Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]50-60 min. to download a 1gb card seems pretty prohibitive to me. Especially if you need to be sure your iPod is fully charged before you begin. Several reviews I read pointed out that if your iPod battery expires during transfer, everything simply stops - without telling you what has been transfered and what hasn't. Having to be connected to AC kind of defeats the purpose. I'd also be very reluctant to wipe and reuse a 1 gb card in the field until I'd actually seen the images on my computer screen verifying their transfer. Apparently in a normal transfer, the iPod/Card Reader combination does not provide a confirmation. There is a way you can get it to confirm transfer, but this adds 20-30% to the transfer time. I have a 40gb iPod I take almost everywhere, but when shooting away from home, I use a CF to PCMCIA card adapter to load images into my PowerBook and then, before wiping the card, I also transfer the images via firewire from the PowerBook to a SmartDisk portable firewire 60gb hard drive that's easily pocketable or can be stored in the depths of my suitcase. iPod as computer substitute backup is a good idea, but I'm not convinced the bugs have been worked out yet. Of course, if you're only talking about a 128mb card or a smaller volume of pictures, it will probably work quite well. Bryan On Sep 12, 2004, at 11:48 AM, B. D. Colen wrote: > I've used it - but not for any major transfer. It did seem a tad slow. > On the other hand, as I use 1 gig cards, even if it takes a long time > to > down load, when I start downloading I'll start shooting with a fresh > one > gig card, so speed isn't as much of an issue. The recharging may be, > but > I have a charger for the iPod, so.... > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Bryan Caldwell > Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2004 1:42 PM > To: Leica Group Users > Subject: Re: [Leica] 1.5GB in a shirt pocket > > > B.D., > > Have you (or anyone else) actually used the iPod/Card Reader to store > images yet? I thought about doing this, but read reviews that pointed > out it takes almost 30 min. to transfer a full 512mb card to the iPod > (severely taxing the iPod battery in the process). Although the > connection is via a firewire cable, the transfer is not done at > firewire speeds. I suppose that if you're only dealing with small > numbers of jpegs the slow speed would not be a hinderance, but if you > shot a large number of jpegs or even a moderate number of RAW files, > you could be in for a long wait to free up your memory cards again. > > Bryan > > > On Sep 11, 2004, at 5:09 PM, B. D. Colen wrote: > >> Try 20 gigs in a shirt pocket! >> My family gave me an iPod for my birthday, and I quickly discovers >> that Belkin mades a card reader - takes six different digi card >> formats - that plugs into the iPod and turns it into an image bank. Of > >> the 18.5 gig available on the 20 gig ipod, I've used 4.5 gigs for >> music - which is about 84 CDs with 1300 or so pieces of music, and >> have 14 gigs available for images. My goal is just to keep 10 gigs >> free. The Belkin uses firewire to transfer the images from card to >> iPod, and you can then use any kind of software, or just drag and >> drop, to transfer the images from iPod to computer.... >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf >> Of animal >> Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 7:04 PM >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: [Leica] 1.5GB in a shirt pocket >> >> >> http://www.leadtek.com.tw/multimedia/mydigibank_1.shtml >> simon jessurun _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >