Phone? For uploading RAW photo files?
That's out of question (unless you are talking about 1-2...)
I don't know about your phone data plan, but most are not unlimited these
days. Mine is only 2GB per month.
Even for the landline, using Cloud storage for backup can be complicated,
depending on (1) the amount of photos you take.
And it also depends on (2) your internet connection:
(a) upload rate
(b) traffic caps.
E.g. I am using 50 down/ 5 up Mbps connection at home, and the monthly
"data allowance" is 250 GB.
To upload a full 64 GB SD card at that speed (5 Mbps =~ 600 kBps, it
would take over 30 hours, assuming full bandwidth utilization (and not
all cloud services have fast connection for upload).
And then it is easy to calculate, how many cards you can upload assuming
that you are using your bandwidth for something else as well (e.g.
watching video, downloading software, work, ....)
Igor
PS. Even with a K5 camera I can fill a 64 card if I am shooting an event.
And I am sure, it's much easier with K-1.
Collin B Thu, 08 Dec 2016 12:41:36 -0800 wrote:
Igor makes a lot of good points, I may double up on a few:
You really want to transfer your files to a couple of external drives,
one of which to be kept someplace other than your house. Perhaps do a
swap deal with someone else on the list for offsite storage.
Do pay attention to HDD reliability, much ameliorated by redundancy:
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-stats-q1-2016/
The difference USB 3 makes is huge, nearly as fast as internal, often
faster than the drive's transfer speed.
I'm not a fan of cloud storage but this is one place where it may really
pay off.
My thought is a NAS in the home/office coupled with the cloud.
Networks are quick. And if you have lots of data available and are in the
field, use your phone to upload your SD to the cloud.
Retrieve it later to sync with your home/office PC.
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