Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jay, Depends on what you are looking for. If you are only using SD cards, any laptop will have a built in reader that will suffice. The problems in backup usually come when multiple types of cards are involved - for my safaris, I could use XQD, CF and SD cards on my Nikons. The Hyperdrive at least solves two problems, and as I generally do not carry a laptop with me, I do not use the XQD cards in my D4, but buy the fastest CF cards available every year. If you buy a bare Hyperdrive and put in your own hard disk, it will work out cheaper. I normally carry two Hyperdrives, and make two backups, just to be on the safe side. Actually, if you are organized very well, the best and probably safest backup, both in terms of cards and images, would be to carry tons of 8GB or 16GB SD cards, and not to reuse them. It would be very inexpensive as long as you do not want the fastest cards... Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 11:23 AM, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> wrote: > That may be, but the Western Digital is 1/3 the price... > > Jay > > > On 9/3/2014 10:33 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > >> A Hyperdrive is much better, you have multiple card slots. Been using them >> for years and years now for backup on trips with no problems at all. For >> us poor XQD card users, there are no solutions that I know of, but a card >> reader! >> >> http://www.hypershop.com/HyperDrive/UDMA-2/ >> >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 7:42 AM, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> >> wrote: >> >> Good option for photographers away from home... >>> >>> http://gizmodo.com/this-new-wireless-hard-drive-cuts-out- >>> cords-and-adds-an-1630039551 >>> >>> or >>> >>> http://tinyurl.com/na4xjzw >>> >>> Jay >>> >> > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >