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Jul 11, 2018 09:54:13   #
Annie Loyd
 
Beautifully shot. So glad I asked for suggestions. So many good ideas.

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Jul 11, 2018 09:55:35   #
Annie Loyd
 
So glad I opened up this topic...many good ideas..and a wonderful shot.

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Jul 11, 2018 10:22:49   #
Tronjo Loc: Canada, BC
 
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.


On long trips I always take spare cards but also a portable HD drive. At the end of each day I use my tablet and a card reader to back up the shots taken to the HD. Thus, apart from the extra security, when I get back home I have all files already sorted in folders, ready to be transferred to my system and PP.

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Jul 11, 2018 10:46:55   #
GrandmaG Loc: Flat Rock, MI
 
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.


I wouldn’t rely on the memory cards alone. On my trip to Ireland for two weeks, I downloaded my pictures to my iPad and changed to a new card every two or three days. 16mg is more than large enough. I used a Pelican case for my cards that holds 16 cards

Bonus: You can relive the day every evening (on a bigger screen)!

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Jul 11, 2018 10:48:41   #
Photo_Buff Loc: San Francisco Bay Area
 
I shoot Nikon RAW, so at ~ 90 MB per shot, plus ~ 20 MB for jpeg, I will fill up a flash drive quickly. On my last trip to Myanmar I was able to get a 2 TB Seagate Backup Plus in Yangon after I filled up a 64 and 32 GB flash drive. I travel with a laptop (256 GB recently ugpraded to 1 TB) and clear the camera memory when I've copied the images to the laptop's SSD and the Seagate. Writing to the Seagate's 2TB USB 3 seems faster than to the flash drives. It would be prudent to have another portable HDD or SSD.

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Jul 11, 2018 11:26:02   #
billgdyoung Loc: Big Bear City, CA
 
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.


Do both... have a look at this... it doesn't require a PC... just plug your SD cards into the slot and POOF... instant backup
https://www.wdc.com/products/portable-storage/my-passport-wireless-pro.html

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Jul 11, 2018 11:29:56   #
Annie Loyd
 
Thanks...I see those seagates at Walmart...glad to hear they are good.

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Jul 11, 2018 11:35:17   #
Photo_Buff Loc: San Francisco Bay Area
 
Wow! Wireless, with a USB port for card readers. Will check it out. Hopefully the write speed is fast. Thanks!

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Jul 11, 2018 11:41:44   #
ppage Loc: Pittsburg, (San Francisco area)
 
Copy them to ANTHING ELSE. So you have what is on the cards and a copy of what is on the cards. Anything else means an external disk, a usb stick, a laptop, a tablet or a cloud account. I bring my laptop and copy all the files from the card to the laptop at the end of each shooting day while I am traveling.
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.

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Jul 11, 2018 12:04:39   #
Annie Loyd
 
Thanks...safety first.

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Jul 11, 2018 12:08:10   #
russelray Loc: La Mesa CA
 
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.

I take my laptop computer which has 2 USB ports, 1 microSD port, and 1 SD port. I take three 64GB SD cards with me. I have had SD cards go bad, or break, so I have those 2 extra ones. I also have a 4 TB external HD which is about the size of my wallet; it cost $109 and plugs into a USB port. So at the end of each day, I turn on the computer, take the SD card out of my camera and plug it into the computer's SD port, and then transfer that day's pictures to the laptop's 1TB internal SSD and to the 4 TB external HD. That provides two sets of pictures in two different places. Then I delete the pictures from the SD card.

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Jul 11, 2018 12:30:35   #
crphoto8 Loc: Anaheim, California
 
I agree with you, #2. I have an Olympus E-M1 mk2 which gives me 2 card slots; I use the second one as a backup. I replace both cards every few days, depending on how full they get.

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.

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Jul 11, 2018 12:31:26   #
AircraftGuru
 
If you’re taking your laptop .... Intel has a 1 TB SSD ... to put in place of the HD ..... its Mean time Between Failure is 1.6 million hours .... so running 24/7 ... about 180 years ... I don’t recall the part number ... that can be found on eBay and Amazon I think ....

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Jul 11, 2018 13:03:44   #
joer Loc: Colorado/Illinois
 
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.


It depends on the type of shooting you do and the file size of the camera. If speed is not a concern the inexpensive SD cards are probably your best option. However, with a high pixel count camera you may miss shots waiting for the buffer to clear.

OTOH fast SD cards are expensive and having a bunch can run into serious money, although the speed advantage opens more photo opportunities assuming your camera can take advantage of them. If so a portable SSD might be the best bet.
Example; using a A7RM3 shooting 10FPS in raw with a inexpensive SD card would be point less.

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Jul 11, 2018 13:08:59   #
Photo_Buff Loc: San Francisco Bay Area
 
Umm, the WD wireless not so good right now. Win 10 64 doesn't recognize the USB 3 port, XQD write speeds are excreably slow. In my experience, anything WiFi is significantly slower than hard wired. I definitely need the laptop to review my images, delete the unacceptable ones, and write to two external HDD's. Only then do I delete the images from my SD and XQD cards. IMHO USB 3 absolutely essential. Don't like going for the newest, up to datest. Bleeding edge is a painful experience. Writing to a Cloud account would be good, but many not possible out in the boondocks.

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