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Subject: [OM] Re: An interesting solution to storing digital images in the field.
From: Jim Sharp <jsharp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 09:37:23 -0500
I notebook with a card reader and burner is the best approach if you 
don't mind the expense and complication. Not only do you have a safe 
method of doing archiving, you also have a screen that allows a much 
better review than any on camera display...

Winsor Crosby wrote:
> There are a lot of these devices around. I am kind of scared of them 
> because they do not have a good reputation for reliability and would 
> hate to lose a vacation's worth of pictures, but it may be the only 
> solution for traveling light. Most reliable is a small laptop. Even 
> more reliable is to have some sort of duplication so that if one fails 
> the other works, like a CD burned on the laptop retaining the image on 
> the hard drive.
> 
> Here is the site of a young French guy who has started a catalog of all 
> the variation of these devices with link to the manufacturer.
> http://fhoude34.free.fr/PortableHD.htm
> 
> 
> Winsor
> Long Beach, CA
> USA
> On Jun 4, 2004, at 11:51 PM, Moose wrote:
> 
> 
>>Cruising thorough the June 22nd. PC Magazine, I came across an
>>interesting gadget, the MicroSolutions Roadstor. It is a portable 
>>device
>>with rechargeable battery which has slots for all the memory cards I
>>know of and will burn the contents directly to CD-R & RW without a
>>computer. It can span cards too big for one CD onto multiple CDs. Also
>>allows viewing CD contents on any TV with video and audio input jacks,
>>with a remote, rotation, etc. for easy review. Also is a CD/DVD player
>>and a USB 2.0 full function CD-RW drive. I looks pretty cool for $230
>><http://www.micro-solutions.com/product_info/roadstor/lit-401010.html>.
>>Not much more than a 1gb card and endless capacity on cheap media.
>>
>>Moose
>>
>>
>>
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