how do you back up your images when travelling?

PKR said:
Gary-

Be sure to buy any Kingston from a trusted vendor. Kingston along with Sandisk are the most forged brands. I would check with Kingston for a vendor before buying.. that's me..

http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?page_id=1022
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I knew about Sandisk but not Kingston. Thanks for hu.

I decided to give the wireless external sea gate HD a try instead. The app looks like it maybe able to write from fire HD to te d wireless as well.

Kingston and everyone else these days seems to have so much support issues that it is hard to figure out who is really that good anymore. I tend to read the 4&5 stars reviews and then the 1&2 stars to get a handle, but these days it really getting harder to figure out user/support issue versus just a bad product.

Gary
 
KEH said:
My needs are a bit specific - 2 week safaris shooting up to 1000 frames a day. My solution is a Macbook Air with external WD 500 GB drive, plus Sanho Hyperdrive 500GB. I shoot two bodies, so I can back up each in parallel with this setup. The Macbook also has Photorescue software installed so I can recover from a corrupt card - saved my bacon twice.

A Sanho drive or equivalent is a great solution for less extreme needs.

Kirk
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Yep used picture rescue before.. For te times I have used it, it worked for me as well...

Gary
 
What worked for me on a three week trip in Europe:

a) Multiple SD cards, rotated daily.

b) Nightly backups from that day's cards to the iPad.

c) Nightly backups of selected photos from the iPad to a service like Dropbox, via hotel wi-fi.

In retrospect, I'd add to (a): Never all cards in the same pocket or bag.

And if one were shooting a high volume of really large images and/or had no access to wi-fi, the iPad/Dropbox approach wouldn't cut it. I would go with the approach that others have suggested -- a MacBook Air 11" or one of the littlest Chromebooks, plus some 64GB USB flash drives.
 
kknox said:
Bought an Eye-Fi card for my M8. Backs up to my iphone then into your photo stream. Then iphoto on the mac. Slick works great with dng/raw. Never took mac with me, only iphone.

Just setup wi-fi connection between phone and camera, never took card out of the M8. Also will backup to their site free for 7 days, $65 bucks on Amazon.
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I assume you are in the US with unlimited data... Sounds good.

Watch out without unlimited data.
 
ColSebastianMoran said:
I assume you are in the US with unlimited data... Sounds good.

Watch out without unlimited data.
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A lot of so called unlimited plans are not unlimited. Go above the small print max too often and the carrier starts sending u nasty grams. Max cap differs w/ vendor. Just more truth in advertising. :bang:

Gary
 
Ok this is the third film comment. Time to comment about film. U got trade off as well
- scratch neg
- lost film canister
- processor screwed up the processing
-- including improper washing
-- stale chemicals
-- scratched negs
- a lot of the old slides and some of those negs have faded color over the years
- bad storage
- god forbid a fire where the film is stored
- bought film that was improperly stored
- u messed up the development, time, temp, chemical solution, spooled it on the reel incorrectly

I started doing film in early 70s... Seen, heard, experienced some of these myself as well as hearing it from others.

I know photographers that still shot film only but they digitize everything they shot as backup.

Gary
 
I just asked my wife whether digital images look too digitized, and her response was that while she prefers film, digital images look fine (with M8 and M9). I will use digital. All the responses here are quite useful.
 
GaryLH said:
Good point but these devices also ave USB connect to..

Gary
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Reading the Amazon reviews it seems not so for the ipad : streams movies only via Wi-Fi - USB is only for computer transfers.

However, what would happen to images stored under a DCIM structure - would that fool the Photos app into believing a camera is attached ?

Also the marketing blurb says it is possible to move files from the ipad camera roll to the Wi-Drive.
I wonder if that includes the raw part of a raw/jpeg file pair ; most apps on the ipad just look at the jpeg and ignore the raw file if present ( PhotoRaw begin one of the exceptions ).

Anyone got one of these it might be more useful that I first though ?
 
Well by the weekend I can report USB vs wifi for my iPad v2 and kindle fire HD using the the wifi HD I have ordered.

Gary
 
FrozenInTime said:
However, what would happen to images stored under a DCIM structure - would that fool the Photos app into believing a camera is attached ?
I wonder if that includes the raw part of a raw/jpeg file pair ; most apps on the ipad just look at the jpeg and ignore the raw file if present ( PhotoRaw begin one of the exceptions ).
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iPhoto and aperture will only do the jpg/raw pair for the raws they support which leaves Fuji xtran and sigma foveon out 🙁, I suspect the apple photo viewer will do the same. However I heard that third party photo editors on the iPad can support raw from Fuji w/o problem.

Dcim file structure..interesting, I an try copy one from my camera and c what happens.

Gary
 
PKR said:
US Government: You Don't Own Your Cloud Data So We Can Access It At Any Time
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/11...ur-cloud-data-so-we-can-access-it-at-any-time

How far do Google Drive's terms go in 'owning' your files?
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/how-far-do-google-drives-terms-go-in-owning-your-files/75228
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Considered in the context of the increasing integration between information technology and biotechnology, organic systems and inorganic ones, the above sort of statements eventually mean that we are going to lose a lot more than privacy and protection.

Thanks for the links.
 
GaryLH said:
Well by the weekend I can report USB vs wifi for my iPad v2 and kindle fire HD using the the wifi HD I have ordered.

Gary
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My iPad2 ( 32GB ) is fully stuffed with files and apps - I'm not planning on upgrading until the next gen. iPad mini launches.

Very interested in how you get on - look forward to your report.
 
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