Bear2 Loc: Southeast,, MI

We are going to Hawaii for two weeks in May. Question: I have a D7000, can I connect it directly to one of the newer small external hard drives to back up my images, or must I go through a laptop first?
Thanks in advance for your expertise.

birdpix Loc: South East Pennsylvania

No, there are portable hard drives that are designed for exactly what you want to do. Here is an example: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=NavBar&A=getItemDetail&Q=&sku=706779&is=REG&si=rev#costumerReview

Good luck!

romanticf16 Loc: Commerce Twp, MI

Yes you can I use a Hyperdrive Colorspace UDMA. Available at B& H, Adorama and other camera stores in different capacities. It has a lcd screen for editing if you choose to do so, connects to your computer to download via USB. It has 2 slots, one for CF cards, one for smaller cards- 14 different card types are supported. Price depends on # of GB ordered and whether a SSD drive or laptop HD is specified. I'd order a SSD, IMHO.

JR1 Loc: Tavistock, Devon, UK

Birdpix is right you can not, the Hyperdrive Colorspace UDMA is not just a hard drive it has the necessary firmware and software that hard drives do not.

picpiper Loc: California

You can use any Samsung Galaxy phone (S3, S4, Note, Note 2) or tablet (Tab, Tab2, Note 10.1) to transfer photos from SD card to portable hard drive.

See: http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-83435-2.html

pebbles Loc: New England

I just got back from a two week stay in Hawaii. I took nearly 2500 shots. Rather than using some storage device, may I suggest you buy more SD cards. That will solve a few problems. One - it's cheeper. Two - It is saffer not to have all your photos on one card. If a card fails or is lost, you won't be loosing all your precious photos. Lastly SD cards take less room to pack than any hardrive. Then you can have fun doing all your post processing at home.

picpiper Loc: California

Indeed, a stack of SD cards is the most direct solution. However, the Galaxy phones and tablets are quite popular and I'm sure many owners have no idea these devices can be hooked to a USB hub to manage files on any USB-connectable storage device.

Bear2 Loc: Southeast,, MI

Thanks all, I will go with more 16gb sd cards.

wierdphotoguy Loc: the snow belt in Michigan

I have to agree! 16GB Sandisk with 45mb/s at $20 each is how I would go too. Along with a small discreet memory card wallet, $10 SD card reader and a netbook. I copy the pics to the netbook and leave a copy on the cards. When I get home I copy from the netbook to a backup drive and format the cards. Only need a few to take all the pics you want. I use the card reader just to make life easier; you can upload in the car or at a cafe while the camera is safely bagged.

Post a couple of pics when you get back!

Quarter20

Upload to a Cloud service?

saichiez Loc: Beautiful Central Oregon

Although they seemed like a short lived solution, a good netbook computer can offer NEW FOR APPROX $250:

1) Compact size... not that much bigger than the drive devices mentioned here.
2) All the functions of a computer, less an optical drive.
3) A 9-11 inch screen
4) A usable keyboard.. slightly cramped, but usable
5) Compatibilty and same OS as your PC.
6) Weak for editing perhaps, but far more function than a storage drive.
7) When equipped with conventional SATA hard drives, space from 320 to 500.
8) 2.5 - 3 pounds total.

About 9 months ago, I purchased an Acer Aspire One w/11 inch screen, very thin, 320 Sata H Drive, 2 Gb RAM. Windows 7, one of the last before Windows 8.

Purchased it discounted for $240 new. I doubt if you can get a storage drive with download features for that money.

Although the market kind of jumped over the Netbooks, there was nothing wrong with them. I have used and been happy with about 4 Netbooks over the last 4 years, particularly for travel.

If you feel compelled to say, "But it's just another laptop." That's simply not true. Netbooks are usually about half the size and weight of most 15.4 inch laptops, if you opt for the 8-9 inch screens.

My Acer Aspire One 11 inch fits in a sleeve just it's size. Goes in a pack or even a briefcase with room to spare.

Joecosentino Loc: Whitesboro, New York

I agree with pebbles, I have 20 SD cards with my D7000 I shoot raw on one jog on the other. Each day I put new cards in and store them as back up, because I always have a MacBook Air and my Lightroom catalog on a 2 tb external drive. When I get back he drive is attached to my iMac. And then the catalog is then baked up to a second external HD. I also use crash plan for off site back up. Once the photos are safe then the SD cards can be used again

saichiez Loc: Beautiful Central Oregon

I suggested the NetBook , but if you do not like that idea...

Here, for more money and less function are a list of storage devices sold by B&H:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Stand-Alone-Data-Storage/ci/3369/N/4138043893

spinkick Loc: Watseka IL

I agree with buying more memory cards. I have always done this. You can always upload the best of the best and send to family members. Have you been to Hawaii before??

Bear2 Loc: Southeast,, MI

Yes, 25 years ago on our 25th anniversary.