 Janet Detota |
Transferring Images From Card I'm going on vacation and plan to take many photos. I have three 256mb cards, but that won't be enough for a week's worth of shots. What is that device called that will store the images from my cards and then load them to my computer when I get home? I know there is such a thing. I just can't think what it is. Are they expensive? I wonder if you can rent them from a photo store. I don't travel very often....Thanks for any insight!
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you can buy a device called a phototainer. nikon make one called a cool walker or somthing similar. I was looking at on around christmas time. they come in 20 40 80gs they cost around €450 or €500 not sure what that is in $, not sure also if you can hire them, best of luck
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Peter K. Burian |
Janet: Yes, they are expensive, often $500US. Unless you travel very frequently (or shoot TONS of huge image files), it's cheaper to buy a couple of 1 gigabyte memory cards. Do some price checking at www.pricegrabber.com for the type of card you need. Deal only with highly rated stores! http://dcresource.pricegrabber.com/search_attrib.php/page_id=152/form_keyword=1GB+Card Have a great trip. Peter Burian
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Janet Detota |
Thanks everyone. It sounds like I'll take Peter's advice and get the big memory cards, because, unfortunately, I don't travel that much at this point and the cards would get more use than the storage device.
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Janet Detota |
I've been looking at cards online and now have a follow up question. What speed would be best? I now have two Lexar 256mb 40x cards and want to stay with Lexar because I have their card reader and it won't read other brands(which I didn't know until I bought a SanDisk card). I use a Canon Digital Rebel. Thanks!
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Peter K. Burian |
Janet: The Lexar card reader should read any brand of card. Try it again. But sure, Lexar 40x cards are great and the 80x cards are even faster. If you can confirm that the card reader will read your current SanDisk card, you'll find the SanDisk 1 GB Extreme III incredibly fast and affordable. $110. at www.bhphotovideo.com for example. Peter Burian
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Peter K. Burian |
Actually, the Lexar 80x costs a bit less, so go for that one. Lexar Price : $ 99.95 www.bhphotovideo.com Peter
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Janet Detota |
Hi Peter, I've confirmed that the Lexar card reader will only read their cards. When I couldn't get it to read my SanDisk, I called the store I bought my camera and Lexar card from. At first they said it would read it, but then then I was right and it won't. To get the information off the SanDisk, I have to hook the camera up to the computer because I don't have another card reader and really don't want to buy one. About how many photos at the highest JPEG should I expect with a 1GB? Thanks you for your continued help.
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- Bob Cournoyer Contact Bob Cournoyer Bob Cournoyer's Gallery  |
I get 157 shots on a 512mb card, so I would guess 300 something on a 1gb card. I have the digital Rebel, too. Bob
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Janet Detota |
Thanks, Bob. :-) I wrote to Lexar about the card reading issue and was told that some of the SanDisk cards are not compatible with their readers and asked me for details about the reader and card. I then went to the FAQ page and found some other answers. Seems the card has to have USB Compatible on it. The one answer does say it has to be a Lexar card so I'm not totally sure if it will read any other brand even if it does have USB Compatible on it. Here's the link to the FAQ page. http://www.lexar.com/support/faqs_jumpshot.html
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Christopher A. Vedros |
"USB compatible" is the answer, Janet. The Lexar Jumpshot will only read cards that are USB compatible. Some older CF cards were not USB compatible. I had one of those Jumpshot readers, I think it came free with a Lexar card that I bought. It wouldn't read the some of the older cards that I had. Card readers now are a dime a dozen. I'm pretty sure that any CF card that you get today would be USB compatible.
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Janet Detota |
Yes, it did come with the card. I have two now because I bought two cards. The SanDisk card has the year 2000 on the back, but I bought it last year. Guess it's past it's expiration date and should've been taken off the shelf. :-) I got it online so wouldn't have been able to check the date anyway. Something to watch out for.... Thanks!
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Janet Detota |
Hi, I'm back! Been doing some more research and came across this: Jobo Giga 2, 20GB Portable Storage Device with USB 2.0 Interface. It's $239 at Adorama and holds 20GB. Now, I'm no math whiz, but that's quite a bit more than a 1 or 2 GB memory card and for not that much more money. Any thoughts on this? Yes, I'd have to stop and unload the cards into it, but how long could that take? I have three 256MB cards to rotate between. I need to decide on this soon so I can test it out before my trip. Here's the link... http://www.adorama.com/ICDG2.html Thanks in advance! Janet
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