Yes, I remember your device. At the time you showed it to me I thought it was just fine, and while fielding this inquiry for my friend, I was thinking of you and your storage drive. I just didn't remember the details about it. Good to know that you're still happy with it, and that the Hyperdrive is an improved version of your old faithful CompactDrive.
Personally, I wouldn't want to tote around a laptop, and there's no need for pictures, screens, the ability to play music videos, or to "call home." For me, the idea is to keep things as simple as possible, and digital is already complicating things in some ways that some of us never had to deal with before. Thanks Bruce! Shel "The smallest feline is a masterpiece" - Leonardo da Vinci > [Original Message] > From: Bruce Dayton > These are the same basic thing as the old CompactDrives, of which I > have and use one. I think these have been upgraded on the power > supply issue so they are better than the CompactDrives. That being > said, I am more than happy with mine. I have a 60gb version. My > reasons for it are based upon speed of download and battery life. The > way you want to measure these devices is based on speed and total > megabytes downloaded per battery charge. The CompactDrive was always > one of-if not the fastest- at downloads and the amount downloaded per > battery set was among the highest. > > If I replace mine sometime, I will probably get another. I was not > looking for a laptop solution as I have two laptops already. I wanted > something that could be taken for a long session (wedding or the like) > or for a short trip where I really wouldn't be spending the time each > night to review pictures. > > -- > Best regards, > Bruce > > > Monday, September 4, 2006, 4:55:23 PM, you wrote: > > >>From an Archos review: > > SB> "There's not much to say about the Archos AV500's photo features, which > SB> don't extend much beyond basic slide-show capabilities. If you remember to > SB> pack both the USB cable for your camera (or a USB memory-card reader) and > SB> the adapter cable for the AV500, you can download and view photos--a handy > SB> remedy for overfilled memory cards. The AV500 displays only JPEG and BMP > SB> images, though it can still download other file types, such as TIFF and > SB> raw." > > SB> Seems that you can't DL directly from the card. PITA Plus, there's no > SB> indication that the player can show embeded JPEG files. I doubt that it > SB> can since it's not really designed for image storage, and if it can't, the > SB> screen is useless and worthless to a photographer. Also, I couldn't find > SB> any indication of download and transfer speed or estimated battery life. > SB> Overall, based on what I know, I'd not be interested nor would I suggest it > SB> as a good option for the needs of a photographer, especially one shooting > SB> RAW. > > SB> I don't know how important a screen and viewer are v speed, light weight, > SB> portability, battery life, and capacity. >> I'd have thought that if you were planning a trip without a laptop, >> a device such as this (with no review screen) would be less attractive. >> If I were to consider spending a few hundred dollars on more portable >> storage I'd consider the Epson Image Tanks others here seem to like, >> or the Archos AV 500 I saw the other day with a very nice-looking 4" >> screen (not to mention it's big brother, the AV 700). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
