I use an iBook in a Pelican case. Really, you (and I) want a macBook Pro with a 7200 rpm disk and 2GB of RAM. Along with that, get a pair of USB or firewire external hard drives and mirror them (either manually or through the OS).
Of course, if you don't have that kind of money, Rob Galbraith ran a story on the Giga Vu Pro some time back. http://swww.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=7-7892-8176 As for dust, stock up on supplies ahead of time, and test for dust before every important picture, and after every lens change, and after every downtime when the camrea wasn't being used. The test I use is to put the camera at a small aperture with manual focus turned on and take a series of pictures with a bright background and a little camera movement between each shot. When I scroll through the images on the LCD the dust specks tend to pop right out because they stay still. The image doesn't need to be in focus, and it often helps if it isn't. On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 04:48:22PM +0100, John Macdonald wrote: >Does anyone have any recommendations for a portable storage device I can >use with a Canon 5D. > >I intend to use raw files and save from a CF card. It would help if it >was tough enough for a dusty 4x4 camping safari in Africa! > >I will be away for four weeks and this is the first time I have taken a >digital camera. Any advice on dust? > >Many thanks, >-- >John Macdonald -- void *(*(*schlake(void *))[])(void *); * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
