Hi Juergen, This is just a novel approach to your problem but it just might do trick, you could use an 40Gb iPod with a media card reader, the iPod has a much improved battery life (12 hrs) and only weighs 5.6 ounces and the card reader has replacable AAA batteries. There is also an option of getting an external battery pack for the iPod but that would only be needed if you were listening to music as you work! It is fire wire and USB 2.0 and all this stuff is designed to be PC/Mac compatible. The iPod is rechargable though the Laptop if you use a Mac
I'm sure there are better solutions to your problem but this is again a novel approach but if you like music then..........;) James Quoting Juergen Specht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sun, 22 Aug 2004 13:45:18 +0900: I am involved in some documentation projects, where my digital equipment has to work for several days in an environment where I have absolutely no access to a external power source and due to weight concerns, I can bring only the most necessary stuff (And no, I can not shoot analog, but have a analog backup system with me, just in case). I solved the battery problems for my Nikon D-SLRs but I have not yet a solution to store my (lots of) RAW files reliable in the field. What I am looking for is a 'Portable Storage' solution, an external USB2, 50GB+ HD, flash card copy device. I live in Tokyo, Japan so I have local shop access to a wide variety of devices like the "Tripper Pro", "Vosonic X-Drive", "NixVue", and a whole bunch of others. However, some of these devices have battery power only for 1,5h, which is way too less. I wonder if somebody in Prodig can recommend a reliable (read: containing a verify option) portable storage solution plus a power management solution for said device which enables me run it for a long period of time? Thanks in advance! Juergen ==============================================================GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
