Storage

[King]

You people are great,

I've been lurking in the wings for about a month now (that's when I received my G5) and have got quite an education. One thing I havn't seen covered is a solution for portable storage... Other than carring a mess of cost prohibitive CF cards and or a lap top. Any thoughts/experience?

Thanks in advance,
King

[Ikinaa]

King wrote:
You people are great,

I've been lurking in the wings for about a month now (that's when I received my G5) and have got quite an education. One thing I havn't seen covered is a solution for portable storage... Other than carring a mess of cost prohibitive CF cards and or a lap top. Any thoughts/experience?

Thanks in advance,
King

Just use the search function on top of the forum page and enter 'portable storage'.
This is a subject widely covered here...

[Dexter]

Hello King

Check this:

apacer - disc_stone_cp100:

http://www.apacer.com/apacer_english/product_html/disc_stone_cp100.asp

apacer - disc_stone_cp200:

http://www.apacer.com/apacer_english/product_html/disc_stone_cp200.asp

Bests

[Deckyon]

This is easy. For what it would cost ot buy a 1 GB CF card, you could get 20 GB of storage in a portable format with CF downloading w/out need for computer and a fast, USB2.0 interface of 480 mbps to your computer.

I am talking about the ImageTank G2. I have a review of it on my website with links to the manufacturer with prices.

ImageTank G2 - Review (http://www.sturm.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=2)

I used to carry four (4) 256MB UltraCf cards and have moved to carrying just 2 and sold the other 2. I use my ImageTank all the time and it fits in my gadget bag.

[FlyingPete]

I run a X's-Drive II. I bought that particular drive because it had inbuilt card slots for about everything (at the time I was using a Sony with MemorySticks).

Whilst the drive does do the job it was intended to do, I find it a little slow to load cards onto (any type), and a not that quick on USB2 to offload. A little investigation revealed the reason why, the X's-Drive uses a fairly cheap '6in1' chip found in a lot of low end multi card readers.

I hind sight I would have used a dedicated Compact Flash based reader such as the ImageTank G2, and used a compact flash adaptor for other cards types such as the memory stick. I might still do this if I can move my X's-Drive along without the hard disk (I have a 40GB drive, heaps of space!)

Here are some drives I am aware of:
X's-Drive
Super DigiBin
ImageTank
Archos (These guys to all sorts of stuff, some with colour playback screens and built in MP3 players!)
Tripper
Apacer Steno (CD Writer)

I know www.mydigitaldiscount.com has a few of these, that is where I got my X’s-Drive from, you can also get the ImageTank G2, and the Tripper.

I only use a 512MB and 128MB card, the 512 is for my main shooting, the 128 is when I am offloading the 512!

[Deckyon]

flyingpete wrote:I hind sight I would have used a dedicated Compact Flash based reader such as the ImageTank G2, and used a compact flash adaptor for other cards types such as the memory stick. I might still do this if I can move my X's-Drive along without the hard disk (I have a 40GB drive, heaps of space!)

As long as it is a laptop sized HD, the ImageTank G2 will take it. You can get just the shell w/out the hard drive. That is what I did, since I had a spare laptop hard drive at home.

[King]

You people are great... Thanks for the info... I'm doing the research