Photo Storage While Travelling (Page 3): I wouldn't download my SD cards to a spinning disc and then wipe my cards. Spinning drives are much too vulnerable to impact damage, water...

mcveed Loc: Kelowna, British Columbia (between trips)

I wouldn't download my SD cards to a spinning disc and then wipe my cards. Spinning drives are much too vulnerable to impact damage, water (rain) etc for me to pull all my eggs in that basket. I carry a small 500GB SSD laptop (13" macbook pro) which has a SD card slot, as well as two 1TB ruggedized portable hard drives. If I fill all of them up I'll start storing my SD cards (256 GB all together). If I get all of those filled up I'll come home.

SonnyE Loc: Communist California, USA

Maybe I am reading it wrong, but that RavPower thing, while very attractive, appears to require an SD card for storage.
Or a thumb drive.

Whereas, the WD is a real deal hard drive.

Am I seeing that wrong?

bjprovo Loc: Northeast CT

This device appears to be part of the WD My Cloud system and as such would allow you to save your pictures to a WD My Cloud hard drive in your home via WiFi. There is probably no perfect system but this appears to be small and lightweight which is what the original post was looking for.

mcveed wrote:

I wouldn't download my SD cards to a spinning disc and then wipe my cards. Spinning drives are much too vulnerable to impact damage, water (rain) etc for me to pull all my eggs in that basket. I carry a small 500GB SSD laptop (13" macbook pro) which has a SD card slot, as well as two 1TB ruggedized portable hard drives. If I fill all of them up I'll start storing my SD cards (256 GB all together). If I get all of those filled up I'll come home.

DrWilk Loc: .

I've used a similar devise from another company for years and haven't had any problems at all with it so I'm not concerned about the spinning disk. My issue with it is the size. I need something with a greater capacity.

mcveed wrote:

I wouldn't download my SD cards to a spinning disc and then wipe my cards. Spinning drives are much too vulnerable to impact damage, water (rain) etc for me to pull all my eggs in that basket. I carry a small 500GB SSD laptop (13" macbook pro) which has a SD card slot, as well as two 1TB ruggedized portable hard drives. If I fill all of them up I'll start storing my SD cards (256 GB all together). If I get all of those filled up I'll come home.

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

bjprovo wrote:

Here are two options that I found intriguing.

http://www.amazon.com/RAVPower-Multifunctional-wireless-Accessing-compatible/dp/B00INMB23Q#

http://www.dpreview.com/articles/6201873948/western-digital-launches-the-my-passport-wireless-hard-drive-with-built-in-sd-card-reader

The Ravpower appears to NOT be a disk drive, but a device to share an SD card or other attached USB storage media device, such as a usb thumb drive, wirelessly.

SonnyE Loc: Communist California, USA

Wow, I just spotted what looks to be a real deal.
4 TB WD Back-up for $129.95 at Sam's club.
http://www.samsclub.com/sams/wd-my-book-4tb-exte/prod15700328.ip?pid=_CSE_Google_PLA_Desk_Hard_Drives&source=ifpla&CAWELAID=730010300000466622

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

SonnyE wrote:

Wow, I just spotted what looks to be a real deal.
4 TB WD Back-up for $129.95 at Sam's club.
http://www.samsclub.com/sams/wd-my-book-4tb-exte/prod15700328.ip?pid=_CSE_Google_PLA_Desk_Hard_Drives&source=ifpla&CAWELAID=730010300000466622

That looks like a super deal Sonny!

photosarah Loc: East Sussex, UK

DrWilk wrote:

I am in the planning stages of an 8 week history/p... (show quote)

I use a Canon portable hard drive, called Media Storage M80. I've had it for years, and it wasn't cheap then, but I think much less money now. It takes thousands of photos literally, of large jPegs from a 5Dmii, , and I have never even filled it half full over long trips abroad. Very reliable, and only 5 inches by 3 inches. Newer models are probably smaller and lighter. Worth investigating and/or looking at other manufacturers' models.

johneccles Loc: Leyland UK

On a month long cruise I used an EyeFi card which transferred photos as they were taken, to my tablet. They were saved onto a 64 gb micro sd card which was ample for my needs. If the tablet battery runs out the photos will still be transferred when it is charged up. Or it could be switched until you need to transfer your shots at the end of each day.
I carry my tablet which weighs only 12oz in a camera bag, so it's hardly noticeable.
My real concern would be camera batteries, I have four so I have never had a problem.

Erv Loc: Medina Ohio

Hi Doc. I have two of the smaller ones and down load to them just in case one fails. I have only been out of the country once to England. I found out you need special adaptors to charge US stuff. I don't know if it is still that way or not. That was back in the 70's.
Erv

DrWilk wrote:

Thanks everyone for the input.I'm leaning towards the WD 2TB unit.

Peekayoh Loc: UK

DrWilk wrote:

I've used a similar devise from another company for years and haven't had any problems at all with it so I'm not concerned about the spinning disk. My issue with it is the size. I need something with a greater capacity.

I've used the NextoDI Battery HDD device for some years now. I replaced the HDD with an SSD in order to extend the battery life when travelling. If you need more space, it's easy enough to swap in another SSD in the field. I imagine you could do the same with this WD device.

There is a choice of copy modes but it will check the drive for bad sectors and only copy to safe areas and will also verify the copied data before deleting the card (or you can choose not to delete). These features are crucial IMO.

If the WD hard drive has those features, it's a lot cheaper otherwise.....

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

There are portable "photo safes" that allow you to download (directly from a memory card) and store photos without a computer. The first one here - not expensive - only has an indicator and doesn't allow you to view the photos.
http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Foci-Photo-Safe-PST-252/dp/B00OVVTWNU/ref=pd_sim_sbs_pc_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=031C8FESRME0VTZXY8RK

This one allows you to view your photos, whether in RAW or JPG. It does NOT come with a required solid-state drive (SSD) - you can get a 250GB SSD for $99 these days and a 500GB for $199.

http://www.amazon.com/Sanho-HyperDrive-COLORSPACE-Backup-Storage/dp/B009PF4DB8/ref=pd_sim_sbs_pc_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=031C8FESRME0VTZXY8RK

johnst1001a Loc: West Chester, Ohio

Personally, I don't want another device like the card readers, so I go with SD cards of higher capacity. I have dual card capability, CF and SD, so I usually use one to shoot RAW, the other JPEG. For the RAW, I go with the 256 gb card, which you can get for $90, and for the CF, I have a couple of 64 gb extreme pros.

ottopj Loc: Annapolis, MD USA

I agree. Seems like a great solution. Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner!

ottopj Loc: Annapolis, MD USA

Jahawk wrote:

I have the western digital passport 1 tb drive. You still need a computer or a tablet with USB port to download

But you don't need to carry it with you, correct? You can download when you get home. Or, am I mistaken?