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01/23/2004 06:20:22 PM · #1 |
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I'm going to be needing lots of storage space over the next couple of months, can anyone give pros/cons to using one of these 30gig image tanks? It seems cool enough, but do they short out? Just worried about losing all my work..thanks.
Message edited by author 2004-01-23 18:20:50. |
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01/23/2004 06:31:17 PM · #2 |
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01/23/2004 06:33:17 PM · #3 |
You should also look into products from X-Drive and Archos; search under "digital wallets."
My friend took an X-Drive on a 3 week trip to Australia and had no problems. I have an older Archos unit which sometimes has trouble reading a SmartMedia card directly via its own card-reader adapter, but I've had no problems in its function as a USB hard drive on either Mac or PC.
In general, they are great. Do some research on reliability before you decide on a particular unit. Try dpreview.com and cnet.com |
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01/23/2004 06:33:31 PM · #4 |
Pros-Almost Unlimited space. 30GB wow.
-Viewing screen. Big plus.
-Perfect for trips especially overseas, or extented stays
-Using it as a harddrive
-Cheaper then buying a ton of CF's.
-Small, compact.
Cons-Carry extra batteries for unit.
-Carry extra batteries for camera because you can take more pictures
-Potential of losing 30Gb of pictures.
-Better have a huge hardrive to download 30Gb of pictures.
-Only reads CF reader.
-Big purchase one time purchase.
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01/23/2004 07:42:42 PM · #5 |
I'm looking into the "terapin mine" - anyone have any experience with it? It's 10 gb and has a USB master/slave config. so you don't even have to remove your card from your camera to download your pix. Can be bought on eBay for $140 or less right now.
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01/23/2004 07:51:31 PM · #6 |
Anyone familiar with the Micro Solutions Roadstor?
This is a CD writer that takes digicam media. My perception is that not having a HDD as the mobile meium is the advantage because as mentioned above if the drive is damaged you have lost the lot whereas if at the end of every day (a 650MBs worth of shots) you burn a CD and store it safely for loading onto the PC after the away trip & CDs are unlikley to be affected by environmental changes compared to a HDD based unit.
Tough though portable HHD units are if it takes a hard jarring while the disk is being accessed the potential for damage is very high - or am I being over critical????
As for viewing the images it has no screen but you can connect it to a TV! |
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01/23/2004 07:58:43 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by visitor:
Anyone familiar with the Micro Solutions Roadstor?
This is a CD writer that takes digicam media. My perception is that not having a HDD as the mobile meium is the advantage because as mentioned above if the drive is damaged you have lost the lot whereas if at the end of every day (a 650MBs worth of shots) you burn a CD and store it safely for loading onto the PC after the away trip & CDs are unlikley to be affected by environmental changes compared to a HDD based unit.
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Quite a few of these portable CD Writers have come out in the market with card reader slots lately. I really like the idea because you're going to burn them onto a CD when you get home anyways. You can do multi-sessions on the disk too. Blank cds are so cheap now.
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01/23/2004 09:27:38 PM · #8 |
In case anyone's interested (and this seems to come up every so often), here's a thread I started about storage units. I've listed quite a few, my final choice, as well as a couple of links comparing various units.
I highly recommend the Tripper. Based on my own limited testing, you can transfer about 5G per battery charge. |
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01/23/2004 09:42:48 PM · #9 |
how many images did you take to fill 15G's?
how many rolls of film would that have been equivelant too?
you have to keep your storage capacity needs in mind of course.
but lets keep realistic storage needs in mind. |
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01/23/2004 09:55:53 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by soup:
how many images did you take to fill 15G's? |
It was roughly 2500 (RAW format) images (or about 70 rolls of film), but I expected to shoot much more than that. Environmental conditions (and certain time constraints) proved less than ideal for shooting. |
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01/23/2004 09:56:27 PM · #11 |
I just purchased the 40gig Tripper and love it. Easy to use. The battery life is a little less than I expected, but I know that now and will be able to work around it.
It was well under $300.
Thanks to dwoolridge's help
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01/23/2004 10:06:19 PM · #12 |
my point it is easy enough to capture details of an experience with much less storage. i personally try to travel with as little expensive equipment as possible. most of it is in one bag, and if its lost or stolen or damaged, and all the equipment is lost, the less you have the less you lose.
i would prefer to review periodically, and weed out whats worth keeping than deal with 15G's upon landing...
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01/26/2004 10:50:58 AM · #13 |
I discussed large drives with a pro photographer this weekend and she said she never uses anything larger than a 1gig drive [and that sparingly] since they're actual drives, therefore delicate: drop it once and you've lost everything on it and chances are you've ruined the drive entirely. They're not sturdy like CF or memory cards. That's reason enough for me not to invest period...I'm a total clutz.
Thanks for all your replies :-)
Message edited by author 2004-01-26 10:51:33. |
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