Memory card storage over extended (6 week) trip

Hi. I am planning a 6 week trip across the US/Peru/Thailand and will be shooting 100% raw. I currently have an 8 gb III CF card but as it only holds a little over 600 shots i'm thinking i'll need an alternative storage mechanism to avoid running out of space.

I am hoping some of you can give me some advice on what my options would be.. I'm currently thinking i just go and buy another 8gb III CF but even then, would 2 of them be enough? I have a few Ipods im taking with me, is there a way i can use them as storage? are there any adaptors for them that can let me connect a CF card up to them for backing up photos?

Are there any other affordable storage solutions?

Last time i went travelling for a few months i only had a simple P&S camera and would just stop in at various camera stores to save my photos to cd.. but i don't know if that would be an option with the increased size of raw files.. do they do dvd backup now?

any help would be awesome! thanks

Memory cards are cheap...buy several and take with you...they are still the smallest and easiest storage media...

aeonnemesis wrote in post #6237522
Hi. I am planning a 6 week trip across the US/Peru/Thailand and will be shooting 100% raw. I currently have an 8 gb III CF card but as it only holds a little over 600 shots i'm thinking i'll need an alternative storage mechanism to avoid running out of space.

I am hoping some of you can give me some advice on what my options would be.. I'm currently thinking i just go and buy another 8gb III CF but even then, would 2 of them be enough? I have a few Ipods im taking with me, is there a way i can use them as storage? are there any adaptors for them that can let me connect a CF card up to them for backing up photos?

Are there any other affordable storage solutions?

Last time i went travelling for a few months i only had a simple P&S camera and would just stop in at various camera stores to save my photos to cd.. but i don't know if that would be an option with the increased size of raw files.. do they do dvd backup now?

any help would be awesome! thanks

in 10 days on our last trip i shot almost 60 gigs of files. i had with me 44 gigs of cards and a 120-gig epson p3000 storage/viewing device.

next time i'll have enough cards so that i won't have to format any until i'm at home at my desk, and i'll have a second copy of everything on a storage device or laptop.

ed rader

Wow that's a lot of photos! i think my partner would be PISSED if i took that many photos.. she's not really into photography too much... and i told her i'd make her carry my equipment so she could feel like she was involved!!

I've done a bit of research and i think i'll go look at the colorspace units.. theyre around $250-$300 at a store near here for an 80 gig which i hope will suit my needs

I would invest in a laptop, my choice would be a refurb or used MacBook 13.3" and then get a external HDD to backup to..

i have a 13.3" macbook.. i was actually considering taking it along... but then i'll mostly be backpacking and living out of a suitcase for 6 weeks including doing the 4 day inca trail to machu picchu so im not sure if a laptop is the answer... i'm thinking i might have to bite the bullet and invest $$ in portable storage.. buying additional CF cards aint going to cut it. Thanks for the advice though

Use a laptop and some DVD-Rs, that way you'll still have 2 copies, DVDs are much cheaper that memory cards, once you have a laptop.

aeonnemesis wrote in post #6238316
i have a 13.3" macbook.. i was actually considering taking it along... but then i'll mostly be backpacking and living out of a suitcase for 6 weeks including doing the 4 day inca trail to machu picchu so im not sure if a laptop is the answer... i'm thinking i might have to bite the bullet and invest $$ in portable storage.. buying additional CF cards aint going to cut it. Thanks for the advice though

Take tha laptop!

put it in a Pelican case with the rest of your gear, and fear no bad conditions!