I have a Vosonic P300 X's-Drive (the old one without the picture screen). It's 40GB (10-15.000 pictures) but is rather slow - it takes like 10-15 minutes to download 512 MB's worth of RAW shots. So I usually carry 2 RAM-cards. It plays music (MP3) as well, but the batteries won't last long if it does. Its fine for short trips (like 50 shots).
But for travelling (8-12 hour outings on foot) - no way! Not unless I have a car charger or some extra batteries. It will operate (download time) for only 30 minutes equal to app. 1024 MB, then it needs charging. Jens Bladt Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Bruce Dayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 25. januar 2005 23:46 Til: Rob Studdert Emne: Re: Travelling *istD/DS (was:Digital anguish) I have the Compact Drive PD6A 60gb unit and am quite happy with it's speed and usage. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, January 25, 2005, 3:02:49 PM, you wrote: RS> On 25 Jan 2005 at 13:50, Juan Buhler wrote: >> Hi Rob, >> >> Would you mind telling what device this is? I have an ipod, but the >> card reading solution is very limited. The Belkin device I have takes >> forever to download a 2GB card, and uses up most of the battery >> charge. I've been thinking about getting something dedicated... RS> Hi Juan, RS> Cut from my post to the list back in Nov 04: RS> Hi Team, RS> I've recently exchanged my X-Drive II for a Compact Drive PD7X. This unit is RS> pretty inexpensive, it's about US$30 more than the X-Drive II but it offers a RS> few significant advantages. RS> It copies media to the local HDD at 4x the speed of the X-Drive, it verifies RS> the transfer, it displays remaining space on the media/HDD in MB/GB and it is RS> powered via 4x AA NiMH cells. It also has a more robust extruded aluminium case RS> and a neat pouch that can be worn on a belt. RS> Independent test have confirmed it's potential to transfer 30GB in the field on RS> a single set of 2100mAh batteries. RS> I bought the chassis bare and swapped over the HDD, it mounted without further RS> intervention. RS> Anyhow if anyone wants to see more details: RS> http://www.3hdigital.com/en/product.htm RS> http://fhoude34.free.fr/PD7x%20Review.htm RS> Cheers, RS> Rob Studdert RS> HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA RS> Tel +61-2-9554-4110 RS> UTC(GMT) +10 Hours RS> [EMAIL PROTECTED] RS> http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ RS> Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
