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I'm going on vacation later this month, 10 days in Spain and this fall I'll be 2 weeks in Egypt. I'm really doing alot more shots now with my TZ3, as I like to make som macro shots. How do you handle your photos when you don't bring a laptop?

Do you use several memory cards or do you carry a portable disk? The best would probably be a media player, but they are very expensive, at least here in Norway (€400-450).
 
Personally, I usually take a laptop....but use it for reviewing more than off-loading (although I get both benefits). If you are not shooting RAW, then you can fit 400-ish pictures on a 2Gig card. I carry several of these, and that's usually enough for a typical trip for me.

If you shoot RAW or plan to shoot 1000s of pics, then your media player idea is a good one....best of luck!
Evangelina said:
I'm going on vacation later this month, 10 days in Spain and this
fall I'll be 2 weeks in Egypt. I'm really doing alot more shots now
with my TZ3, as I like to make som macro shots. How do you handle
your photos when you don't bring a laptop?

Do you use several memory cards or do you carry a portable disk? The
best would probably be a media player, but they are very expensive,
at least here in Norway (€400-450).
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PSDs... Portable Storage Devices

Check the Storage & Media forum on DPR.

When I went to China, I used a Wolverine 60-GB MVP PSD for the 37-GB of images taken.

Basically, its a laptop hard drive in a small case. In the case of the MVP, it has slots for most of the major memory cards, has a 2.5" color LCD screen for viewing of images/movies and can be connected to a TV for viewing, as well.

There's a lot of alternatives out there ranging from 'do-it-yourself' where you buy the case and hard drive separate to models that are mini-laptops.

I chose the MVP due to its ability to view Nikon NEF; Pany RAW + MOV files; user replaceable batteries and hard drive. Refurbished units for $200.
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If you wanted to minimize luggage and cost while maximizing flexibility, I would suggest several 2 G or larger cards and a simple USB card reader. If you opt for larger than 2G, make certain the cards and reader are SDHC compatible. Each 2G card will fit more than 500 pictures at the TZ3's max quality level (two rows of bricks); in standard (1 row of bricks), more than 1000. A common understanding is that all that is affected is compression and for most purposes, standard works well.

If you find yourself in locations with computer access, you could winnow out the wheat from the chaff using the card reader. With the cards you could hold in one hand you could take literally thousands of pictures (including the card reader)

Regardless of what you do, enjoy the trip and take lots of pictures. I would hate to have you miss a picture because you run out of card space.

JimW203
 
Lots of good advice already here.

My tips:

Take lots of cards, they are cheap, buy them or borrow them.

Make sure you have enough batteries too.

Wherever you go there will be an internet cafe, use them to burn your pics onto CDs, or DVDs. Check that your pics really are on the CD on a different computer to that which burnt it, possibly get 2Cds burnt just in case, put them in different luggage, or split between hand luggage and checked luggage.

Tanks etc are also a workable idea.

WHATEVER you do make sure that you are 100% comfortable with it, practice it before you go. I had a friend who tried to learn using an image tank on the road, it didn't work, they had a bent pin on the connector.

Enjoy the trip.

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Depending on where you travel, you can almost always find a photo shop which will burn your files to a DVD or CD. The only problem is a CD holds only 650 MB or files. The best burn would be to DVD which would give you over 4.5GB of files. On cruise ship they tend to use CDs and decrease the file size to shove them all onto the CD (not good). I plan on traveling with 3 x 2GB SD media cards for my FZ8 and delete the unwanted as I go. You can always find the cards on sale and it's less stuff to carry and less work than hauling the laptop, the charger and cables and then having to do all the work involved.

I have however seen folks with computers share their photos after a tour to get the shots from others who "got a better shot" than they did. In fact, one guy even burned DVDs of the trip to share with others. Too much work for me.

Wes
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So far, I have been able to get CD's burned from my SD cards without any problems. Camera shops, internet cafe and such will do it, very inexpensivly.

I get two burned, keep one, mail the other home.

Hope this helps -Erik
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I have two 2Gb Sandisk Ultra II cards, each of which will hold close to 600 full resolution JPEG's when used with a TZ3. I also carry a 40GB image tank I purchased last year for $130US...like having twenty more 2GB cards for the price of five or six more 2GB cards.
 
I just heard a horror story involving a friend who had a TZ3, took it with him to Galapagos, had 100s of great shots already in the cards, then LOST it, and the cards along with it! So keep the camera separate from the memory medium, whatever you do.

I think that extra SD cards are the best security, since they're easily kept right on your person, in a pocket or wherever you can keep them securely on you body. Once you get traveling and accumulating photos, it doesn't take long before the value of the photos exceeds the value of the camera itself. You can always buy a new camera, but you can't buy back weeks of photo opportunities!
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I take a 1000 photos a day when in an interesting place so a digital wallet makes sense for me......I use the hyperdrive with a 100gb hd. when I purchased it....it was the fastest and best battery life of all them but thats likely changed by now.
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Just trying to learn and it's slow going!
 
Thanks to all of you!

I don't know if I would find or trust a photoshop in Upper Egypt, but maybe I'm all wrong. I guess I'll carry a few more SD Cards this time and see how it works. Or try a photoshop on my way if available.

Maybe I'll buy a small image tank later.

And as one of you pointed out, the photos are more of a value than the camera itself and I certainly agree. Every vacation or trip is special although not all are a "one in a lifetime" experience. And I don't want to mess with my photos.

Thanks again!
 
I bring extra memory cards. Last year, for our trip to Morocco and Paris, I bought a video ipod and used the photo adapter to upload the photos. Much easier than carrying around my ibook. We'll be visiting Oslo in December this year. Looking forward to seeing your beautiful city!
Regards,
Daniel
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danielsonkin said:
I bring extra memory cards. Last year, for our trip to Morocco and
Paris, I bought a video ipod and used the photo adapter to upload the
photos. Much easier than carrying around my ibook. We'll be
visiting Oslo in December this year. Looking forward to seeing your
beautiful city!
Regards,
Daniel
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I also thought of buying one of those, I guess that would be multible use. I don't carry my laptop unless I go on business trips.

Wishing you the very best for your Oslo trip, hoping you'll enjoy Norway!

PS! Visited your photosite, beautiful ! I have alot to learn.....
 
I went on a short vacation with friends to a great place and was amazed that they took less than 100 shots in four days. I was shooting 700 to 1000 every day. Back home, when they saw a bunch of my shots they were surprised at how much they hadn't noticed on the trip and wanted a DVD of all I had taken.

The point...Different people need storage for different amounts. I always take my laptop and have at least three 2g cards for each camera.

Another thought for you...I would never go anywhere without a backup camera in case something happens to one.

What ever you decide...Have a great time on both of your trips! I'm envious.

gbH
 
Evangelina said:
I also thought of buying one of those, I guess that would be multible
use. I don't carry my laptop unless I go on business trips.
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They are very cool! I have gotten hours and hours of enjoyment out of my ipod, music, podcasts and a backup of my photos on my ibook.
Evangelina said:
Wishing you the very best for your Oslo trip, hoping you'll enjoy
Norway!
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Thank you. We are looking forward to it.
Evangelina said:
PS! Visited your photosite, beautiful ! I have alot to learn.....
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Thank you very much!
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John Reed said:
I just heard a horror story involving a friend who had a TZ3, took it with him to Galapagos, had 100s of great shots already in the cards, then LOST it, and the cards along with it! So keep the camera separate from the memory medium, whatever you do.
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danielsonkin said:
I think that extra SD cards are the best security, since they're easily kept right on your person, in a pocket or wherever you can keep them securely on you body. Once you get traveling and accumulating photos, it doesn't take long before the value of the photos exceeds the value of the camera itself. You can always buy a new camera, but you can't buy back weeks of photo opportunities!
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Gotta' admit, I haven't taken any significant trips recently (can't leave the ancient dog at home, she'd mourn) and the price of cards has come down so much, that keeping the cards on one's person (Altoids box??) does seem like a good solution.

Guess I'd avoid extra-large cards because of the 'lost camera' thing. The larger the card, the greater the loss.

Cheers -Erik
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