Belkin Digital Camera Link for iPod

[jrpelayo]

Does anyone know if the SD10 is compatible with the Belkin Digital Camera Link for iPod? The Belkin website does not list the camera as a tested one that works with their product.

Or, in Belkin's own words, is the SD10 a mass-storage DCF-format or PTP-compliant device?

Thinking about getting one so that I can empty my CF card into my iPod during an upcoming vacation.

Any insights you can share will be most appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Raymond

 

[Dominic Groß]

I am pretty sure that it does not support ptp, so the Camera link is imoh not a good idea. The Belkin Media Reader seems to be the better choice as it should backup from the CF card, this should work.

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[Kendall Helmstetter Gelner]

Does anyone know if the SD10 is compatible with the Belkin Digital
Camera Link for iPod? The Belkin website does not list the camera
as a tested one that works with their product.

Or, in Belkin's own words, is the SD10 a mass-storage DCF-format or
PTP-compliant device?

I had thought the SD10 just mounted when I plugged in the cable - I'll have to try but am not sure.

However, it is with heavy heart that I must say I don't think the device is a very good idea, especially for the SD10 user.

To start with it requires its own batteries - it does not just run off the iPod power. So you have two sets of batteries to charge.

Then I have heard it drains the iPod battery terribly fast. Some reports say a full iPod charge will just manage to copy a single 512MB card! That's heresay though, and I don't know anything abou the battery life of the Belkin unit alone.

Lastly it is very slow, USB speeds for transfer it seems like - which is bad use for the generally large raw files the SD10 generates. I really don't understand how this can be when you see how fast files are transferred to the unit via Firewire.

If you were shooting ten JPG's a day it might make for a decent solution for holding images. But for any really heavy shooting you are really going to want a dedicated storage device.

I know where you are coming from, as I really wanted to justify the purchase of a much larger 40GB+ iPod to replace my older 5GB one (which is actually still working just fine). I still even hold out some hope such a device will exist someday, I just don't think the Belkin devices are a very good solution at the moment I would even pay a lot more (like $200) for a really well built unit that would let me use an Ipod as a portable photo storage device as the rest of the time I could use it for other things. So, I wait...

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[Dave Stewart]

Kendall,

I found this post from you last July 28th 2004 - and wondered if you ever did find a more attrackive mass media repository for your SD9/10 pictures without resorting to lugging a laptop around with you.

Anyone else found a device to enable .x3k backup?

The post is here for your recollection. Rgds Pom

Does anyone know if the SD10 is compatible with the Belkin Digital
Camera Link for iPod? The Belkin website does not list the camera
as a tested one that works with their product.

Or, in Belkin's own words, is the SD10 a mass-storage DCF-format or
PTP-compliant device?

I had thought the SD10 just mounted when I plugged in the cable - I'll have to try but am not sure.

However, it is with heavy heart that I must say I don't think the device is a very good idea, especially for the SD10 user.

To start with it requires its own batteries - it does not just run off the iPod power. So you have two sets of batteries to charge.

Then I have heard it drains the iPod battery terribly fast. Some reports say a full iPod charge will just manage to copy a single 512MB card! That's heresay though, and I don't know anything abou the battery life of the Belkin unit alone.

Lastly it is very slow, USB speeds for transfer it seems like - which is bad use for the generally large raw files the SD10 generates. I really don't understand how this can be when you see how fast files are transferred to the unit via Firewire.

If you were shooting ten JPG's a day it might make for a decent solution for holding images. But for any really heavy shooting you are really going to want a dedicated storage device.

I know where you are coming from, as I really wanted to justify the purchase of a much larger 40GB+ iPod to replace my older 5GB one (which is actually still working just fine). I still even hold out some hope such a device will exist someday, I just don't think the Belkin devices are a very good solution at the moment I would even pay a lot more (like $200) for a really well built unit that would let me use an Ipod as a portable photo storage device as the rest of the time I could use it for other things. So, I wait...

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---> Kendall
http://www.pbase.com/kgelner
http://www.pbase.com/sigmasd9/user_home
Summer Shoot:
http://www.pbase.com/kgelner/sigmachangingseasonsiibyday

 

[Kendall Helmstetter Gelner]

Kendall,

I found this post from you last July 28th 2004 - and wondered if
you ever did find a more attrackive mass media repository for your
SD9/10 pictures without resorting to lugging a laptop around with
you.

Anyone else found a device to enable .x3k backup?

The post is here for your recollection. Rgds Pom

I sitll use a Nixvue Vista portable storage device, really just about any of the portable hard drive solutions should work. There is a model someone sells currently that actually can see at least the thumbnails in X3F files, I forget the name - it seemed a bit bulky though. While it would be cool to use the iPod there is something to be said for a device dedicated to backing up photos.

I really wish the P2000 could understand X3F thumbnails, then it would be worth getting. Otherwise it's kind of expesnive if you aren't going to be using that nice screen.

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