I only trust something where I can verify that the photos are
properly copied. I then burn a cd as backup.
therefore he is not only intelligent, but he makes everything else
look half-baked. Just teasing.
I like this solution and am moving toward using a file compare
program to compare what I have just loaded to the laptop with
what's on the CF card. I use a cardbus adapter and it has speeded
up my loads by a factor of 5 (I think). Very fast.
Also, this is the biggy -- laptops are a mature product. Image
tanks are not. So the laptops are well-developed for field use in
terms of being physically stable. Laptops are constantly pushing
for the outer limits in up-time. So you pick up a Dell and it has
like 8 hours you can run on the battery (or something rediculous
like that). When I'm shooting a wedding, I don't always have the
luxury of being able to plug in. Being able to verify with a
visual, and burn CDs is frosting on the cake. If you're hot to
eliminate a single point of failure, TWO laptops should suffice
(I'm trying to talk myself into it here). Or just stick one of
those portable drives on it. Enough already.
All the best whatever you decide.
