Backup While On A Trip
Jul 12, 2020 17:57:19 #
ChuckMc
Loc: Prescott, AZ
While this may be a poor time to talk about taking a trip, I just made a purchase at COSTCO for my trips, and based on previous threads on UHH, I thought many of my fellow photographers might also have a use for it. This is a small, SanDisk 1 TB external SSD, that I expect to be my backup/external storage device on future trips. It measures 2” x3¾” x 1/4”; is very light weight; is advertised as rugged; and uses Type-C USB 3.1 connectivity. Included is a Type-C to Type-C cable and a Type-C to Type-A USB adapter. Read speed is “up to 550 MB/s. Price is $140.
The negative is that one should have two such devices on a trip for real backup, and I only bought one. My minister of finance may even question that purchase. ;-}
As I write this, the Amazon price is $200. They also offer the 2TB for $370 and say only one is in stock.
The negative is that one should have two such devices on a trip for real backup, and I only bought one. My minister of finance may even question that purchase. ;-}
As I write this, the Amazon price is $200. They also offer the 2TB for $370 and say only one is in stock.
Jul 12, 2020 19:56:43 #
Jul 12, 2020 21:38:49 #
wrangler5
Loc: Missouri
I have yet to take more than 128GB of images on a trip, which fit on a thumb drive. I have two of the thumb drives - just in case. And, while I reformat card 1 in the camera after copying the day's images to the thumb drives, I leave all the images on card 2. Again, just in case.
Jul 13, 2020 01:06:26 #
ChuckMc
Loc: Prescott, AZ
petercbrandt wrote:
Ah yes, these ministers of finance, got one too !
Yes, they can be tough. To deal with that, I've tried to get her interested in taking pictures, but no dice yet. I'll keep trying though. :-}
Jul 13, 2020 01:11:31 #
ChuckMc
Loc: Prescott, AZ
wrangler5 wrote:
I have yet to take more than 128GB of images on a trip, which fit on a thumb drive. I have two of the thumb drives - just in case. And, while I reformat card 1 in the camera after copying the day's images to the thumb drives, I leave all the images on card 2. Again, just in case.
I usually have two cards I use in the camera and two as backups. As I also bring documents I'm working on, music, and electronic books, I'll have those on this drive and also use it as one of the backups.
Thanks for responding.
Chuck
Jul 13, 2020 05:53:25 #
Jul 13, 2020 07:32:21 #
ChuckMc wrote:
While this may be a poor time to talk about taking... (show quote)
I guess I'm a Cheapskate. Now that I'm retired I've taken several "trips of a lifetime" and the images are dear to me. To safeguard them (purpose of a "backup", I'm presuming), I have extra camera memory cards. When I make images that I want to keep, at the end of the day, I remove that card from the camera and put it safely away for the remainder of the trip. Then I start a new card the next day. At home, I download to my PC and EXT-HD. SD cards are so much cheaper than tag-along HDs.
Jul 13, 2020 08:12:03 #
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Jul 13, 2020 09:03:33 #
petercbrandt
Loc: New York City, Manhattan
I agree withChuckmc, Sd cards are cheep. I take 4 cards with me on trips.
Jul 13, 2020 09:18:44 #
Jul 13, 2020 10:16:05 #
ChuckMc
Loc: Prescott, AZ
SHWeiss wrote:
This will backup your cards without a computer to lug around
Good solution for most, but for the wife and I we need a laptop and I also bring a tablet. My wife manages a group of about 60 School volunteers and when we take vacation it's at a busy time for her reporting. I also fantasize that I'm going to be doing a lot of post-processing during a trip and so the Dell laptop comes in handy for that. But notice I said fantasize. Good intentions but...
Thanks for posting that solution.
Chuck
Jul 13, 2020 10:22:33 #
ChuckMc
Loc: Prescott, AZ
cameraf4 wrote:
I guess I'm a Cheapskate. Now that I'm retired I'v... (show quote)
For a short trip, that would be a good solution. But a card a day for us would be quite expensive as we tend to take trips longer than six weeks. Thus, two cards for the camera and two backup cardswork well. And I'll be replacing one of the backup cards, with this one terabyte SSD.
It's good to see others being concerned about having enough backup. Thanks for responding.
Chuck
Jul 13, 2020 10:27:47 #
ChuckMc
Loc: Prescott, AZ
petercbrandt wrote:
I agree withChuckmc, Sd cards are cheep. I take 4 cards with me on trips.
👍😞.
With the inexpensive price of large capacity, lightweight SSD cards, multiple backup is a no-brainer requirement.
Thanks for responding.
Chuck
Jul 13, 2020 11:36:10 #
ChuckMc wrote:
While this may be a poor time to talk about taking... (show quote)
What you should have instead of a second drive is cloud backup.
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