Thanks all. I thought I had resolved all my portable storage issues when I bought a couple of 1G cards. Then I started playing with RAW.....
Sounds like one of these is the ultimate solution. dk On 10/25/05, Ryan Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Dave > > I recently purchased a Vosonic x's drive vp6230. Recently had a laptop > problem, and the shop replaced my hard disk with a new one a couple of weeks > after I bought a new one. So having a spare lying around, thought it > wouldn't cost that much to get the 'enclosure'. > > I bought it from www.techrific.com.au (not only was it the cheapest I found > it, but came with a spare battery and cigarette lighter adapter, earphones > and remote too, and was shipped free and quickly in Australia). > > First up, the drive used is a 2.5" notebook hdd, not a 3.5" (I've got a > Samsung 80gb 5400rpm installed). > > I love it and really should have bought it sooner. It's got a colour preview > screen, not to mention slots for CF and SD/MMS/MS and SM. Doesn't require a > connection to a pc, nor does it need to be plugged in to a wall power > socket. And it also functions as a card reader (the CF and SD slots are > detected as separate drives in explorer (win2k). > > Transfer is very fast from CF or SD to drive (tested with Sandisk Extreme I > 1gb CF, and Sandisk 1gb sd), and even faster to a computer (USB2.0). > > Sound quality on mp3 playback isn't too bad, despite a couple of early > reviews I read that said it wasn't fantastic. I haven't tested the sound > recorder function yet. Video playback on the screen is acceptable, but > there's no support yet for wmv.. I hope they'll fix it in a firmware update. > > I've formatted the drive to FAT32 so as a result I've got 80Gb in something > like 30/30/20. I know there's a way to keep it as a single partition, but > figured it'd be a bit fidgety and this way i can use each partition for > something specific e.g. from my dslr, from a digital compact, and general > harddrive storage. I remember it didn't want to format to NTFS, but that's > ok because if it was NTFS i wouldn't be able to write files to it from my > housemate's mac. > > The buttons/navigation feels feels slightly primitive, but it does what I > need it to I guess. Pictures of the casing also looks a bit deceptive. I > thought it's be brushed metal or similar, but it's a plastic casing made to > look like brushed metal. Also another gripe is not having a keylock button. > I once had it accidentally turn on while in the case and it pushed against > something. Was a bit worried when I felt the zipped up case warm (had been > on possibly 20-30 minutes?) but was fine. > > I'd highly recommend one of them as a storage solution- cost per GB and > convenience, it's fantastic. > > Hope this helps! > > Cheers, > Ryan > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dave Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 7:25 AM > Subject: Re: OT: 4gb CF bargain > > > > Has anyone used one of those portable hard drive enclosures with the > > slots for SD/CF cards? You install your own 3.5" hard drive I've seen > > them online in a few spots, and was wondering if they are any good. > > > > > > dk > > > > On 10/23/05, Glen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > At 05:55 PM 10/23/2005, William Robb wrote: > > > > > > > We may get lucky and Pentax will see fit to put a dual card slot onto > > > the next generation of DSLR cameras. > > > > > > Personally, I would prefer an SD slot, along with some way to connect a > > > common external hard drive directly to the camera, for the purpose of > > > dumping the contents of the SD card. I don't think we should have to buy > > > specialized portable drives which are made to for this purpose. Those > cost > > > more than generic hard drives. In a perfect world, the camera should > have > > > enough intelligence to backup the contents of the SD card to a generic > hard > > > drive without needing a specialized device. > > > > > > > > > take care, > > > Glen > > > > > > > > > > > > >
