Going to Australia! Have some Questions...

CSGAS · 25 Jun 2006 at 12:18

Well going to Australia in August (all 4 weeks) and of course I'm going to be rather trigger happy considering I probably won't be back there for many many years, if ever.

I'm going to be using a s9500 but the problem is going to be storage. Now the questions...

1. Thinking of storage - when should I shoot in RAW and when in JPEG (and in what size)
2. I've beeing thinking getting a 1GB card and portable hard drive/reader - is this the thing to do considering I'm going to be there for 4 weeks?
3. If it is what brand is best card wise, and what size+brand should I look at for the hard drive? (cheapest is good, but not if it compromises quality)

Your answers will be hugely appreciated!
Thank you!

Chris

CSGAS · 25 Jun 2006 at 12:47

Right So its gotta be a hard drive. Say 40gb. Whats the best for ~£150?

CSGAS · 25 Jun 2006 at 14:28

Been looking at this PD70X. Looks the business but its rather expensive! I take it the hard drive is external of the unit itself?

Cheers
Chris

CSGAS · 25 Jun 2006 at 18:22

ajack said:
I did the same thing last year for about the same amount of time. I took a gig card and when it was full (every few days), I just went to a photo shop/internet cafe and got them to transfer them to CD, then formatted the card. If you're doing the west coast there are loads of places that'll do it. Beats taking a lappy or portable hdd around with you.

If there are lots of internet cafes - we're doing the east coast - then I'll just take my ipod 30gb, find an internet cafe and put them on the ipod. A bit cheaper!