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downloading from cfcard to external hd

Started Apr 14, 2013 | Questions thread
DavidF Regular Member • Posts: 453
Re: downloading from cfcard to external hd

Ken, thanks again for your info. on this.

I was just looking at a Glyph Portagig 50 external HD. It can be powered by a separate DC power source (charger included) or by a USB port/USB port attached to Y-cable (also included, I think).

I wrote them to ask what the file formatting is, FAT32, etc, to make sure it's compatible with the NMI app.You can buy them from the company or B&H (BH lists a number of portable drives, which are powered by AC/DC).

This might be a good way to provide backup, but as you've pointed out, it means bringing along another device, charger, cables, etc.

Right now I have about eight 16GB SD cards; for an upcoming trip, I'm thinking of getting another 3-4 cards, and I have a few flash drives I can use for back up also.

This is a more portable, slightly less expensive way to go, though it doesn't give me as much memory space (the Glyph HDs come in 500GB on up I think). I suppose if I was going on a longer trip, then I'd look into a portable HD or a dedicated photo storage device, like ones made by Wolverine.

Regards, David

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