I plan on taking a month long trip and would like to find a device to store my images on. I do not plan on bringing a laptop, so I would need a device that reads my compact flash card, store the info, and erase the cf memory. Anyone have recommendations or something they could share? Something small and relatively inexpensive would be best (maybe ~$100usd). Thanks!
2006-12-05 09:18:12 · 4 answers · asked by denlasoul 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cameras
edit: sorry, should have clarified a little more. I am going to Egypt and Israel (two places I've wanted to go visit since childhood). In addition, I will be shooting at very high resoultion (3264x2448), so 1GB is not really as big as you think. :(
2006-12-05 09:51:07 · update #1
I use a photobank similar to this:
http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=202493300&loc=101&sp=1
It's a portable hard drive with integrated card reader that can copy contents from a vary of memory cards formats to the hard drive. The memory card can then be formatted and reused.
You can also search this forum for discussion on photobanks (portable storage devices).
2006-12-05 11:38:01 · answer #1 · answered by Chuckie 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think the only thing you can do right now is to take your laptop. There isn't really anything made yet for under 100 that would allow you to do what you need to do. We went on a recent trip to Disney World. After the day was done we had to load them from the camera onto the laptop at the hotel room. That's the only way. I did do some searching and I didn't come up with anything. If you need extra storage during the day and can't get to your laptop I'd suggest buying an extra 1 gig memory card. You should be able to get for under 100. I think.
2006-12-05 17:31:07 · answer #2 · answered by WALACPL 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you really going to take that many pics? Maybe just buy an extra memory card. I went away and thought I would fill my 1GB memory card. It holds ~300 pics. Every night I reviewed and deleted the bad ones. I came back w/ a memory card 2/3 full. I could have held another 100 pics.
Just an idea here
Go to an internet cafe and upload them to a webspace like yahoo photos or walmart.com
Sometimes the internet cafes have machines that can burn DVDs for a fee... pay the fee and burn your DVD
2006-12-05 17:32:54 · answer #3 · answered by KrautRocket 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Another option similar to but probably easier to find than KrautRocket's internet cafe suggestion would be to find one of Kodak's Picture Kiosks. We have them or something similar around here in just about every drug store, Wal Mart, etc. You just plug your card in the slot, pick your pics, pay, and get a CD burned.
2006-12-05 17:41:42 · answer #4 · answered by John's Secret Identity™ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋