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Subject: [Leica] Travel Hard Drive?
From: msadat at gmail.com (mehrdad)
Date: Thu Jan 8 08:54:44 2009
References: <200901081615.n08GDm5n044459@server1.waverley.reid.org> <47031122-0FA1-445B-8B28-A0E6457F1F3A@gmail.com>

I think sonny has the right answer, you can get 16 gig transcend card sdhhc
from amazon for about 30, you but 3 or four and you will have unlimited
space.

in the m8 16 gig is over 1400+ raw files!

On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 8:49 AM, Craig Semetko <csemetko@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>>  Wow, thanks for the quick help, Tina, Mehrdad, and Piers,
>
> I think you're right--I am looking for something that will obviate the need
> for a laptop. I like the price and size of the seagates, but to download to
> them do I need to have my Mac?
>
> If so, are the Vosonic and Epson my only options for this type of thing?
> Viewing the shots would be nice, but not necessary. I just want to back up
> RAW files from my M8 on to something small without the need for my macbook
> pro. Then when I get home I want to easily transfer them from the device
> onto my macbook pro.
>
> I was hoping to spend more along the lines of $90 than $350, but I will
> spend the $350 if necessary.
>
> The epson and vosonic look great, but is there a device out there that
> doesn't need a computer to download and is less expensive?
>
> Thanks again for your help,
>
> Craig
>
> NO ARCHIVE
>
>  From: mehrdad <msadat@gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Travel hard drive?
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
>> Message-ID:
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>>
>> I think craig is looking for these type devices, take a look@ these
>> devices
>>
>> http://www.mydigitaldiscount.com/CategoryProductList.jsp?cat=Browse+By+Brand:Vosonic:Vosonic+VP8860+Multimedia+Viewer+Recorder
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 7:54 AM, Tina Manley <images@comporium.net> wrote:
>>
>>  At 10:30 AM 1/8/2009, you wrote:
>>>
>>>  Can someone recommend a very small inexpensive device to download
>>>> several hundred pictures from an SD card on to?
>>>>
>>>> Craig
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I use Seagates tiny portable hard drives.  They come in various sizes but
>>> I
>>> always carry the largest available because I end up taking more photos
>>> than
>>> planned and don't want to edit until I get home.  I have four of these
>>> that
>>> have traveled all over the world without a problem:
>>>
>>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148340
>>>
>>> Mine are older and are only 160GB but they cost about the same as the
>>> newest 250GB ones.  They are smaller than a pack of cards.
>>>
>>> Have fun!
>>>
>>> Tina
>>>
>>>
>>> Tina Manley
>>> www.tinamanley.com
>>>
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>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> -------------------------------------
>> regards, mehrdad
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 29
>> Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 16:12:31 -0000
>> From: "Piers Hemy" <piers@hemy.org>
>> Subject: RE: [Leica] Travel hard drive?
>> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
>> Message-ID: <5ACD6F8180484F3589D49D8A7ED78E2B@your9ya3hf92n3>
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>>
>> The Seagate portable drives are just fine - I have both 160Gb and 250GB,
>> and
>> if anything the later larger model was cheaper.  BUT you need a computer
>> to
>> 'drive' them.  I suspect you want an all-in-one device, for which I can
>> recommend the Epson P-3000 from personal experience - ready equipped with
>> SD
>> and CF card slots, and a 4 inch LCD screen - USD350 list after USD100
>> rebate.
>>
>>
>> http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=ye
>> s&oid=63061067
>> http://tinyurl.com/2azbx7
>>
>> Piers
>>
>>
>>
>
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 regards, mehrdad