Back up image files during Travel
Apr 20, 2017 09:45:32 #
I don't want to lug my laptop on trips along with all my camera gear but I do want to back up my images on the road. Is there a device available that will do this?
Apr 20, 2017 09:56:58 #
Martino
Loc: Northwest Florida
I travel with an iPad and iPhone. I upload images to my iPhone, which a)puts them into Apple Photos which in turn uploads them to iCloud. Then b) Lightroom Mobile uploads the Raw images, and syncs with Lightroom cc. I can then see the Raw images on my iPad too. I then use a Sandisk iXpand stick to back up the images from the iPhone.
So, I've got images on the camera memory card, the iXpand stick, iCloud and Lightroom cc. The latter downloads them to my iMac and Lightroom which is left running back at home. That in turn places images on my external G-Drive, is backed up by the Apple TimeMachine to a separate G-Drive, and the whole lot backs up to Backblaze.
That all depends on available internet/wifi of course, except for the iXpand drive.
It works for me, but obviously not the only solution.
So, I've got images on the camera memory card, the iXpand stick, iCloud and Lightroom cc. The latter downloads them to my iMac and Lightroom which is left running back at home. That in turn places images on my external G-Drive, is backed up by the Apple TimeMachine to a separate G-Drive, and the whole lot backs up to Backblaze.
That all depends on available internet/wifi of course, except for the iXpand drive.
It works for me, but obviously not the only solution.
Apr 20, 2017 10:49:21 #
My camera has two memory cards. Card two is set to backup. I do bring my macbook, so I download the day's images to it, then format card two. Card one I don't format. It becomes the backup to the Macbook. I also have a Samsung portable SSD, 250 GB, I can back up to.
Apr 20, 2017 12:11:34 #
Apr 20, 2017 12:18:25 #
Martino
Loc: Northwest Florida
I have an Apple dongle that you plug the memory card into. The latest iOS allows you to import Raw files. Lightroom Mobile uploads the Raw files from the Apple Photos app. Lightroom mobile also allows you take Raw photos using the camera in the app, plus HDR images. So, simple answer, yes you can!
Apr 20, 2017 12:23:23 #
So if I don't have enough space on my iPhone, I can upload the images to the iXpand stick, correct? If so, this would be a big help!
Apr 20, 2017 12:41:45 #
Martino
Loc: Northwest Florida
Yes. That was my original idea for the iXpand. I was uploading to my iPad which doesn't have the space (it's an iPad Air 2 with only 64GB). So, used the iXpand to dump images onto from Photos. After Lightroom Mobile had uploaded the Raw files, I deleted from Apple Photos.
However, my iPhone 7 Plus is a 260GB device so I enabled iCloud Photos on that (but not on the iPad) so the phone has space for the Photos files and allows uploads to iCloud and Adobe cc. Then I get the Lightroom sync back to the iPad to use Lightroom Mobile for some post production while I'm traveling.
So, yes you can use the iXpand to dump Raw images from the iPhone as a further back up. You cant view the Raw images from the iXpand as they don't support the file type, but it does store them.
However, my iPhone 7 Plus is a 260GB device so I enabled iCloud Photos on that (but not on the iPad) so the phone has space for the Photos files and allows uploads to iCloud and Adobe cc. Then I get the Lightroom sync back to the iPad to use Lightroom Mobile for some post production while I'm traveling.
So, yes you can use the iXpand to dump Raw images from the iPhone as a further back up. You cant view the Raw images from the iXpand as they don't support the file type, but it does store them.
Apr 20, 2017 13:28:26 #
Apr 20, 2017 13:29:09 #
Look at Western Digital's My Passport WiFi USB HD. Has a SD card slot that will automatically back up to a folder named SD Card Imports by date. Charges from USB port, has added benefit of being a 4500 Ma battery for charging USB devices.
Apr 20, 2017 18:29:32 #
jcolton wrote:
I don't want to lug my laptop on trips along with all my camera gear but I do want to back up my images on the road. Is there a device available that will do this?
If you use SD cards, you can use a RAVPower WD03 to transfer the contents of the card to a memory stick, or any USB-pluggable device. All you need is a smartphone or tablet to initiate and monitor the file transfer. I use a pair of 256 gb sticks for redundant backup. The WD03 costs less than $40 on Amazon, and the memory sticks are about $70 each.
Apr 20, 2017 18:44:57 #
And for those CF Card users of antique Canon D series cameras????
I'm still a little lost. I have a card reader with a USB port. Is there an i phone SE Lightning port version? I know I have minimum memory on teh poine. Can I go straight thru to the Cloud this way with my RAW files. I'm trying to do the same thing with a trip and my laptop is broken.
I'm still a little lost. I have a card reader with a USB port. Is there an i phone SE Lightning port version? I know I have minimum memory on teh poine. Can I go straight thru to the Cloud this way with my RAW files. I'm trying to do the same thing with a trip and my laptop is broken.
Apr 20, 2017 19:14:52 #
Martino
Loc: Northwest Florida
Hmm. I have a couple of apple adaptors that go from USB to the old 30 pin socket and then into an adaptor for lightning connector. I think I held onto those from an old camera connection kit. I'm sure they're around on eBay, Amazon or similar, maybe even direct from Apple. For my ancient Rebel XTi (that I use as a second body) which takes CF cards, I got an adaptor so it could take a SD card. It works for me, so I only have one sort of memory card.
So in theory, yes you could go from a USB to 30pin to lightning. Then you could to upload the Raw files to Photos and thence to either Lightroom Mobile (and Adobe cc), or to iCloud (although I'm not sure about the Raw aspect there) or then drop them onto an iXpand stick.
So in theory, yes you could go from a USB to 30pin to lightning. Then you could to upload the Raw files to Photos and thence to either Lightroom Mobile (and Adobe cc), or to iCloud (although I'm not sure about the Raw aspect there) or then drop them onto an iXpand stick.
Apr 20, 2017 20:52:01 #
Photocraig wrote:
And for those CF Card users of antique Canon D series cameras????
I'm still a little lost. I have a card reader with a USB port. Is there an i phone SE Lightning port version? I know I have minimum memory on teh poine. Can I go straight thru to the Cloud this way with my RAW files. I'm trying to do the same thing with a trip and my laptop is broken.
I'm still a little lost. I have a card reader with a USB port. Is there an i phone SE Lightning port version? I know I have minimum memory on teh poine. Can I go straight thru to the Cloud this way with my RAW files. I'm trying to do the same thing with a trip and my laptop is broken.
I haven't tried it but since the device has a USB port that will write to a USB device, I suspect that if you attach a USB hub to the WD03, and a CF card reader to it, the software should be able to write to any USB device connected to the hub.
Apr 21, 2017 06:01:06 #
Two ways one pay iCloud .99 cents a month for 50 gigs of storage an get the little card reader from apple that plugs into your iPad or iPhone or get the wd external HD that has a sd slot in it 149 on amazon called the wireless pro
Apr 21, 2017 07:35:16 #
jcolton wrote:
I don't want to lug my laptop on trips along with all my camera gear but I do want to back up my images on the road. Is there a device available that will do this?
I was in that situation a few years ago when I flew to Yellowstone, and I got a little netbook with a 300+GB drive. I also had a small hard drive. I backed up everything at the end of each day to both the drive and the computer, and I kept images on the SD cards till I got home. For my next trip, I'll be driving, so I'll bring my Macbook Pro and an external drive. WD now makes wireless external drives.
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