> > yeah, i've heard of hard drives with card slots that automate copying > to > the hard drive; what i was imagining was a much smaller, lower-power > device to simply duplicate from one SD card to another, thinking this > would have several advantages for backups (including the fact that you > could send the duped SD cards home, view them in the camera, replenish > them if necessary for more backup space ... > > currently i usually travel with my 13" laptop, in part so i can back up > and review photos, but it is too cumbersome for some types of trips >
that's an interesting idea, but I suspect you're out of luck. Smart devices are becoming small enough and have enough capacity to make something like that too specialised. I have a hard drive which you can plug various types of card into and it automatically copies them. If you buy enough SD, CF, whatever cards, you should be able to have 2 copies of each picture and not have to reformat your SD cards. Referring back to one of your other replies, you mentioned that you used 8Gb cards. I personally prefer not to because you risk losing so many photographs if you lose that one card. When I was shooting film I found that I would shoot at most 6-10 rolls per day on a trip, usually fewer, so having enough smaller cards with that sort of capacity is what I aim for now, so that at the end of each day I can copy the card relatively quickly and put it somewhere safe. I keep the cards in Pelican card cases similar to this: <http://www.thepelicanstore.com/Pelican-0910-SD-Card-Case-1037.aspx> They're expensive, but worth it. B -- 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.
