SD Card External Hard Drive
Aug 3, 2018 12:51:19 #
TonyF wrote:
My mistake. I have the WD Passport Wireless, and don't need a laptop. Used it on two trips, downloaded photos on it during trip and downloaded what I put on it when I got home.
Awesome!
Aug 3, 2018 13:13:02 #
kashka51 wrote:
Going to Hawaii and i am looking for suggestions for a SD Card External Hard Drive. Looking for an average price and at least 1TB. I can go with refurbished or new. Thanks!
I have been using the Western Digital Passport 1TB model for about 3 years now quite successfully. Is great to be able to transfer from SD to the hard drive without power or a computer! Built-in Wi-Fi as well for added convenience.
Aug 3, 2018 13:14:27 #
MT Shooter wrote:
I have been using the Western Digital Passport 1TB model for about 3 years now quite successfully. Is great to be able to transfer from SD to the hard drive without power or a computer! Built-in Wi-Fi as well for added convenience.
Good to know! Thanks
Aug 3, 2018 21:41:17 #
Aug 3, 2018 22:04:19 #
toxdoc42 wrote:
I just bought 2 64 gig micro SD st Costco, on sale, under $40!
That's great but I was really looking for something portable to store my pics on. Thanks for the info.
Aug 4, 2018 06:15:33 #
baygolf
Loc: DMV
If you are only want to carry either an Ipad or Android device along with your camera take a look at this:
https://www.amazon.com/RAVPower-Wireless-Portable-Companion-Streamer/dp/B016ZWS9ZE/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_sims?ie=UTF8
Yes, you will still need a portable hard drive, but the RavPower will power the drive and download your pictures the drive.
https://www.amazon.com/RAVPower-Wireless-Portable-Companion-Streamer/dp/B016ZWS9ZE/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_sims?ie=UTF8
Yes, you will still need a portable hard drive, but the RavPower will power the drive and download your pictures the drive.
Aug 4, 2018 06:20:25 #
[quote=baygolf]If you are only want to carry either an Ipad or Android device along with your camera take a look at this:
https://www.amazon.com/RAVPower-Wireless-Portable-Companion-Streamer/dp/B016ZWS9ZE/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_sims?ie=UTF8
Yes, you will still need a portable hard drive, but the RavPower will power the drive and download your pictures the drive.[/quote
Thanks
https://www.amazon.com/RAVPower-Wireless-Portable-Companion-Streamer/dp/B016ZWS9ZE/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_sims?ie=UTF8
Yes, you will still need a portable hard drive, but the RavPower will power the drive and download your pictures the drive.[/quote
Thanks
Aug 4, 2018 06:43:01 #
TonyF wrote:
https://www.amazon.com/Black-Passport-Portable-External-Drive/dp/B01LQQHI8I
Yes, that seems to be the standard recommendation. Very good price. And, you can get it "installed" for $89!
Whoops! This is a conventional hard drive - not wireless. I thought the price was a bit low.
https://smile.amazon.com/Passport-Wireless-Mobile-Storage-Portable/dp/B01N7NUGCD/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1533379538&sr=8-4&keywords=wd+wireless+hard+drive
Aug 4, 2018 07:39:41 #
I use a 500 GB Photo Safe that has a built-in SD card reader (along with several other types of cards also). Here is their website: http://www.digitalfoci.com/products/df-photo-solutions/photo-safe-ii.html.
I back up the days photos every night and leave them on the SD cards, so I have the photos in two places until I get home.
I back up the days photos every night and leave them on the SD cards, so I have the photos in two places until I get home.
Aug 4, 2018 07:42:01 #
ggab
Loc: ?
kashka51 wrote:
I am wanting to store pics on external hard drive in case of computer crash...thanks for your input!
Put them in the cloud. Hard drives will crash. It is not a question of "if they will crash" it is a question of "when they will crash".
SSD's can go bad as well.
Cloud storage goes from free to very cheap.
Amazon, I believe, offers free unlimited storage to it's prime members.
Other sites that sell their service will allow you to not only put your raw and jpeg images up, you can back up your hard drives as well.
Aug 4, 2018 08:06:39 #
TonyF wrote:
My mistake. I have the WD Passport Wireless, and don't need a laptop. Used it on two trips, downloaded photos on it during trip and downloaded what I put on it when I got home.
Aug 4, 2018 08:21:27 #
kashka51 wrote:
Going to Hawaii and i am looking for suggestions for a SD Card External Hard Drive. Looking for an average price and at least 1TB. I can go with refurbished or new. Thanks!
I have the WD My Passport Wireless 3TB and it works pretty well
Aug 4, 2018 11:06:34 #
ggab wrote:
Put them in the cloud. Hard drives will crash. It is not a question of "if they will crash" it is a question of "when they will crash".
SSD's can go bad as well
Cloud storage goes from free to very cheap.
Amazon, I believe, offers free unlimited storage to it's prime members.
Other sites that sell their service will allow you to not only put your raw and jpeg images up, you can back up your hard drives as well.
SSD's can go bad as well
Cloud storage goes from free to very cheap.
Amazon, I believe, offers free unlimited storage to it's prime members.
Other sites that sell their service will allow you to not only put your raw and jpeg images up, you can back up your hard drives as well.
...really, really hard to do on the road if you're taking more than 20 photos in a day. I sometimes take thousands, so *anything* cloud is out. I do happen to travel with a small laptop and an external HD (I use SSD's for everything outside of some larger remote drives at home), when I get done with a given day it's time to backup, I actually have a copy of Lightroom Classic CC on the laptop, so I save to the laptop drive and the remote in one blow with an import selection in LR. When that operation is done, I check to make sure my photos are where they are supposed to be, put fresh cards in my body(s) and go out for another day. So, I'm backed up to two hard drives and the original card from the camera. Never had a HD fail on the road (knock on wood) and, especially, never had an SSD fail *ever* ...and I've been using them since inception. Yes, anecdotal. <shrug>
Aug 4, 2018 11:09:16 #
Aug 4, 2018 11:48:35 #
ggab
Loc: ?
chasgroh wrote:
...really, really hard to do on the road if you're... (show quote)
OP indicated "I am wanting to store pics on external hard drive in case of computer crash...thanks for your input!". I simply make the case that storing on an external hard drive is just as risky as storing on an internal hard drive.
If the goal is to safely have an archive as backup, the cloud is the way to go.
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