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well, Smart Disk Photobank #2 got up and running. It downloaded the photos from my card fine, but I cannot upload them to my Powerbook. It's going back to the store in the AM. Two units, zero satisfaction. I'm not getting another one.

Strange. I rarely have so little luck with photographic or electronic equipment.

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Mike
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Sorry,

So close yet so far, I'm on the big island.

If i was a better swimmer I might attempt the 20 mile swim but...you know, i dont trust my K-10D's weather seals THAT much ;)

Have a great trip,

M

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Hi From High In HI.
 
Does it support high-capacity SD cards? From the description it is not clear.

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Cheers,

Igelfeld
 
8 2GB SD-cards. Compact, robust, no batteries, cheaper than many HD's and by not keeping all the pictures in one place the changes for loosing everything because of hardware failure is small.
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DagT
 
Hi,

surprised no-one has mentioned them. About three years ago I bought an Apacer CD-writer gadget. Has multi-card reader built in, you just stick in the memory and a blank, and off it goes. It also spans automaticaly over several discs as needed, and will let you use a partially empty disc till it is full. It can also verify the CD after writing by comparing to the card copy again, something that gives me much peace of mind.

It is also idependently useful as a computer DVD reader CD-rw drive and card reader over USB2 and as DVD player if you have a TV to plug it into. You can also review your pictures on a TV but I've never really used that. Suprisingly the USB DVD/card reader features have saved they day for me on several occasions (helping someone install windows on a machine with broken CD drive, writing to discs that my computer's CD-RW drive didn't like, playing DVDs that my computers DVD drive didn't like, used as card reader when my heavily used USB2 card reader broke, showing my grandma who doesn't own a DVD player DVDs on her TV when I visited, etc.)

Anyway, I've written 100s of CDs using it and traveled all over with it. Pretty nifty. DVD-RW models were coming out just as I left on a trip but I couldn't wait, but certainly for the same money I'd buy a DVD model today. Personally I don't like storage tanks, since HDDs are too frail for my paranoid personality, and the only way to make 2 copies is to use two photo tanks. I just make two CD copies, then keep the one copy on me and mail the second home as backup.

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but we've lost the magic
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I bought a Delkin cd writer on a trip. It is okay but takes forever to burn cds and the battery is only good for 2-3 cds. I can fill up cards faster than it can fill up discs shooting raw. Will buy one of the hard drive models next. Worried about one that doesn't show pics. How do you know its really on the hard drive? Would hate to delete all the cards and find out the drive didn't work. Wish K10D had video/usb input to use its screen to check hard drive.

On hard drives does it confuse them to use multiple cameras (even different brands) at a time? Have more than 1 digital camera. At least 2 different brands.
thanks
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barondla
 
For me, the P-2000 is the perfect travel companion. It's small enough to go in your photo bag, which let's my wife and I review our photos at meals, etc. Nothing qquite like sitting at a sidewalk cafe looking at your photos of the day on that beautiful and detailed Epson screen.

Add to that the fact that I use it for listening to MP3s on our flights and it's an ideal travel companion.

I've had mine for a few years now. It's been all over the world and afforded us much pleasure, in addition to being dead reliable. Really, It's a great solution.
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lawprofkk
 
I just spent three weeks in Europe with three cameras and no Laptop - I did carry two Jobo 40 Gig Backup drives. They were cheap and I used two for redundancy. They both functioned very well (no issues at all) and I only had to charge them once on the trip. It was great not to have to worry about a Laptop on this trip.

On local trips where I carry a laptop - I save to the internal drive and I burn a few DVD's or CD's of the images as backup in case the Laptop's drive fails.

Cheap insurance.

HTH - Steve H.
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Glad to have digital cameras.... :-)
 
I also have the Apacer and will be taking it on my next trip tomorrow. The time it takes to write CDs isn't a major problem, just set it up in the hotel room and go for a beer. When I bought it it was an economical solution. These days it is probably cheaper just to buy more cards and wait till you get home before transferring the photos. I would be doing that in fact if the cards I had ordered had turned up in time. Grrr! However I will be happy to be getting more mileage out of the old Apacer.

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I just saw that 8GB SD cards are now just above $100 (probably less in less expensive countries) - very soon we'll be at 1 cent per RAW picture! Or maybe still 5 cent if you look a little ahead and assume a 33mpix 645D ;-)

This means that it's already not that expensive to never reuse SD cards. The next logical step will be to keep two copies of each. I.e., the ultimate travel gizmo will be a tiny box with two SD slots that just does duplication for backup :-)

(Oh boy, and I just invested the equivalent of a 2 or 4GB SD Card in a new back for my LX - and now I can't really afford to ever use film again ;-))
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Espen
 
brickZA said:
Hi,

surprised no-one has mentioned them. About three years ago I bought
an Apacer CD-writer gadget. Has multi-card reader built in, you
just stick in the memory and a blank, and off it goes. It also
spans automaticaly over several discs as needed, and will let you
use a partially empty disc till it is full. It can also verify the
CD after writing by comparing to the card copy again, something
that gives me much peace of mind.
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I looked at one of these when I first got my *ist D, but then my CF cards were 250meg each, I could fit 3 CF cards on 1 CD. But now all my SD cards are 2 gig, that would be 3 CDs per SD card and I have 6 SD cards. I would have to carry luggage just for CD media.

I like the HD based solution, I'm not worried about HD failure. I have the Wolverine MVP and like the fact that I can carry my music with me as well as store my photos.

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Les
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brew1brew said:
I like the HD based solution, I'm not worried about HD failure.
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There are two kinds of people. Those who trust HDs and those who have never had a drive fail... Unfortunately, I fall into the latter category.

I vouch for multiple SD cards and DVD-Rs at cafes. If I knew of a small portable unit that copied a SD directly to a second SD, that's what I would vouch for (I'm sure they exist, but have never looked). I carry my laptop wrapped in Saran Wrap because working while traveling finances my trips. I immediately make a DVD copy and also back-up to a computer on-line at my parent's place because they have broadband and can reboot or turn on the computer if WAKE-ON-LAN fails. If that computer is not accessible, I back-up to our corporate webserver.

I have had every type of media fail so whatever you choose, HAVE TWO COPIES on different types of media, geographically separated, as quickly as possible. I trust webserver HDs, desktop HDs, SDs, CDs, DVDs, laptop HDs, portable HDs and mp3 player HDs in that order. Only buy Taiyo Yuden optical discs. You can't lose or have stolen, anything that you've backed up on-line. If you shoot jpeg, backing up to gmail is free. At internet cafes, don't use their set-up but boot a PuppyLinux CD.
 
brew1brew said:
brickZA said:
Hi,
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I looked at one of these when I first got my *ist D, but then my CF
cards were 250meg each, I could fit 3 CF cards on 1 CD. But now all
my SD cards are 2 gig, that would be 3 CDs per SD card and I have 6
SD cards. I would have to carry luggage just for CD media.
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Which would be where a DVD based solution would come in, such as

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details-print.asp?EdpNo=1892395&Sku=S167-4060

or

http://shop.cd-writer.com/acatalog/ALL_PRODUCTS_DVD_BurnAway_Portable_DVD_CD_Burner_for_Media_Card_1620.html
brew1brew said:
I like the HD based solution, I'm not worried about HD failure. I
have the Wolverine MVP and like the fact that I can carry my music
with me as well as store my photos.

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Les
anthisphoto.smugmug.com
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You know its kind of tragic
We live in the new word
but we've lost the magic
-- Battery 9 http://www.battery9.co.za
 
Kingston has a rebate on SD cards, expiring in a day or two, but good only at some dealers, like Adorama and B and H. Pick some up.
MatLG said:
Ill be spending one week in Hawaii this July and am considering
some different options for storing my pictures without bringing my
laptop. Now I am a bit trigger happy and am prone to taking a lot
of pictures (not necessarily a bad thing in my opinion). Id also
like to shoot in RAW rather than JPEG. As of right now I only have
5GB of SD cards and have a very good feeling this will not be
enough.

I looking into some other options rather than buying a ton of SD
cards. I've heard of portable hard drives that have a SD reader to
transfer your pictures to the drive but dont much about them or of
a particular brand. Also I was wondering if I had another option.
Any incite would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Mat
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