SD card/camera ---> HDD

JRJ · 8 Sep 2012 at 19:09

Evening all, looking at a cheap and simple option of backing up cards while out and about, I have a HDD and Card reader I carry with me if I'm going to be using a lot of cards, just looking for options in joining the two while out and about? Ive looked at netbooks, tablets etc on ebay and Ive also thought maybe a Rasberry Pi could be an option. This would solely be used as an inbetween for the HDD and SD cards and nothing else.

Thanks

Energize · 9 Sep 2012 at 06:20

Most elegant solution is to buy a camera with dual card slots. Buying a tablet or laptop as an in-between doesn't really make sense when you could just copy the sd card to the laptop directly. It's not what I'd call cheap and simple either.

cokecan · 9 Sep 2012 at 10:03

You can get portable hard drives that have copy functions on then. I have a Thecus YES Nano N1050 which is quite basic compared to some will let me plug a camera directly into it and backup all photos from the sd card. It has a USB mains cable and also a battery pack so it can be used while out and about

JRJ · 9 Sep 2012 at 10:32

cokecan72 said:
You can get portable hard drives that have copy functions on then. I have a Thecus YES Nano N1050 which is quite basic compared to some will let me plug a camera directly into it and backup all photos from the sd card. It has a USB mains cable and also a battery pack so it can be used while out and about

This enclosure looks exactly what I'm after, but I cant seem to find it on sale anywhere? reviews date it at around 2007, any idea on new equivalent enclosure searches have turned up nout.

cokecan · 9 Sep 2012 at 10:52

The photo safe II or Hyperdrive maybe alternatives. The Thecus is a fair few years old and was bought as a caddy only

GSXRMovistar · 9 Sep 2012 at 11:48

There a large website that sells lots of 'extreme' 'deals' of things straight from China. They have loads of different HDD enclosures of this kind. I was browsing them the other days as I'm looking for something similar for an upcoming holiday trip.

JRJ · 9 Sep 2012 at 12:13

GSXRMovistar said:
There a large website that sells lots of 'extreme' 'deals' of things straight from China. They have loads of different HDD enclosures of this kind. I was browsing them the other days as I'm looking for something similar for an upcoming holiday trip.

Cheers will take a look