a hdmi cable? Not included with mine....

go4it · 29-01-2018 12:03PM

my bad. no hdmi included .

irishproduce · 29-01-2018 01:12PM

I haven't opened mine yet.
So there is not an app you put on android and flick the pictures from your gallery to this device?
It is more cumbersome than that?

Schorpio · 29-01-2018 01:34PM

Just opened mine last night.

My issue with it is not that it's rubbish (even though it is), but moreso that it is so very nearly genuinely useful. It's got the right I/O (gigabit ethernet, WiFi, NFC) and a decent hdd. If only it implemented (or allowed implementation of) direct file-sharing protocols. It could be a very handy little NAS, with NFC for backing up, and a tv media player output. It has literally all of the hardware, but none of the software.

Kintarō Hattori · 29-01-2018 01:43PM

irishproduce wrote: »

I haven't opened mine yet.
So there is not an app you put on android and flick the pictures from your gallery to this device?
It is more cumbersome than that?

Nothing, nadda, zip, zilch, zero, feck all.

Blankety · 29-01-2018 01:57PM

Schorpio wrote: »

Just opened mine last night.

My issue with it is not that it's rubbish (even though it is), but moreso that it is so very nearly genuinely useful. It's got the right I/O (gigabit ethernet, WiFi, NFC) and a decent hdd. If only it implemented (or allowed implementation of) direct file-sharing protocols. It could be a very handy little NAS, with NFC for backing up, and a tv media player output. It has literally all of the hardware, but none of the software.

Looks like the crew that were trying to hack it here have given up...
https://forums.hak5.org/topic/42523-canon-connect-station-cs100/?page=3

studdlymurphy · 29-01-2018 02:10PM

Kintar&#197 wrote: »

Nothing, nadda, zip, zilch, zero, feck all.

Yes there is. Search cs100 in the play store and the app has a picture of the device its pretty simple to use too

irishproduce · 29-01-2018 02:16PM

Well Studdlys comment is just perfect.
All I want it for is so the family can all throw their gallery contents on to it - sort of like a local drop box if you will, for those who do not like using cloud services.
I will look forward to opening it the weekend so

studdlymurphy · 29-01-2018 02:36PM

irishproduce wrote:

Well Studdlys comment is just perfect. All I want it for is so the family can all throw their gallery contents on to it - sort of like a local drop box if you will, for those who do not like using cloud services. I will look forward to opening it the weekend so

Thats what we arr using it for. If you can have a hdmi from it to your main tv or any tv you can view all on it too in a slide show if you are into that.

I think most people take photos and then never see them again lol

Stylesclash07 · 29-01-2018 03:10PM

On iOS the canon connect station app is the one I use

Kintarō Hattori · 29-01-2018 04:45PM

studdlymurphy wrote: »

Yes there is. Search cs100 in the play store and the app has a picture of the device its pretty simple to use too

What's the app? I tried the Irista app and the one specifically for the CS100 and neither would let you transfer to it. The CS100 app saw some photos but wouldn't actually let you pick what images you wanted to upload. Android user here.

studdlymurphy · 29-01-2018 07:54PM

Kintar&#197 wrote: »

What's the app? I tried the Irista app and the one specifically for the CS100 and neither would let you transfer to it. The CS100 app saw some photos but wouldn't actually let you pick what images you wanted to upload. Android user here.

Canon connect app. It lets me pick what images to send or you can send all. Works the same for taking images off the drive.

Canon CS100 1TB WiFi drive â‚¬34.99 delivered

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