Laptop or tablet for backup and review (Page 2): I use an iPad and haven't had any problems. My wife often brings her MacBook Air and I usually load at least some of my pictures on...

EdU239 Loc: The Northeast

lrm wrote:

Looking for a small laptop or tablet to take to Europe to review and store photos. Tried a Samsung tablet but it cannot store (backup) photos. What do you recommend.

I use an iPad and haven't had any problems. My wife often brings her MacBook Air and I usually load at least some of my pictures on that as well.

Gitchigumi Loc: Wake Forest, NC

rtb220 wrote:

We went to Germany and Austria four years ago. Took over 2,000 photos and downloaded them to an iPad with 32 gigs. Light weight and no storage problem, Used email to send some picture back to family, also face time with kids and grandkids. Transferred pix to Mac when we got home. iPad much light than MacBook.

How did you download your photos from camera to the iPad? I have a Nikon that has a wireless adapter, but it's a bit slow and the files are converted to JPG for the transfer. I'd like to move photos/backup to iPad. How do you do that?

SwedeUSA2

jerryc41 wrote:

I was in that position two years ago for a trip to Jackson Hole and Yellowstone.
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Is there a Jackson Hole and Yellowstone in Europe?
Just kidding, Jerry! Couldn't help it!

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

I use a Vosonic Media Device - 8860P - no longer available. It has a 500 GB hard drive - CF & SDHC ports to receive and automatically upload an entire card's worth of images. It is compact and light. Also a viewer and mp3 player. Combining that with an iphone, ipad or tablet provides everything I need for trips.

B & H carries a variety of portable storage devices. Here is the link:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Stand-Alone-Data-Storage/ci/3369/N/4000227848?origSearch=portable%20photo%20storage

Have a great trip,
Mark

zigipha Loc: north nj

lrm wrote:

Looking for a small laptop or tablet to take to Europe to review and store photos. Tried a Samsung tablet but it cannot store (backup) photos. What do you recommend.

If you r traveling then backup should go online and either rablet or laptop should do it

Why could u not store pics on samsung? There is nothing intrinsically stopping that

IsoBob Loc: Hamilton, NJ

Gitchigumi wrote:

How did you download your photos from camera to the iPad? I have a Nikon that has a wireless adapter, but it's a bit slow and the files are converted to JPG for the transfer. I'd like to move photos/backup to iPad. How do you do that?

There is an accessory for the iPad that you insert your memory card into and then plug it into the iPad. I use this almost daily. Couldn't be any simpler than this.
Bob

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

Yes, I have that too and I find it works well. However, on a long trip, I may take 3 or 4 thousand images with my 7D MII or 5D MIII. iPads do not have sufficient storage for that amount of data. My media device works very well.

Good luck with your choice.
Mark

Gitchigumi Loc: Wake Forest, NC

IsoBob wrote:

There is an accessory for the iPad that you insert your memory card into and then plug it into the iPad. I use this almost daily. Couldn't be any simpler than this.
Bob

Thanks! I'll have a look for this device... :thumbup:

sirlensalot Loc: Arizona

Suggest investing in more memory cards and leave the computer work after returning from your trip. Enjoy your vacation.

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

As far as I know, the connection for an iPad will only receive sdhc cards, not compact flash.

If your iPad has sufficient storage it will work fine for your sdhc cards. Might be an easy solution for you. It does not work for me because my iPad is 64 GB and I shoot with both sdhc & cf cards.

Mark :)

Reinaldokool Loc: San Rafael, CA

lrm wrote:

Looking for a small laptop or tablet to take to Europe to review and store photos. Tried a Samsung tablet but it cannot store (backup) photos. What do you recommend.

Sure it can. I have had two Samsung tablets and they store photos just fine on the SD card. That said, the space is limited.

Acer makes a great small, fast laptop that weighs less that three pounds and has a 256gb SSD and an SDcard reader. That's what I took to Europe in May.

Three years ago when I was looking for a new laptop, I wanted light and at least 256gb SSD. I looked at all the major brands: HP, Toshiba, Samsung, Dell, etc. but they were all offering only 128gb or they were heavy or . . . I was skeptical of Acer which was a second tier maker, but this thing has been beautiful. It is solid and reliable. Not the cheapest (Lots cheaper than the Mac toy computers, of course) but not outrageous either.

The new version has updates like USB 3.0 etc.

Reinaldokool Loc: San Rafael, CA

jerryc41 wrote:

I was in that position two years ago for a trip to Jackson Hole and Yellowstone. I got a little netbook, Asus, I think. It has USB ports and a decent-sized hard drive, but it was small, light, and cheap. I also brought a small external hard drive. When I got home, I had hundreds of pictures in three places: SD cards, a hard drive, and a computer.

Asus is another good brand. Not as popular as it should be, but good quality. When I used to be in the computer biz, we liked to build desktops with ASUS motherboards and video cards because they were better built. I had an ASUS laptop a few years ago and it was so good, my grandson "stole" it to take to college.

Reinaldokool Loc: San Rafael, CA

Morning Star wrote:

While I realize that there are different models of... (show quote)

Don't need to use a computer. Get a cheap plugin card reader to go into the samsung's usb port (Same place you charge it.) The Samsung Tab's file manager will let you move the files to wherever you want. Though I do prefer a small laptop like the ASUS or an ACER. Like MorningStar, I vastly prefer the mouse to the built in track pads.

Morning Star Loc: West coast, North of the 49th N.

Reinaldokool wrote:

Don't need to use a computer. Get a cheap plugin card reader to go into the samsung's usb port (Same place you charge it.) The Samsung Tab's file manager will let you move the files to wherever you want. Though I do prefer a small laptop like the ASUS or an ACER. Like MorningStar, I vastly prefer the mouse to the built in track pads.

No joy! "Same place you charge it" is a proprietary connection. Looks the same as for example the one on an iPod, but they're not interchangeable.
The other end of the cable is a "regular" USB connector, but the tablet does not have a port for that.
My card-reader (yes, cheap one, $9.95) has a mini-USB port for the cable, and the other end of the cable is a "regular" USB connection.
I may just end up leaving the tablet at home, and using the ASUS laptop for some programs and storage, and also take an external hard drive to make sure I've got enough storage for holiday- and grandkids photos.

JimEaco

Look at Surface Pro 3