Epson P-4000

[Permagrin]

There's not a lot of equipment I've purchased that I've been unhappy with...but this is one. It was highly touted in mag's...got good reviews at PIXMA...and I needed something since I only have a few 2gig cards, for storage when I'm away. But I've found it to be terribly slow at downloading and the battery seems to be used up very quickly. Has anyone else had any issues or am I expecting too much...I suppose that's not uncommon ;)

[coreypolis]

not at all, in fact I coun't be happier with it. It downloads a 4gb card in maybe 10-15 minutes, so it just sits in the case on my belt. It can transfer a good 12-14gb on a battery, thats unheard of in this market. My previous one, a delkin picture pad, could take over 30 secons to display a shot, and only could download 2bg on a battery, and it was more expensive than anything else available today.

I thik that if you expect it to read as fast as a latop so that you can keep reusing the same card, you miss took its abailities. I'd suggest more memory to start with, so you can keep shooting while it downloads. extra batteries are also available, o thats an option for you too

[basroil]

epson p series is a great addition to any kit. unless you plan on taking about 20gb of stuff in an hour, the p-series can save you a lot of money. on my trip to japan, a single 1gb card for my camera, one for my sister's camera, and one for my father's camera was able to be used to take well over 3k photos. just pop the card in while you rest up somewhere and you're set. unless you want to look at all 3k photos, the battry will last more than enough time.

[SuzyView]

I don't travel without my P2000. People sometimes complain about the download time, but really, for so much data, it isn't bad. I remember the days when . . . . and my P2000 takes so much abuse. I think for the price, it's a good traveling hard drive.

[Permagrin]

I thik that if you expect it to read as fast as a latop so that you can keep reusing the same card, you miss took its abailities. I'd suggest more memory to start with, so you can keep shooting while it downloads. extra batteries are also available, o thats an option for you too

I never used a portable storage device before so I suppose, after reading how fast this one was, I did expect it to be as fast as a card reader/laptop combo. I was thinking that it could replace the two and save me space (travel gear wise). It does do it's job (though it doesn't read Kingmax SD cards...all others so far) but I just expected it to be faster.

epson p series is a great addition to any kit. unless you plan on taking about 20gb of stuff in an hour, the p-series can save you a lot of money. on my trip to japan, a single 1gb card for my camera, one for my sister's camera, and one for my father's camera was able to be used to take well over 3k photos. just pop the card in while you rest up somewhere and you're set. unless you want to look at all 3k photos, the battry will last more than enough time.

I WAS shooting all my cards full before I stopped to download. I'll just have to re-think how I do things I guess. I like to travel light so the idea of the portable storage unit seemed so perfect.

[PaintballPhotography.com]

I have an Epson P-4000 and I was wondering if there was a quick way to erase all the saved pictures. Deleting one folder at a time on the P-4000 is very time consuming and I was wondering if there was a way to format the P-4000 like a CF card?

[Permagrin]

I wondered that too...as of the moment, I haven't found one.

[overlunge]

I have an Epson P-4000 and I was wondering if there was a quick way to erase all the saved pictures. Deleting one folder at a time on the P-4000 is very time consuming and I was wondering if there was a way to format the P-4000 like a CF card?

Couldn't you tick the multiple folders and then as to be deleted at once. Alternatively, mount it on your computer as a portable drive and delete the files that way?

[coreypolis]

nope, more of a safety thing that lack of programming. I'd hate for someone to accidently delete everything on me

[coreypolis]

Couldn't you tick the multiple folders and then as to be deleted at once. Alternatively, mount it on your computer as a portable drive and delete the files that way?

delete from the actual unit only, deleting form the computer leads to issues

[overlunge]

delete from the actual unit only, deleting form the computer leads to issues

Hi coreypolis, I am unsure what the 'issues' are when deleting while connect to the computer.

[Maeglin]

I haven't used it very much yet, but recently bought a P-2000 and doesn't seem to have either the speed or battery life issues (though the latter may show up later on if it's there). Maybe it's the card reader I was using before, but the download time does seem quicker in my case with the 2000, and I don't believe my laptop has USB 2 either (I can only imagine if it did).

[picworx]

It is slow, you cannot format the P-2000, pP-4000 see Epsons web site on this, my P-2000 I bought near the end of June and just last night I wanted to delete an Album and waited for it to finish which it did, now I can't even get back into the Albums so I need keep resetting it. Going back to Epson, now I don't trust it!

[gkas]

The P-2000, and I assume, the P-4000 have two partitions on the disk drive. The first small partition has the operating system for the device, and the second partition is where the data is stored. When you format the drive, both partitions are replaced by a single new partition. Unfortunately, the operating system on the partition for the device to startup is now gone. Epson now charges an arm and a leg to fix this.

As an aside, has anyone tried to Ghost the drive image without removing the hard drive. This may be possible if you connect the P-2000 as an external USB drive. This would give you a backup image of the original partitions in case of drive failure or accidental formatting.

[dafnis]

anyone that owns/has worked with the p-4500?

[coreypolis]

The P-2000, and I assume, the P-4000 have two partitions on the disk drive. The first small partition has the operating system for the device, and the second partition is where the data is stored. When you format the drive, both partitions are replaced by a single new partition. Unfortunately, the operating system on the partition for the device to startup is now gone. Epson now charges an arm and a leg to fix this.

As an aside, has anyone tried to Ghost the drive image without removing the hard drive. This may be possible if you connect the P-2000 as an external USB drive. This would give you a backup image of the original partitions in case of drive failure or accidental formatting.yes, its not only possible but readily done. Manny people have switched out the 40gb hard drive in place of a faster, larger hard drive like a Toshiba 100gb 5400rpm HD

[ermanno]

how do you upgrade the hard disk?
is it a particular type or just any 2.5"?

[coreypolis]

how do you upgrade the hard disk?
is it a particular type or just any 2.5"?

not 100% sure, I've seen instructions, but can't seem to find them at the moment.

I heard for sure that a Toshiba 5400rpm 100gb drive would work, and I assume most would aswell.

You'll have to have the ability to take the OS off of the existing hard drive and load it on to the new one