In your case, Bill, I would think about just buying a couple more CF cards instead. While they would not have the capacity of the hard drive they would be more reliable and give you redundant storage until you uploaded the images to the computer. Think about it a bit, if that drive goes belly up you loose all your images, if a card goes you only loose the images on that card.
Ciao, Graywolf ---------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 1:47 PM Subject: RE: Card reader/hard drive combo > I'm hoping that with a device of this type I'll be able to get by on 2 > 256Mb cards. I figure I should get somewhere around 40 images per card, > then upload the full one and put the empty one in the camera > > Bill > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 1:37 PM > To: pentax list > Subject: RE: Card reader/hard drive combo > > > >Speed is relatively unimportant to me. I'm looking for a relatively > >inexpensive way to store files should I fill up CF cards. > > > >Bill > > In that case, go for it. One thing to remember - that gizmo is basically > a portable hard drive. Inside it there are delicate moving parts that > will have little tolerance for getting dropped or knocked about. > Personally I would advocate spending the money on as large a capacity > CF cards as possible.... > > > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=====| www.macads.co.uk/snaps > _____________________________ > Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk > > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.514 / Virus Database: 312 - Release Date: 8/28/03
