My photo shop next door is selling off their Jobo stock at 50%+ discounts. I have no idea if that is cheap relative to the bay etc. but just FYI Cheers Ecke
2009/10/6 AlunFoto <[email protected]>: > Thanks for the report, Igor! > > On a similar line, I have tried for a while to sell my Jobo GIGAvu Pro > Evolution (40 Gb), but got no offers. So I ended up playing with it > instead. I replaced the disk with a 320 Gb equivalent, and it works > like a breeze. A 320 Gb disk sold in bulk doesn't cost much these > days, and the unit can already display DNG files. > > Maybe something to think of for other Jobo owners, while IDE disks are > still available new :-). > > Jostein > > > 2009/10/5 Igor Roshchin <[email protected]>: >> >> Hi All, >> >> A netbook that costs ~$300-$400 and typically has a 160 GB HDD >> and an SD (and it looks like they are HCSD, at least the one >> in Toshiba Mini) - >> can be used as a photo-storage device. >> >> A while ago, I was throughing in this idea, and somebody >> suggested that I should test it. Well, now I am back with the report. >> >> This has been tested with a vanila Toshiba Mini, WinXP Home, >> 1GB RAM, stock 5400 rpm 160 HDD, and the latest LR. >> >> I first copied RAW files (DNG) from the card to the HDD, and >> then exported them into the LR. This worked just fine, >> as long as I didn't ask to have the full-size previews. >> Creating full-size previews was _painfully_ slow, so I had to >> interrupt it and disable it for the future. >> >> Clicking on the image to see a full-screen preview results in >> some ~1-3 second delay. >> Also, - the LR panels are not well suited for using with a typical >> netbook 1024x600 display (the height is the biggest problem), - >> so the solution was to "minimize" the preview panel at the top >> left, - otherwise I couldn't get to the folders because LR doesn't >> scroll the panels. >> (That's something for Adobe to think about.) >> >> Overall, - a typical $300-$400 netbook is a suitable solution for >> storing, checking and even selectively >> posting some screenshots - but do not expect to do any >> heaving processing. I haven't tried generating web-galleries, - >> I'd assume that would take some considerable time because just >> exporting screen-size (600x800) JPEGs (from full size 12MP JPEGs) >> was taking considerable time (if I very roughly estimated, - >> no more than ~5-7 images per minute). >> >> The only thing that such a PSD doesn't do, compared, say to my >> HyperDrive, - it doesn't check correctness of copying the files. >> Over the past ~8-9 years of using digital cameras, I only encountered >> some file-related errors once or twice. >> so it may not be as important. >> But definitely, having "a peace of mind" is better than to have >> "a pissed-off mind" later. >> >> Igor >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > > -- > http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ > http://alunfoto.blogspot.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
