Best point and shoot camera with wireless photo upload

June 27, 2013 8:14 PM

I just broke my point and shoot camera and want to replace it with something more modern. I have a 4GB eye-if SD card that I configured to auto-upload to my online photo storage for me, but I'd like to find a camera that has this feature built in. A quick google (an 4 hours later), it doesn't seem like I can find such a camera -- is my google searching rusty, or is the camera market missing "automatic, easy picture upload" as a built in feature? I don't want to use my eye-if anymore. Any suggestions for a camera that does it all?
posted by thankyoumuchly to Computers & Internet (5 answers total)

Such point and shoots have existed (I used to own one, but could never get wifi uploading to work). Now, however, I believe that market has primarily been taken over by the iPhone et al.
posted by ocherdraco at 8:32 PM on June 27, 2013

I recently bought this one for my wife - it might be worth a look.
posted by Emperor SnooKloze at 9:43 PM on June 27, 2013

I find David Pogue's reviews of cameras and articles about photography to be useful. He tends not to cover many entry level cameras, but this review of the Canon PowerShot N might interest you.

You could also look at CNET reviews, PC World (TechHive) reviews, and PC Mag reviews.
posted by Dansaman at 10:17 PM on June 27, 2013

I own the PowerShot N, which I got a few weeks ago. I like it so far, and the wifi connectivity is actually pretty good. However, it doesn't do automatic uploads like what you describe. In my experience, it can actually be a bit cumbersome, really, until you figure out the system.
posted by gemmy at 10:45 PM on June 27, 2013

This is a slight workaround, but it's easy to configure Dropbox to automatically upload your photos, and there are recipes on IFTTT to automate uploading from Dropbox to many common photo storage providers. If that includes yours, that might allow you to buy the camera you really want instead of being bound by this feature.
posted by carbide at 2:38 AM on June 28, 2013