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Subject: [Leica] Travel Hard Drive?
From: imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George)
Date: Fri Jan 9 06:43:16 2009
References: <20090108181238.A97ED850@resin13.mta.everyone.net> <09922B6E-F7A0-4521-B978-91BE5C411F93@mac.com> <3cad89990901082100o133c4eas595a02fd43a21061@mail.gmail.com>

OK! Several camera models
from several different manufacturers
have some backup possibilities built in;
for those of us not using those
this bridge device seems
a viable backup consideration.

Fond regards,
George

george@imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist



On Jan 8, 2009, at 11:00 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:

> Its called a Nikon D3 - it will write to two simultaneously!
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Lottermoser George  
> <imagist3@mac.com> wrote:
>
>> wonder
>> if anyone has though about
>> creating a small copy device
>> which would transfer data
>> from one card to a second card
>>
>> just thinking out loud
>>
>> Fond regards,
>> George
>>
>> george@imagist.com
>> http://www.imagist.com
>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jan 8, 2009, at 8:12 PM, Alastair Firkin wrote:
>>
>>  That does not back up and after losing a card to malfunction I  
>> would want
>>> to back up my images
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> --- msadat@gmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>> From: mehrdad <msadat@gmail.com>
>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Travel Hard Drive?
>>> Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 08:54:37 -0800
>>>
>>> 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:
>>>>>        
>>>>> <440b792d0901080805i268f951bk600f581a5a029a09@mail.gmail.com>
>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>>>>>
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>> Leica Users Group.
>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more  
>>>>>> information
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> -------------------------------------
>>>>> 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>
>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain;       charset="us-ascii"
>>>>>
>>>>> 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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>>>> information
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>  -------------------------------------
>>>  regards, mehrdad
>>>
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