greymule Loc: Colorado

Anyone know if it's possible to download images from a D300 directly to a thumb drive plugged into the camera??

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

By thumb drive, are you referring to a USB Flash Drive? There is no way to adapt the CF card directly to USB, but you might be able to have a custom USB reversing adapter made to plug the flash drive into your USB output port on the body. I have never heard of anyone doing this and I really wouldn't know why one would want to do it. A CF card is cheaper than a comparable large flash drive, and a CF to USB reader is readily available almost everywhere. My solution for storage transfer while in the field is a pocket sized Seagate 640GB Go Flex USB external hard drive (which requires no external power source) and an ACER netbook (their battery capacity is VERY good due to the small 10" screen). I use SD cards in my D7000 and D800E so all I have to do is plug the SD card into the built-in reader slot and plub the External hard drive into the USB port and save from the SD to the EHD directly, never storing the images on the netbook. (Also, I got my netbook at a garage sale for only $50) That along with the EHD for $69 makes for a very economical, but high capacity field storage solution. And it takes up very little room.

greymule Loc: Colorado

Your field storage solution sounds excellent. I was just wondering in case of emergency.

mafadecay Loc: Wales UK

I have looked into this and can not find a standard USB drive that will work. Only the photo/video viewers for around £400

The problem is powering the device and pushing the files.

By the way I love your avitar. It is interesting and makes one want to see the bigger picture.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Take a look here. https://www.google.com/search?q=USB+to+mini+usb+adaptor&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-Address&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7ADFA_enUS488

or here http://www.buy.com/prod/usb-2-0-type-a-to-mini-usb-5-pin-type-b-female-male-adapter/212703014.html?listingId=56580302

[Edit: I just ordered the $2.88 item from the second link. Yes, I know it's a lots to spend without knowing if it's what I need, but it's worth a chance. :D

More than once I've ordered the wrong male/female thing. I've always had problems with the male/female thing, and I know I'm not alone. :D

mafadecay Loc: Wales UK

This would allow you to plug into the interface but I still can not see what would push the images from camera to drive without an operating system.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Now you tell me! You're right, of course. Maybe there's an adaptor for that. :D I can use it for other things - I hope.

greymule Loc: Colorado

the way I love your avitar. It is interesting and makes one want to see the bigger picture.[/quote]

Thank you. Here are a couple of images of the surrounding area. The avatar was captured atop Mount Sneffles, 14,150 feet above sea level.

mafadecay Loc: Wales UK

Thank you. Here are a couple of images of the surrounding area. The avatar was captured atop Mount Sneffles, 14,150 feet above sea level.[/quote]

Breath taking!

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

So is there a highway going up there? A train? :D

greymule Loc: Colorado

Sedan bearers. They just carry yon right up the notch- image #2.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Thanks. I'll go online and book a trip.

saichiez Loc: Beautiful Central Oregon

A thumb drive needs power to work. Any USB port in any device that receives USB storage drives delivers 5 volts of power to deliver power to the thumb drive. If you could do as you desire, where would the power source be?

You could direct the images direct from the camera directly to a thumb drive, but as near as I can tell, there would have to be a computer in the loop to power the USB function in the camera, AND to power the USB storage function in the thumb drive.

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MtnMan Loc: ID

That is a good solution I can use as I have all the parts. Sure wish they'd make it so we could elminate the computer and plug the external hard drive directly into the computer for the transfer. The issue might be that the external hard drives are powered through the USB...maybe a bit of a tough assignment for the camera battery. Hope they start adding that capability sometime in the future.

MtnMan Loc: ID

Iceland or Colorado?