Holiday photo backup options?

Holst1981

Holst1981

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I'm going to Bulgaria on a wildlife tour in the summer.
When I've done similar things previously I end up with a lot of photos and I won't be editing during the holiday.

I have a d7100 and several SD cards.

I won't take a laptop with me and would like to be able to backup my photos during the holiday.

I could buy a few more SD cards and use my camera to copy them.

Is the a better way?

I will also have my phone (OnePlus 3) but it's not got enough internal storage to use as a backup alone.

Thanks for any advice.
 
I'm unlikely to have Internet access in the woods, so online backup is not practical (especially as I can fill a 16gb card in a day if there is a lot to see)
 
Not used one myself, but Western Digital do a little unit that has a hard drive and battery in a small black box, and sd/usb slots etc, will auto backup from SD and also I believe there is even a usb charging port on it as well. Worth a look :)
 
Get a couple more SD cards and use the second slot as a backup. That way each image is on two cards.

By far the cheapest option with SD card prices as they are.
 
I'd just buy a handful of 64GB cards and keep dual copies. Make sure you separate them between hand luggage and checked luggage if they're really important.

If you shoot RAW you could just keep JPGs as backups to keep cost down.
 
Seagate have wireless portable hard drives which could be an option for you to access from your phone or if your camera supports wifi [don't need an internet connection].
 
64GB cards? :eek:

Having had cards fail on me that is way too much to lose in one go*. I'd stick with 16GB, which should give you about 400-500 a card on the D7100.

*Albeit if you're copying onto a second card simultaneously then it's not as big an issue.
 
I think I might be able to use my phone and a OTG cable to copy from SD to an external hard drive.

I think I'll also get some more 16gb SD cards as a secondary backup.

If I manage to get the phone hdd thing working I'll let you know.

Thanks for the help
 
I have a holiday in august and have multiple memory cards,i have 6x32gb for my camera (A6000) and 10x32gb micro sd cards for my gopro 4,all cards are the same make-sandisk,was thinking of getting a hard drive ect but will use more cards instead and keep the time it takes to swap over files and more time doing holiday stuff.
 
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