Portable Hard drive

T.I.P

Hi

I need some help in find a portable hard drive.

All the portable hard drives I am able to find talk about connecting to a computer.
I am looking for something which can connect directly to my camera.

If this is not possible, maybe something which can run on batteries and can accept my SD card

I have a Nikon D40.

I am tired of looking for a computer when I am on the field and more tired of carrying my heavy laptop.

Any suggestions? Something which can connect to my camera directly (also if possible which does not require an external power supply)

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nadreg

I haven't heard of anything that can connect directly to a camera.

BUT...

I bought a device that accepts a SD/Smartcard/etc that doesn't need a PC to download images. Very useful when traveling.

See this link:
http://www.google.com/products?q=iom...gle&ct =title

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vistet

Nadreg , what you have is a reader that connects to a ´puter. What TIP is looking for is reader/hard drive combo : pop the card in , save to drive , transfer to computer back home.

I have an old Vosonic clunker that I used on latest trip, around 250 grams. There are lot of fancier solutions : with an iPod you can browse your pictures as well , and record ambient sound to complement the pics - with the proper addons.

Since TIP already been to Shimla a mention of their weak side is in place : I met three owners of hard drives that had jammed at high altitude in Ladakh & Tibet.

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aircheif

try the Archos media player. It connects to your DSLR without a PC.

nadreg

Oops... pasted the wrong link.

A reader is what I have. I took the reader (with a built in hard drive) with me to India, popped the card in whenever it was full, downloaded the content, and used it again. Then when I got back home, I connected the reader to my PC and copied the files over.

simv

how about a new SD card with more capacity. Its definitely smaller than a drive

Nattusbs

I agree with Simv. I have a CD card of 1GB memory. It would be easier to have half a dozen of these (or less if they have >1GB) and then transfer to PC.

Nattusbs

Nick-H

If you get a drive with a USB interface, it may be possible to attach the camera direct?

But then, I suppose it might as well be a media player like the archos mentioned... you can more than store pics on it then.

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daverm18

You can transfer from SD cards to the Archos AV420(with an adapter). It holds 20gb worth of movies, music, pictures. That's what I used, but today the price of SD cards are so cheap. I filled up 4 x 1 gb SD cards before the trip ended, so I was happy to have the archos as a backup solution. Of course it was very nice at the end of the day to kick back and watch a good movie, too. I have no affiliation with Archos, I just like the machine. Forgot to mention, you can also view the pictures on the screen of the machine, or hook up to a tv with the appropriate wires and view them there as well. The charger that comes with it is dual voltage. You can also buy spare batteries.
I'm starting to sound like an advertisement now.
Not my intent. Have had mine now for over 2 years and still use it contantly. Excellent mp3 player as well.

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hfot2

Check out http://www.jobo.com/joboint/index.html

These are great - but relatively expensive here in the US.

We have the JOBO Evolution [80 GB], the previous model of JOBO GigaVu [60 GB] and the JOBO One [40 GB] This is all we travel with - no laptop at all is necessary.

All 3 work great to transfer from a memory card to the JOBO HD. [The JOBO One is a problem for viewing or deleting files on the road without a computer.]

The JOBO does use USB to connect to your computer for later downloading. It can also connect to a camera I think, but we didn't go this route. It comes with an AC adapter and USB cable. The internal battery lasts about 3 hours, depending on what you are doing.

It's especially designed for photographers and shows all metadata and allows for editing right on the device - which I don't recommend.

daverm18

I googled around a bit and found this. It's relatively inexpensive and copies pictures from your camera's card and stores them. No viewing or anything else fancy. It's called: Digital Foci Photo Safe. Below is a review.
http://www.popphoto.com/cameraaccess...afe-page2.html

federica

Just try to buy good quality and try it at home before you leave...

I had a JOBO's harddisk (bought in 2004, 2 days before I left for India), unfortunately it never worked properly. I could never be sure whether all pictures were downloaded and saved, so I had to check it again with the laptop of my friend. Finally it fell down once and that was its end. Luckily I had saved most of the pics on CDs, too. Unpleasant experience

I guess today the quality has improved... at least I hope so!

hfot2

federica - did you have the GigaOne? That's the one I noted has no viewing capacity and has to be linked to a computer.

The other 2 are gems - one has gone to India with us twice, and saved 40 GB of photos, the other has gone once and done same. We use both and duplicate our copying/saving - redundancy is a good thing here.

T.I.P

Thanks a lot folks!

I am going to Nehru place this weekend and check out some portable drives.


I will let you know how it goes..