Memory cards versus portable external hard drives
Jul 10, 2018 15:16:06 #
Annie Loyd wrote:
No, can use any size needed for a day's shoot. For me 16 Gb/day is usually enough on a trip, although accumulating some 32 Gb too when know I will be shooting video as well. Larger cards encourage longer shooting on them, thus losing more of your trip if one goes bad, gets lost, gets dropped down a drain, etc. Only reason recommended 16 is with cards getting larger, sellers are basically giving away 16 Gb today. (Same happened to 8 Gb, 4s, 2s, etc as time and size marches on) When you said filling just a card or two over 2 weeks didn't figure you shot that many photos but get what you need.Thanks.
Great advise...any reason 16s not 64s
Great advise...any reason 16s not 64s
Jul 10, 2018 16:05:01 #
Jul 10, 2018 17:43:00 #
Many cruise lines offer free use If A computer, either in a computer lab or in the stateroom. We travel on Oceania and in the level in which we travel there is a complimentary notebook in our stateroom. The internet WiFi is not terribly useful. Initially they charged a hefty fee but it was useful to backup photos to a cloud storage; the last trip, WiFi internet was free and useless. Everyone complained. We will be on the same ship next month in the Balkans and hope they have fixed the problem.
Jul 10, 2018 18:53:30 #
toxdoc42 wrote:
LOL - I have a bunch of free stuff that doesn't work too. Let me know if you need more. BTW, Internet access or computer use is not free on ships - included because you have prepaid for it in the higher cost of suites. Plus be aware if using a hotel or ship's computer or WiFi you are normally on an unsecured connection. I have literally been next on these were the previous user left open or didn't clear access to their FB acct, cloud storage and once their stock broker acct.WiFi internet was free and useless.
Jul 11, 2018 06:17:56 #
chrissybabe
Loc: New Zealand
Not sure I saw any mention of a D850 above. The cost of XQD and SD UHS-ll cards means it is very expensive to use them as backup storage. And because of the size of the files you certainly didn't buy the smallest capacities.
And although the cards are getting up there towards SSD speeds note that that is only SSD SATA. SSD-PCIe M.2 installed in a USB 3 enclosure is unbelievable. Our next trip I am taking a few 256GB SSD PCIe (had some surplus) installed in USB 3 housings and will give these a try. Some examples of SSD-PCIe M.2 are up to 5 times faster than standard SSD SATA.
And although the cards are getting up there towards SSD speeds note that that is only SSD SATA. SSD-PCIe M.2 installed in a USB 3 enclosure is unbelievable. Our next trip I am taking a few 256GB SSD PCIe (had some surplus) installed in USB 3 housings and will give these a try. Some examples of SSD-PCIe M.2 are up to 5 times faster than standard SSD SATA.
Jul 11, 2018 06:50:06 #
Annie Loyd wrote:
I’m going on a photo shoot to Alaska...
Expect to fill a memory card or two in the two weeks I’m there.
What do you recommend and is the most safe to bring all those pictures home with me.
Expect to fill a memory card or two in the two weeks I’m there.
What do you recommend and is the most safe to bring all those pictures home with me.
When I travel, I take one memory card for every 1-2 days and never use a card until it’s full. All of my cards are 32GB or 64GB. They travel in a hard plastic case and are packed separately from my camera gear.
Jul 11, 2018 07:14:44 #
bsprague wrote:
Choices:
1. Do what you are doing. When a card is full, use another. SD cards rarely fail.
2. Buy enough SD cards so you can use a fresh one each day. They are cheap. If one fails, you still have most of your files.
3. Buy something like the My Passport Wireless SSD or GNARBOX 128GB Portable Backup.
My personal choice is #2.
1. Do what you are doing. When a card is full, use another. SD cards rarely fail.
2. Buy enough SD cards so you can use a fresh one each day. They are cheap. If one fails, you still have most of your files.
3. Buy something like the My Passport Wireless SSD or GNARBOX 128GB Portable Backup.
My personal choice is #2.
I would use #3 (128GB won't be sufficient for many shooters on a long trip - I would suggest at least 256GB. I use a 3TB My Passport Wireless (HDD based) and back up my card each night. That means I have 2 copies of everything.
Jul 11, 2018 07:15:30 #
I like to stay with 32 sd cards the biggest. Also on a vacation, I change the cards every day. Every day is a new adventure this way if a card is damaged or lost you don't lose 3 or 4 days of memories.
AT home I PP in Lightroom as I always shoot raw. Then back up to two WD external hard drives and Carbonite. Enjoy your trip.
AT home I PP in Lightroom as I always shoot raw. Then back up to two WD external hard drives and Carbonite. Enjoy your trip.
Jul 11, 2018 08:10:38 #
WE just returned from a trip to BC and Alaska. We travel with tablets but this also works with smartphones. We have a Kingston Mobilite with a SD slot and USB port. It creates a local wifi with your tablet/phone. Each evening we back up the day's images from the SD card to a flash drive and a 1TB Seagate portable hard drive. Before we got the hard drive we backed up the images onto 2 flash drives. We travel with 9 32 GB SD cards for 3 cameras and do not reformat the cards unless we are running out of room. We come home with at least 2 copies and generally 3 of all images. We have used this system on numerous trips. It is small and light. The only downside is that it is slow. So we generally start it when we go to dinner.
We had 2 different SD cards fail, this system let us know right way and we lost very little. My suggestion is always create backups and store them separately from your camera and SD cards. Since flas drives are small I tend to carry the flash drive with me and leave the hard drive in our quarters.
We had 2 different SD cards fail, this system let us know right way and we lost very little. My suggestion is always create backups and store them separately from your camera and SD cards. Since flas drives are small I tend to carry the flash drive with me and leave the hard drive in our quarters.
Jul 11, 2018 09:01:03 #
We just got back from a two-week trip to Alaska on June 15th. On that trip, and as I have done for several years, I back up to my Photo Safe (basically an external hard drive with slots for the cards) each night after shooting. However, I do not format the SD cards, so I end up having the photos in two places. Once home and the photos are loaded and backed up, then I format the SD cards and delete the photos from the Photo Safe. By the way I took 2,300 photos on that trip if you need a planning factor to figure about how many SD cards you will need. I usually take four 16GB cards with an extra 8GB, but so far have never had to use it.
Jul 11, 2018 09:04:00 #
Sensible advice.
bsprague wrote:
Choices:
1. Do what you are doing. When a card is full, use another. SD cards rarely fail.
2. Buy enough SD cards so you can use a fresh one each day. They are cheap. If one fails, you still have most of your files.
3. Buy something like the My Passport Wireless SSD or GNARBOX 128GB Portable Backup.
My personal choice is #2.
1. Do what you are doing. When a card is full, use another. SD cards rarely fail.
2. Buy enough SD cards so you can use a fresh one each day. They are cheap. If one fails, you still have most of your files.
3. Buy something like the My Passport Wireless SSD or GNARBOX 128GB Portable Backup.
My personal choice is #2.
Jul 11, 2018 09:08:12 #
Jul 11, 2018 09:08:22 #
miket22
Loc: Northern Massachusetts
When traveling, I first copy the photos to the hard drive on my laptop, then to a little HP hard drive, then reformat the card in the camera.
Jul 11, 2018 09:24:11 #
Same here.
miket22 wrote:
When traveling, I first copy the photos to the hard drive on my laptop, then to a little HP hard drive, then reformat the card in the camera.
Jul 11, 2018 09:44:18 #
That’s what I’m thinking...I bought a hard case and a sleeve type too. Some mentioned that the hard case storage is hard to get the cards out and they have been damaged.
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