20 gig Image Bank (tank)

Bram Bos · Dec 23, 2001

Hey all,

sorry if this has been covered before.. the searchengine is
out of order for the past few hours so I haven't been able
to run a search for this topic.

I need mass storage for backpacking trips with my 4Mpx
camera (E-10) that can hold enough pics for at least a
4 week trip... The only (more or less) affordable option here
in Europe is the Sima Imagebank (as a rule of thumb, take
the US price and triple it). Does anyone have experiences
with the 20gig version? Good? Bad? Alternatives available to
us poor guys over here in the expensive parts of the world?

cheers,

Bram----------------------------------------------------------------------
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
http://www.pbase.com/brambos

Mark Caplin · Dec 23, 2001

Bram Bos said:
Hey all,

sorry if this has been covered before.. the searchengine is
out of order for the past few hours so I haven't been able
to run a search for this topic.

I need mass storage for backpacking trips with my 4Mpx
camera (E-10) that can hold enough pics for at least a
4 week trip... The only (more or less) affordable option here
in Europe is the Sima Imagebank (as a rule of thumb, take
the US price and triple it). Does anyone have experiences
with the 20gig version? Good? Bad? Alternatives available to
us poor guys over here in the expensive parts of the world?

Im going backpacking with a Dimiage 7 I was planing of getting the 10 gig digital wallet - b&h cameras have one for 299USD. I also live in an expensive part of the world (australia) so I will mail order it.

Where are you travelling to?

Bram Bos said:
cheers,

Bram
--
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Amsterdam, The Netherlands
http://www.pbase.com/brambos

Bram Bos · Dec 23, 2001

Mark Caplin said:
Im going backpacking with a Dimiage 7 I was planing of getting the
10 gig digital wallet - b&h cameras have one for 299USD. I also
live in an expensive part of the world (australia) so I will mail
order it.

That's also an option.. but after all the taxes, customs fees, shipping
and handling and all the other things added to the price as soon as
the package arrives on this part of the atlantic it's hardly a bargain
anymore.. I guess I'll stick with the Imagebank I can get over here.
Though the nice thing about the DW is that it's battery operated..

Mark Caplin said:
Where are you travelling to?

I just came from China/Tibet/Nepal ( http://www.pbase.com/brambos )
and I am planning for 2002 to go to Syria and to Laos/Cambodia

cheers from Amsterdam,

Bram

----------------------------------------------------------------------Amsterdam, The Netherlands http://www.pbase.com/brambos

Karl S. · Dec 23, 2001

Bram Bos wrote:
I guess I'll stick with the Imagebank I can get over here.

Bram Bos said:
Though the nice thing about the DW is that it's battery operated..

The Image Bank is battery operated.

Bram Bos · Dec 24, 2001

Karl S. said:
Karl S. said:

Though the nice thing about the DW is that it's battery operated..

Click to expand...

The Image Bank is battery operated.

Only with the additional battery pack afaik. Or the European package
differs from the US version. Wouldn't surprise me. There's always more
goodies in the US boxes than in the Euro boxes.. with cameras there's
larger CF cards and NiMH chargers and stuff like that which we have
to buy separately. Anyway.. I should stop complaining about stuff like
that.. it's getting tired and it'll probably never change.

Bram

----------------------------------------------------------------------Amsterdam, The Netherlands http://www.pbase.com/brambos

Tom Chortes · Dec 24, 2001

Hello,

To get this product in Europe, go to http://www.card-media.co.uk

They promote the Image Bank 20GB with a free Hipower rechargeable battery pack

Bram Bos said:
Hey all,

sorry if this has been covered before.. the searchengine is
out of order for the past few hours so I haven't been able
to run a search for this topic.

I need mass storage for backpacking trips with my 4Mpx
camera (E-10) that can hold enough pics for at least a
4 week trip... The only (more or less) affordable option here
in Europe is the Sima Imagebank (as a rule of thumb, take
the US price and triple it). Does anyone have experiences
with the 20gig version? Good? Bad? Alternatives available to
us poor guys over here in the expensive parts of the world?

cheers,

Bram
--
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
http://www.pbase.com/brambos

--Guillaume

Temple · Dec 26, 2001

Bram .. I bought the Image Bank with no drive ($119.00 US) .. bought a 20 gig IBM Travelstar on Ebay ($110.00 US) .. to power it up I bought the Maha 7.2 volt lithium battery pack (I head that the IB can just power off unexpectedly with just AA batteries) .. anyway, the Maha was another $50.00 US ... I LOVE it .. works great..I have 20 gigs and it was less than $300.00 .. it ROCKS !... TNT

Bram Bos said:
Hey all,

sorry if this has been covered before.. the searchengine is
out of order for the past few hours so I haven't been able
to run a search for this topic.

I need mass storage for backpacking trips with my 4Mpx
camera (E-10) that can hold enough pics for at least a
4 week trip... The only (more or less) affordable option here
in Europe is the Sima Imagebank (as a rule of thumb, take
the US price and triple it). Does anyone have experiences
with the 20gig version? Good? Bad? Alternatives available to
us poor guys over here in the expensive parts of the world?

cheers,

Bram
--
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
http://www.pbase.com/brambos

--Temple http://www.austinphoto.com

Jay Horowitz · Dec 27, 2001

Temple... Where did you get an Image Bank for $119 ?

Thanks

Jay

Temple · Dec 27, 2001

found one locally .. used..someone who did not realize what he needed and wanted to sell it quickly and did so at a loss ... my loss his gain..

Jay Horowitz said:
Temple... Where did you get an Image Bank for $119 ?

Thanks

Jay

--Temple http://www.austinphoto.com

Bram Bos · Dec 28, 2001

Temple said:
found one locally .. used..someone who did not realize what he
needed and wanted to sell it quickly and did so at a loss ... my
loss his gain..

I've just ordered one here in Holland at http://www.kamera-express.nl
for Hfl.995,- ($415) which was the best price I could find for the
20gig version. Not too bad for European standards.

cheers,

Bram

----------------------------------------------------------------------Amsterdam, The Netherlands http://www.pbase.com/brambos

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