Comparison of Storage Devices

[kja40]

I am looking to purchase either: Epson P5000 or Wolverine ESP 120 or Digital Focci 120 GB. Any suggestion?

Thanks,

Keith

 

[mgordon58]

I recently bought the wolverine esp 5000 and I have a Canon 5D. I am returning it. I wanted it to be able to view my RAW files when I am on a shoot. The RAW files were blurred. They looked fine on the computer, but not on the Wolverine. Their support was no help, although they did try. I am still searching for something although I may just use a laptop.

 

[lageir]

Don't know if this helps, but I just got the Jobo Digital Giga Vu PRO. So far so good.

Very good screen: sharp, good zoom function, has a loupe function that is useful. And handles Nikon D300 raw files no problem. Easy to use. Pretty quick for copying from CF and easy transfer then from that to laptop.

 

[digital4dummies.com]

Well a laptop could cost a couple hundred less than an Epson P500, have a bigger screen, burn CDs, access the Internet, and run software. Is space-saving worth spending more for less?

Dave

I am looking to purchase either: Epson P5000 or Wolverine ESP 120 or
Digital Focci 120 GB. Any suggestion?

Thanks,

Keith

 

[MarcosV]

Well a laptop could cost a couple hundred less than an Epson P500,
have a bigger screen, burn CDs, access the Internet, and run
software. Is space-saving worth spending more for less?

You can't always carry a laptop wherever you travel. You are also seriously stuck if you aren't near an electrical outlet when your laptop battery runs down and you need to offload images from your memory cards.

I prefer the Nexto M1. That's $120 for the enclosure plus the cost of the 2.5" hard drive (~$75 for a 160GB or $120 for a 250GB). So less than the cost of a modest $500 laptop, I can have two storage units for redundancy small enough to lock up in a room safe and small/light enough to carry with you. These units also do fast data integrity checks (not full bit checking, though it's good enough for most uses) and typically blows away transfer speeds to laptops using USB card readers. You could power it using 4 AA batteries if you need to increase autonomy beyond it's built-in Li-Ion battery.

The Epson P500 transfer data too slowly and costs too much. I'd rather get a Hyperdrive ColorSpace for $220 price hard drive if I really needed the screen.

Problem with burning to DVDs is that if you shoot RAW, you're looking at burning a LOT of DVDs. Also burning to DVDs takes a lot of time using those slow laptop DVD burners. If you don't shoot RAW or have lots of time to back up to DVDs, I agree backing up to DVDs is great. You can mail copies of your data home or share copies of your images to others.

My favorite combination is carrying both a laptop and at least one portable storage unit for redundancy. Then you got maximum flexibility.

Having one of these PSUs also gives you an external storage drive that has its own battery --- which comes in handy if you got a laptop that can't drive its USB port at 1 amp in order to spinup an external drive. So a PSU really does complement a laptop when you're on-the-go.

 

[jmark]

Don't know if this helps, but I just got the Jobo Digital Giga Vu
PRO. So far so good.

Very good screen: sharp, good zoom function, has a loupe function
that is useful. And handles Nikon D300 raw files no problem. Easy
to use. Pretty quick for copying from CF and easy transfer then from
that to laptop.

I have a mint JOBO GIGA Vu PRO evolution 40 GB portable storage device for sale. Email me if interested. Thanks.

 

[Rdefen]

One data point for you.

My Epson died on me not once, but twice. The first time Epson fixed it. The second time it was out of warranty. Now I use it as a paper weight.

 

[jmark]

Don't know if this helps, but I just got the Jobo Digital Giga Vu
PRO. So far so good.

Very good screen: sharp, good zoom function, has a loupe function
that is useful. And handles Nikon D300 raw files no problem. Easy
to use. Pretty quick for copying from CF and easy transfer then from
that to laptop.

I have a mint JOBO GIGA Vu PRO evolution 40 GB portable storage
device for sale. Email me if interested. Thanks.

My Jobo is now on Ebay if anyone wants it.