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Feb 20, 2019 06:20:55 #

Gatorcoach Loc: New Jersey

Gene51 wrote:

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Hi Gene, the RAVPower looks interesting and your endorsement is valuable but it seems to only work with SD cards. What would you do if you use other media?

Feb 20, 2019 06:43:52 #

David Taylor

Off topic, but hopefully of interest - you may be told to leave cameras behind when you go to the valley of the kings. This advice is out of date, you just need to buy a photography ticket as you enter the site. They're cheap. Also, if you're after that classic view of the Treasury as you exit the Siq at Petra, watch your highlights don't blow out - the contrast is very high. Enjoy.

Feb 20, 2019 06:49:36 #

Rogers

There are RAV models that can backup to both SD card and usb stick. I put up a picture of one of these.

Feb 20, 2019 06:55:22 #

dbaird2495

I don't carry a laptop on trips. I download to my Colorspace UDMA3 hard drive and than sync it to an external hard drive via USB. Works great for me. I always have 2 backups located in different suitcases.

Feb 20, 2019 07:16:11 #

ncralph

dleebrick wrote:

Need a reliable SD card backup system for photos on our upcoming trip to Egypt, Jordan and Israel, without needing to take a laptop or tablet. Seems like the WD My Passport Wireless Pro is what a lot of people use, but it has very mixed reviews. Is that still the best option for backing up direct from camera? Camera WiFi to the cloud is also a possibility, but is pretty slow.

While not inexpensive, I use the Lacie DJI BOSS. No WiFi, just all hardwired to about any portable device if needed. It has 2 TB of storage and when connected to a phone or tablet you can review and edit images. I also have the RavPower Wifi device that others have mentioned and it’s quite handy as well.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1381645-REG/seagate_stgu2000400_2tb_dji_copilot_drive.html

Feb 20, 2019 07:40:19 #

bikerguy

I use the Kingston Mobilite G4, a 1 TB portable HDD and 4 256GB Flash Drives and my smartphone to control it. I perform multiple back ups each night. We have used this system just about around the world for the last 4 years. Once you have an SD card fail on a trip you will definitely want backup. The Mobilite can also act as an internet bridge to other devices.

Feb 20, 2019 07:59:45 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

dleebrick wrote:

You can simply keep the SD cards in a secure case. Use one a day - or whatever - and put them aside. There's no actual backup, of course. A few years ago, I bought a small Netbook with a 300GB drive, and that worked out fine.

before I bought that WD wireless, I would look at laptops with hard drives. For a little more money, you get a lot more functionality.

Feb 20, 2019 09:08:55 #

secular

[quote=jerryc41]You can simply keep the SD cards in a secure case. Use one a day - or whatever - and put them aside. There's no actual backup, of course. ....”

My Pentax has two SD card slots so I am considering using the second card as a backup by having the pictures go to both cards. I think that having a high capacity card in slot 1 and swapping out as smaller capacity card each day or two from slot 2 and storing those cards in a “secure case” might be a workable plan. Will test this approach out on our next trip.

Feb 20, 2019 09:26:35 #

LA Loc: Little Rock, AR

Assuming you will take less than 128 GB or so of photos, I have found the smallest, simplest and probably cheapest solution is to take a thumb drive. No moving parts and no big deal to take two if you're like me who isn't comfortable with fewer than three copies of my photos (counting the SD original).
WOOPS! Forgot: no laptop or tablet!

Feb 20, 2019 09:51:45 #

peterg Loc: Santa Rosa, CA

bikerguy wrote:

I use the Kingston Mobilite G4, a 1 TB portable HDD and 4 256GB Flash Drives and my smartphone to control it.

I use both the WD Wireless Passport Pro and Kingston MobileLite G2. Both work great. Both can read/write to/from a USB flash drive and SD card. Both can access a Sony XDA-SB1 XQD card reader in the USB slot for my Nikon files.
The Passport can automatically backup from either the SD or USB slot to an internal hard drive. No smartdevice needed. It is also a bit bulky and heavy.
The MoblileLite is small and must use a smartdevice (e.g. iPhone, iPad) to control it. (RAVPower filehubs sound similar.) The MobileLite also has an "Offline Files" area to save files. However, since the MobileLite G2 has no internal memory, these files are saved on your controlling smartdevice and are accessible with other apps such as the Mac OS "Imazing".

Feb 20, 2019 10:08:04 #

RavineCat Loc: Worthington, Ohio

If you use an Apple iPhone I have a method I've been experimenting with. It involves loading the photos from the SD card to the iPhone, then copying them to a flash drive, then they can be deleted from the iPhone. The photos remain on the SD card and the flash drive. Sounds tedious but works pretty quickly. See these two items on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0198HIF7K/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LSBMH1Y/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Regards,
Dave

Feb 20, 2019 11:29:20 #

rcarol

Rogers wrote:

The Passport Wireless Pro can do backups without h... (show quote)

Can the RAV RP-WD01 transfer files in one operation from the SD card to an external flash drive or is it a two-step process whereby you transfer the files from the SD card to your phone then transfer from the phone to the flash drive?

Feb 20, 2019 16:09:45 #