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Digital cameras: I need a backup solution for digital photos while traveling overseas
- 7/24/09 2:20 PM
dont take pictures!!! really what a suggestion
by gbswales1 - 7/24/09 6:48 PM In reply to: Leave your camera at home. by bofahsIf your only concern is to have a record of the places that everyone visits then I would just about accept that idea but I think most people taking photos are trying to capture features about their particular experience and with their families and friends in the shots - camera's dont narrow your vision - they replace something that humans dont have in abundance which is good memory - plus of course a lot of us enjoy taking photographs for their own sake not just a video diary
Watch online storage and dont depend on it - some of these services reduce your original size images when you upload them making it impossible to get big prints or blow up small sections of a picture later
Travel picture storage
by kswinkler - 7/17/09 8:52 PM In reply to: I need a backup solution for digital photos while traveling overseas by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Why not store them on Webshots? That way everyone has access to them anytime, anywhere.
backup is goooood
by andkarena - 7/17/09 9:13 PM In reply to: I need a backup solution for digital photos while traveling overseas by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
you should take a netbook along if you can or go to a cybercafe then upload those photos to online storage. You can store 2 gigs or less on mozy.com for free or pay $5 per month. YOu can store quite a few photos on vartious sites, including adobe's site and webshots.com for free. All of these and several others I do not have to hand just now are great solutions. As for carry around storage, any usb flash drive will work fine.
backup for photos(or any other data)
by Dale E Marcum - 7/18/09 12:07 AM In reply to: I need a backup solution for digital photos while traveling overseas by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
The solution that works for my wife and I has proven successful here in Russia.
We take many photos but really need an inexpensive but adequate computer. so the Acer Aspire 1 netbook coupled to a Western Digital 80 gb passport drive just flat out works. The Acer netbook has memory slot for many different kinds of memory cards from cameras and that Acer Netbook refurbished is as low as $199 in selected stores. The WD Passport drive($60)is a sleek black plastic beauty that just plugs into USB and does the job. We just added an after market DVD-RW DRIVE ($80)which also hooks up thru USB and everyone here got an individual DVD copy of photos. If you just want to burn copies forget the Passport drive.
Very impressive setup. Dale
My backup solution
by jonathanrowson - 7/24/09 10:14 PM In reply to: backup for photos(or any other data) by Dale E MarcumDepending on the size of your laptop and the amount you pack, that may be your best solution. What I've done i the past is use my old Video iPod (5G) and an old Apple dongle called an iPod Camera Connector. It's slow, and can drain your camera's battery if you've got tons of photos, but if you have an old iPod, that can be an easy way to get anywhere from 30-120 gb of portable space to download. I think that the old Camera Connector only works on older iPods, so you are stuck with 30 or 60 GB if I remember correctly. If you HAVE an old iPod that can handle video and can stand to wipe it clean, you can prob pick one of these dongles up on eBay. (just checked, and saw some for 4 bucks, just search for iPod camera connector)
Oh, and if you go this route, this allows you to VIEW your photos on your iPod's screen (albeit tiny) and you can even use a card reader hooked up to the iPod Camera Connector.
re your acer netbook
by mairsie69 - 7/25/09 4:11 PM In reply to: backup for photos(or any other data) by Dale E MarcumAll the paraphernalia you mentioned as possible to back up pictures on your netbook... this is very helpful.
Is there a way I can load programs ... since there is no cd/dvd slot? Will an external one with YSB connection work?
Thanks.
Maryanne
Digital image capture and back-up on tour
by gallimaufrey - 7/18/09 12:28 AM In reply to: I need a backup solution for digital photos while traveling overseas by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
The real reply is a question--if you're taking a laptop or netbook with USB use a Freecom bouncy drive which will withstand considerable shock and has its own USB connection cable built-in (of course powered from USB rail) If no computer, chose a hard drive to which each of the user cameras can plug direct to avoid multi-card adaptors which might rely on USB power again. Whatever your setup try it rigorously before you go.
Cheap and Simple
by Bros1 - 7/18/09 12:28 AM In reply to: I need a backup solution for digital photos while traveling overseas by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I was out travelling nd I just bought a normal external card reader in Europe. Every country in Europe has InterNet Cafes, so every time your cards are full just download them at a Cafe and send them home,a very simple and effective method. Another way is even simpler, just take with you three or four extra cards with a good amount of GB storage
and keep them safe in their plastic container. External card readres are very cheap in Europe and usually take four or five different sizes of cards and will take any type.
New invention
by jnuchter - 7/18/09 12:33 AM In reply to: I need a backup solution for digital photos while traveling overseas by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I am going to develope a hard drive digital still camera and that will end the debate. I don't know why there is not one out yet. Hay its my idea so lets see some royalties.
Digital storage in cameras...
by T.W. Hudgens ARDCS - 7/18/09 2:36 AM In reply to: New invention by jnuchterI just purchased a Canon 48x Zoom video cam with still capability... It has a 16G hard drive and also takes a memory card. The stills are not as good as Canon's still cameras are but it's not too bad for amateur photography and do do a little "stuff" in the hands of a skilled professional also. It's the SF line of Canon Video Cameras. The model I use is the least expensive SF10 (through special order). There is the SF11 and several others available for around $1K. For stills only I do like Canon and Minolta as well. If you can afford it, get yourself a Hasselblad... And get jiggy with it!
Couple suggestions for camera storage, on trip to Euorpe
by Wrocksteady - 7/18/09 12:36 AM In reply to: I need a backup solution for digital photos while traveling overseas by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
One idea is to get several memory sticks for you camera and you have the pictures on the removable memory, One can purchase an 8 gig memory stick for $20.00, and put alot pictures on 8 gig. Another suggestion is and Epson Photo Shop Deluxe. I have one and it can run off of batteries, for portableably. Also it accept several kinds ofremoverable memory to print for, the PhotoMax Deluxe also can save you pictures within itself. I prints 4"X 6" phots and does a reallynice job of doing it. The photo matt deluxe is the only one by Epson that is a portable photo lab, don't even need a computer to print phots. 
Hope I am of some help.
john
My solution
by South.lodge - 7/18/09 1:39 AM In reply to: I need a backup solution for digital photos while traveling overseas by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I've just come back from seven weeks turing California. Only one camera but 2,500 photos so backup was a priority.
The solution really depends on your finance and weight restrictions. A laptop is a heavy beast if you're packing enough clothes for our changeable European weather. Online storage is fine but you can spend time and money sitting in an internet cafe during the day.
I bought one of the latest, light-weight netbooks - a Samsung NC10. Huge storage capacity, decent size screen for viewing the pics, I even loaded Photoshop Elements so it was available for on-the spot editing/enhancing/cropping etc. Level two backup was achieved with a 16GB USB Sandisk Cruzer.
With the graphics package you can easily reduce copies of your pictures to a sensible size for speedy uploading to the internet for your friends at home to view. If you're inclined you can even write a narrative to upload at the same time - I used Flickr but then I'm a bit old-fashioned and haven't got into facebook yet.
Of course, when you can pick up WiFi you can check weather forecasts on the web and keep up to date with your e-mails without having to part with cash in an internet cafe. The last, and by far the best, benefit is that with Skype loaded you can speak to your family at home for next to nothing. I'm still amazed that the cost of phoning my Dad on his landline on a weekly basis only cost about £2 over the whole holiday! On similar length European holidays I have parted with £30-40 of mobile phone costs - never again! If you're really brave you can use the webcam - something I don't generally like to inflict on my friends, but it's an option.
We were touring in a motorhome and I was a little worried about battery life so I bought a car charger but to be honest the battery lasted for ages (you're on holiday so you don't have the netbook turned on for hours at a time). I only used it once when we were in Yosemite without a hook-up for a few days.
Even my wife (who hates computers) agreed that the Netbook was well worthwhile expenditure. Oh, and I splashed out on a Logitech bluetooth mouse because I'm rubbish with a touch-pad.
Hope my experience provides some food for thought. Have a good vacation. Keith
digital photo back up
by maggiedev - 7/24/09 6:33 PM In reply to: My solution by South.lodgei guess my way of backing up photos on a vacation is just very simplistic, but works for me. i take my laptop everywhere i go. i take my photos and every evening i download to my laptop. i put in a special folder and when the folder reaches size for cd or dvd i burn a disk and put disk in my laptop case. hence i have photos on computer as well as a disk. when i return home i have all the time in the world to sort and edit. i have taken laptop on several cruises as well as domestic trips all over the u.s. and downloaded photos from many other cameras from different family members traveling with me. i personally take two cameras everywhere i go. as i already have a laptop i don't have to purchase memory sticks or any other type of fancy photo back up. i am all for saving my money for the trip itself.. the only extra purchase i made is the power converter for other countries so i can plug in my laptop. this is how i handled my over 2000 photos i took in alaska and the 12 disks i filled up took very little room in the laptop case. simple solution.
p.s. i download each day as i have had defective memory cards in my camera and lost photos.. if i download daily i can replace with a good card for minimal loss. i have also learned the hard way not to use large memory cards for my camera. 1g is the biggest i use and take several with me. with two forms of back up i erase and just start over. by the way, i would suggest all take their usb cords for their camera's just in case.
Backup.
by jpap93 - 7/18/09 1:59 AM In reply to: I need a backup solution for digital photos while traveling overseas by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Well, if you have varying cards, the only way I know is through a PC.
Picture saving
by esow0119 - 7/18/09 2:03 AM In reply to: I need a backup solution for digital photos while traveling overseas by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Hello, I use a small picture card reader that reads SM/XD, SD/MMC, MS/MSPRO, CF/MD for USB to transfer photos from various cameras to my PC. Then I make copy to a 16 GB memorystick. Thus the pictures are saved both on the HD in my laptop and the memory stick. If you don't want to carry around your laptop you only bring the card reader and the memory stick. Almost all hotels have courtesy computers for their guests that you may use.
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