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I will be travelling to Cambodia and Thailand in a month or so and do not want to carry my computer with me. The trip will last (3) weeks, and I plan on taking a lot of pictures. I will take my 40D with my 17-55, 10-22 and 70-200 2.8. I currently have 2-16Gb cards and 4-4Gb cards. I shoot raw+Ljpg. My plan is to upload files to a device each night. My question is which device should I purchase? I really don't want to carry my computer with me, and I am looking for a viable alternative.

All input will be appreciated.

Eric
 
...travel light...you will shot a lot...the dynamic range of your camera will not be able to handle the wide disparities between light-light and dark-jungle dark.

So go easy on yourself...shoot jpegs....and enjoy.

Don't let the photography become or be a burden.

Climbing the Bayon temple at Angkor Thom, even starting before dawn at Angkor Wat, I had sweated so much that it ran down my arms and into my camera, shorting it out.

Go figure.

There is an official Canon Repair facility in Bangkok if you have problems (very good people)...Pictures are nice, even important, but shorting out my camera was the best thing that happened to me.

YMMV

Enjoy.

Best Wishes, Traveller
 
Thanks. I hadn't really considered shooting jpgs, but I will certainly consider it. It might make life a little easier in terms of storage. In three weeks I can generate a lot of pictures!

...any need to take a macro lens?
 
shot RAW or Jpeg only.
Having both is just a waste of disk space.

the RAW to Jpeg processing is a batch and takes PC time but not much effort and person time to setup and the results are much better than in camera jpegs.
 
Have you considered something like a Samsung NC10? 10in screen, very portable, 6hr battery life, and 160GB storage, that could easily be upgraded to 250 or 320GB for a small additional amount? Would probably cost less than one of those media viewers/storage devices, although obviously larger and not quite as easy to travel with.

Also consider shooting just RAW. I personally don't see the point in shooting RAW+JPG when you're going to edit the RAWs and convert to JPG anyway, and you'll save yourself several MB per shot that way.
 
Fast 16GB compact flash cards are relatively cheap nowadays, I can get a 133X card for £32 here in the UK I'm sure you can get them a lot cheaper in the States. 10X 16 compact flash 160GB storage, no need to back up and less likelihood of complete back up failure.

Nigel
 
They make a lot of "storage only" devices. No screen for preview. I went with the Epson P2000, now called the P3000. A little over $400. 40gig hard drive with lots of storage options. Big screen for viewing RAW files without converting them to JPG. It's worth looking at. Down load the CF cards to the P3000 then have a slide show of what you've done that day.
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I use a Toshiba NB-200 to backup photos when I'm away for a while. It's very similar to the NC10, just slightly newer. 160Gb HD, and a eight-hour battery life. 10 inch screen is small, but good enough for a bit of Lightroom or similar. And if you get an internet connection at any point, you can start uploading them to online storage or whatever.

It fits in my bag easily - it's a little bigger than a hardbacked book, and weighs one kilo.
HTH
 
... offload pics each night?

I guess you will only be taking a couple of 4gb cards with you then? I just spent a week in Borneo shooting RAW and didn't fill one of my 16gb cards, either above or below the water. Will you really need that much storage?

Sorry, don't mean to sound so amazed but ... I am! My last trip across Siberia for 3 weeks with the 40D gave me two almost full 16gb cards.

:?
Mred32
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When basic laptops were expensive there were a few devices that were just 2.5" HDD + card reader in a box running off batteries (Archos, etc.) that were attractive cheaper alternatives. You an now get basic micro notebooks for ~$250 (I saw an Acer at Costco for that price 2 weeks ago...and that's in Canada.)

You don't even need a card reader adapter--you can just go from the camera to the laptop with a USB cable.

Additionaly you can use the laptop to shoot tethered if you're so inclined.

No reason to "offload" to anything else these days.
 
Traveller said:
...travel light...you will shot a lot...the dynamic range of your camera will not be able to handle the wide disparities between light-light and dark-jungle dark.

So go easy on yourself...shoot jpegs....and enjoy.

Don't let the photography become or be a burden.
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Best Wishes, Traveller
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I agree. I've never been sorry to shoot only L/F jpg on trips, and I travel quite a bit and I travel light. I don't take a laptop (weight and bulk) and I live fine without it. I do take multiple CF cards which weigh nothing. I always keep a couple of extras in my bag, and lock the others in my luggage at the hotel.

I find L/F jpgs are a lot quicker to download than RAW when I get home, and easier and quicker to pp for MY purposes. Others differ I know. But others aren't ME and I think we all have to do what works best for our circumstances.

I seldom print larger than 8 x 10 ,and my pictures look great at that size. I've even printed a few of them at 11 x 14 and they look good, especially on matte paper.

I agree with Traveller above. Travel light, shoot a lot and edit as you go along in the evenings when you are back at your hotel. It's fun seeing what you did that day and dumping the excess baggage images to make room for tomorrow's pictures.

carolyn

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When I travelled to Vancouver a couple of years ago I took my Epsom P2000. Good to have. Offloaded the CF cards every night.

I would shoot RAW only. No need for both. Especially the person that said the jungle is too light & dark...even more reason to shoot RAW where you will get at least an extra 2 stops of DR headroom. Also you can make adjustments much easier. you have lots of cards so with any backup device you should be fine or as was recommended you can buy some cheap 16GB or 32GB cards so you don't even have to backup. Unless you are shooting stuff that you need the fastest available card speed, even cheapo's will work.
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I understand the reasons for shooting jpeg, but I would never shoot jpeg, RAW would be my only choice... You wont' be able to get back there to shoot a picture because you under/over exposed a shot, or wrong wb, etc...

For data storage, I've been using Epson P-2000 for last 4 years and worked great so far... Not the best battery performance, but I'm ok with it...

Last week there was a thread that touched data storage as well; take a look at that...

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1019&message=33049267
Emauss said:
Thanks. I hadn't really considered shooting jpgs, but I will certainly consider it. It might make life a little easier in terms of storage. In three weeks I can generate a lot of pictures!

...any need to take a macro lens?
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Akin
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and I've taken a lot of pictures with my family members here. Last Xmas I sat the P2000 on the fire place mantal and let it run. Everybody there spent at least a few minutes watching the slide show. People like to see them selfs. In any case, it was a second use for the thing. I'm sure everybody in your famly will be thrilled to see your edited travel photos the next time you all get togeather. Set it up at workd with the last Xmas party pictures. People will love it.
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Taking pictures is easy, making them art is hard. (al nunley)
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I've used a Vosonic 8360 drive for a couple of years now. It works very well. It has 40gb storage and all I have to do is insert my card and transfer photos over. Then format card and start again. On return home I just transfer photos fronm the Vosonic to my computer. The pictures can be seen on the device and ones that aren't good enough deleted straight away.
 
First of all, thank you all for your input.

I really don't want to leave any data on a card I will be using. Because of my IT background I tend to be a little over cautions, and re-using a devise with irreplaceable data on it is not considered "best practice". That is the reason for the upload each night (or a whole bunch of cards!)

I was not aware that I could view a .CR2 file directly without converting it to JPG. If that is so, there really is no reason to shoot RAW + JPG. I will check this out and probably modify the way I shoot.

I have considered the net-books and even though the cost is in the right range, they are still substantially larger and heavier than a dedicated storage/viewer.

Thanks again,
Eric
 
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