Camera on holiday storage advice

[area51_for_psx]

Hi guys I wonder if you can help me.

My dad got a pentax 10d and Is looking abackup solution for holidays. How do you all back up your images.

We have seen ipod cardreaders that we are thinking about anyone else any ideas without telling me the place to get them from as this would break the rules.

Thanks guys

 

[area51_for_psx]

There are plenty of HDD based card backup devices out there that are far better than the ipod card reader. Things like the Epson P3000, the Jobo Giga Vu and umpteen offerings from Vosonic.

You need to look carefully at the features offered by each one though, some have better compatability with various RAW formats, some don't have a great battery life and some are slow at copying from the card (which limits how much you can download per charge).

I've tried a couple of them and have actually given up with both. The original ImageTank I had just wasn't trustworthy, it had no screen to speak of, just a status bar on the LCD that let you know when it thought it was finished. That was replaced by a 40Gb Flashtrax which was a nice wee device but blooming slow (20 mins+ for 2Gb downloaded). I still use it for showing photos becuase it has a nice TV out mode but I don't take it out in the camera bag any more.

So what do I use instead? Lots of CF cards and a laptop. You could be looking at £150 to £200 for one of these devices, these days that'll get you 15-20Gb of good flash cards.

Thanks guys. Ill tell him and get him to look into some options

Thanks