The Belkin site referred to by Rex Baldazo <http://catalog.belkin.com/ IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=&Section_Id=201526&pcount=&Product_ Id=158350> indicated that the Media Reader ($110) for iPod does use FireWire (Transfers digital photos via FireWire at 300Kbps). However I don't own an iPod.
Harry, your suggestion of having a CD burned each day or so would take too much time (and I'm not sure I would be able to find a photo store; I'm hoping for gas stations). And I don't want to take a laptop along for fear it will "disappear" besides what's a vacation when you are attached (or potentially) attached to the world via the Internet? Right now I'm looking into the MoreStor suggested by Jerry Freeman http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/ home?O=NavBar&A=getItemDetail&Q=&sku=256337&is=REG&si=feat#goto_itemInfo , but I'm want to be sure that it will work with Mac OS X. It does have an adapter that will cover my needs (CompactFlash and xD). Maybe I'll just end up blazing the images in my memory for all time. Anyway thanks for al the suggestions. Anne Cartwright On Wednesday, August 18, 2004, at 10:46 PM, Jerry Yeager wrote: > Can you take a laptop and burn dvds? > > If you go with the storage devices, get a 150W power convertor that > plugs into your cigarette lighter, (uh, make that your 'power tap' for > modern cars) and use that to power the device while doing the > transfer. You can pick these convertors up at places like Staples or > Office Max dirt cheap. A device like the Belkin one, for reasons known > only to Belkin does not use the FireWire interface to transfer the > files but uses the USB interface, so it is very slow and will drain > the iPod's battery. In fact trying to copy a little 'ol 1GB card to > the iPod will kill the iPod's battery before the transfer is complete. > Most of the digital wallets are pretty decent but check carefully > their reliability ratings and their storage capacity - 40 GB is not > really as big as it seems. > > Laptops can be a bit bulky if you are going to be backpacking for > several days. The digital wallets take less space, but carry extra > batteries for them as well. > > > Jerry > > > On Aug 18, 2004, at 8:11 PM, Anne Cartwright wrote: > >> I am planning a trip out West and will be taking a lot of digital >> photos. Any suggestions as to the best way to save my photos until I >> get back to my computer? Should I just take lots of memory cards or >> is there some way I can download the cards each day to a small (but >> easy to use) storage device. Then I can download all o my computer >> when I get home. >> >> Thanks in advance for any suggestions. >> >> Anne Cartwright >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be August 24. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> >> > ----------------------------------- > Someday, I will come up with a clever signature line. I am not sure if > I will use it or not, but I will come up with one. > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be August 24. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 3570 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20040819/c01a135b/attachment.bin
