On 19/10/03 6:13 PM, Alex Black wrote > > Its primary source of power is the actual batteries in the reader itself > although it may draw nominal power from the iPod when transferring.
Here is a report by a good friend and fellow who just got the unit and his words actually call for a bit of caution > I just purchased the Belkin reader (US $99) for the iPod and so far I'm not > too happy with it. The iPod battery was fully charged. It had been plugged > in overnight. Following instructions, I began copying a full, 2 gb CF card > with 233 RAW images to the iPod. After one and a half hours the iPod's battery > was completely drained and the transfer process shut down with only 189 images > transfered. Clearly this will not work in the field for me. > > The Belkin reader uses 4 AAA batteries and the spec sheet indicates that a > full set of batteries will transfer about 3 gigs of images. So several sets > of batteries would be necessary for a busy day of shooting, not to mention a > few fully charged iPods in your pocket! > > BTW, the same 2 gb CF card transferred to my FlashTrax in about a half hour. So the power drain seem to be more than expected and performance less than promised, at least for heavy duty users on remote locations. Jorge Parra =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
