LFingar Loc: Claverack, NY

Please do us all a favor and use "Quote Reply" when responding so that we know who you are responding to.

uhaas2009

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/apple-lightning-to-sd-card-camera-reader-white/4803100.p?skuId=4803100&ref=212&loc=1&ref=212&loc=1&ds_rl=1268655&gbraid=0AAAAAD-ORIjz5ybV5ktWWnXqawlleRa1s&gbraid=0AAAAAD-ORIjz5ybV5ktWWnXqawlleRa1s&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8cru8uvY_AIVApaGCh3z-wYnEAQYAiABEgLc1_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

If you have a lightning connector and SD card this is one of the easiest. Like everyone said get some more memory card it’s maybe more on the safe side.

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

One at a time.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

That's the simplest way to do it. Be sure to get secure cases to hold the cards. If your camera has two card slots, that's added security. I never fill a card more than 75%, just to play it safe.

kybob Loc: Versailles, Kentucky

Ok question it looks like it has a lightning port. Do you know if I can plug a SSD and transfer from the card to the SSD?

lyndacast

You can purchase a card reader for the IPad and download your pictures there. The card reader is specific to the Apple IPad and is about $35 on Amazon.

I use it to upload all my images to LR MOBILE on my IPad. And since I have cloud storage, RAW files are stored in cloud and don’t take up space on my IPad.

If you don’t have LR mobile, download JPEG files to IPad for quick review and/or posting on FB or social media.

frankraney Loc: Clovis, Ca.

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

I haven’t planned on a photo vacation to Alaska. I still have images in my mind of an antiquated and rustic locale. I still never saw modern day frigid Alaska.

frankraney Loc: Clovis, Ca.

Would this work. I think a hard drive is needed also.

https://www.amazon.com/NewQ-Filehub-AC750-Travel-Router/dp/B09T9QKQH7/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?adgrpid=58774028809&gclid=Cj0KCQiAt66eBhCnARIsAKf3ZNEV9HCaGso_G4IoXdceS22Iz29DAsWaMSJYm6Fl7zpWeFSfDG1KpvwaAmMsEALw_wcB&hvadid=609181677965&hvdev=m&hvlocphy=9031813&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=14966837862148712785&hvtargid=kwd-309308078374&hydadcr=20076_13388485&keywords=hard+drive+with+sd+card+reader&qid=1674315356&sr=8-3

gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast

Have you found all the keepers in those 14,000 bird photos? I’m curious about how your culling and editing process goes.

gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast

My thoughts exactly.

photoman43

My recommendation is two fold:

Take more cards AND/OR

Take a small laptop, card reader and an external SSD hard drive.


I have three old "Sanho hyperdrives" I used to use for downloading images from CF and SD cards in Africa. Unfortunately they are no longer being made and if you bought one you would have to get a used one.

Whether any such device will work for you depends on the specific cards you will be using. Newer card formats like Cf Express and XQD and maybe some of the later versions of SD may not be compatible with such devices. And getting accurate info regarding compatibility is not that easy. You will need the device (case) a hard drive for it and maybe accessories like a card reader.

If you were able to find one it will likely need a large drive and the large drive increases the cost. My guess is that demand for such devices has fallen as small laptop prices have fallen to the point where buyers just got the small laptop with a small SSD external hard drive.

Used devices might be: Gnarbox 2.0; Sanho HyperDrive ColorSpace UDMA2 (and other models);

New device that might work is NEXTO DI.

If you get such a device (case) you need to make sure it comes with a storage drive. Some may require a special card reader too. The devil is in the details.

More info here:

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Stand-Alone-Data-Storage/ci/3369/N/4000227848

47greyfox Loc: on the edge of the Colorado front range

I use one of these and a SanDisk SSD. Each night I copy the images off the camera’s SD card thru the file hub to the SSD. I don’t delete the originals off the camera SD card. Rather, I bring extra cards, so as each are filled, I grab another. At the end of the trip, I’ll have two of each image, one on the SD card and a copy of everything on the SSD. One trip, I backed up to two SSDs and then reformatted the SD each day but still carried a copy extra SDs, just in case Murphy’s Law struck.

Added bonus, the file hub is also a portable router and power pack. It used to be sold by RavPower, now by NewQ, the original OEM. It operates at 2.4 and 5.8 Ghz. The operations are controlled with a phone or iPad app via Bluetooth.

https://www.amazon.com/NewQ-Filehub-AC750-Travel-Router/dp/B09T9QKQH7

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

I have been in Alaska in July and in February. Kind of chilly in February, but in July it can get well into the 90s. There are definitely rustic locales available, but there are also major cities (and minor cities as well).

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

If you decide to take a backup system (laptop or standalone) use it for backup, don't just transfer your images and reformat your cards. Having at least two copies of your nonrepeatable images is definitely a plus. Keep the images on your cards.