The only thing I dislike with the Jobo is the short battery life. However they do have a powerpack for it which could be a good option if you cand get it at a discounted price.
Jostein 2009/10/6 eckinator <[email protected]>: > 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. > -- 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.
