Portable Photo Storage Device...

[OE2X]

I have the Archos MP3 player - Gmini 400, I think.

Doesn't this take about 40 minutes to download a 1 gig card?
For me speed is a high priority. I'm generally working fast. As a matter of fact I carry two of the Nexto's with me at all times along with external batteries so that I can shoot as much as I want and not worry about power shortages...

 

[alcina]

Honestly I don't know...I haven't downloaded photos since Cozumel, but I don't remember it taking that long! And by the time I need to I'm having a cerveza anyway

It's definitely something to think about if speed is in any way an issue...

 

[bennedc]

I'm not sure that this will be exactly what you are looking for but what I use professionally works really well.

I can shoot in the course of a week around 100 gigs of photos. I need a card reader that can read my memory cards very quickly. I use 2 gig cards and the reader that I use will download them in 2 minutes.

I use a NextoCF with a 100 gig drive. It is about 4"x7"x1/2" and fits nicely into a small pelican case. It downloads into your laptop via firewire or USB.
http://www.savitmicro.co.kr/eng/product/storage/storage_nextocf.htm

This one has an adapter for Memory Stick. Can I ask you how much it costs? Like a hard drive, right? It does download from cam to device without additional drivers? Sorry about all the questions. I'm new to all of this.

 

[OE2X]

My priorities are likely to be different. If you can download the card during your SI or next dive then time is not the same essence that it is to me. If you are shooting a lot in high res or raw photos on the surface and burn through the cards and need to download and delete to be able to keep shooting - that's where it becomes a requirement.

 

[OE2X]

This one has an adapter for Memory Stick. Can I ask you how much it costs? Like a hard drive, right? It does download from cam to device without additional drivers? Sorry about all the questions. I'm new to all of this.

I think it costs around $500. all inclusive. There is a place in Australia that I bought one from, but each time I ordered it without the hard drives. I read that the Toshiba drives had the best response. Between the two Nexto's I have likely shot 25 to 35,000 raw images. I have yet to have had issue with either drive.

One place to look for opinions on this is http://dpreviews.com

Look under storage devices and do a search for Nexto. I think you will find that this device is the fastest and uses the least amount of batteries.

Should you go this way - spend an extra $20.00 and buy a Pelican 1020 case. It fits it as if it were custom made for it!

 

[clgsamson]

Yup, and similar to Alcina's, I have an Archos AV320 Jukebox whch I bought in June 2004. It's a portable video/photo storage device. it has a 20 gig capacity. I store my raw pix from the card and I can view it in a 7 inch screen. It's a nice toy or gadget if you want to call it. Batteries are rechargeable and runs for hours. Oh you can store DVD movies and mp3s and get to watch em or hear out the music. Uploading is fast from card to storage device. See the link..

see this www.archos.com

 

[stiebs]

I use a PD70X (http://www.compactdrive.com) when I'm out taking pictures. Add a standard laptop hard disk, up to 80Gb, and 4xAA NiMH and you're ready to go. It'll copy from CF/SD/xD/MS/MS-Pro. A 1Gb SD card only takes a minute or two, and I can do 20 transfers on one set of batteries.

It has a basic LCD screen for status and info only, no image viewing. But who needs to go through dozens (hundreds?) of photos on a 2" LCD screen..
Extremely easy to use - plug card in, turn on, wait for smiley face on LCD. Turn off, remove card. Done.

There is a newer version due out soonish which is smaller still and only uses 2xAAs - I think it uses the smaller 1.8" drives, rather than the standard laptop ones.

 

[kapula]

I have vosonic xs-drive. I can insert any hdd I want inside and it has also a mp3 player. I'm using it as a backup for my photos aswell. Wiht 80Gb hdd it's well spacy enough. I can just attach my memory card directly to the drive and download those valuable pics.

 

[arenny]

I have a photochute 20gb bought it for 150 on Ebay, brand new. Sometime ago they had a rebate and lots of people bought them and are re-selling them new. It works great and it is pretty fast. I am happy with it.

 

[O'Malley]

I have the Inoi photo hard disc, a 20 GB storage device...only used during last trip but I found it convenient, quick with nearly full 1 GB card.

http://www.inoi.com/English/hd182.asp