applecider said:
I’m curious has anyone here (or anywhere) bought one of these?
I have, and I am still mad at Canon for what they (not) deliver.
Swallowed the bait "to integrate it into my network".
Hook, line and sinker came as I realized that instead Canon uses
this thing to integrate my network into their aftermarket ecosystem.
My idea was to put one of these in all of our studios plus one into
the office, offer clients offload capacities and central backup
while on site, and do so for our own productions as well.
Imagine my surprise as I learned that there is no way to access
the network drive as network drive, no file or folder operations,
no RAW processing...... and you can't just copy or move your
files via LAN.
You want to copy your files to another place? "Simply" hook an
external hard drive to your networked hard drive and then copy
your files to that via a cumbersome web interface.
Okay, then you might want to use it as an image tank for travelling?
Alas, the hard drive is no SSD, and thus not shockproof.
Backing up images to this device increases the risk of loss,
and the copy process is painstakingly slow. Also, it can't be
operated on batteries off grid.
This device is a major feck op in spite of what would have
been possible.
To be fair, there is one scenario where it shines:
Imagine you have elderly parents who aren't very computer
literate but have fast internet (chuckle) and know how to
operate their TV. You put one of these next to their TV, set
it up, create a Canon image gateway (CIG) Account for them
and go home. There you shoot pictures of cats and kids,
dump them to your own connect station and initiate sharing.
The next day (depending on file size, amount and internet speed)
your parents can switch on their TV and watch the pictures.
This could have been a great thing. Canon botched it.
Maybe these hackers turn that useless brick now into at
least a half decent NAS. Would deserve standing ovations.
