There are small batteried standalone media storage "books" with a hard disk and
card slots, eg,
http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/1159267429.html
Merry Christmas, tOM
On Saturday, December 16, 2006 at 12:12,
Chuck Norcutt <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote
> You're right. I wasn't thinking. Yes, the images should be backed up
> on additional media.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> jjohnso4@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> >>Can you expound on how you intend to use the 4gb USB flash drive as
> >>backup storage in the field? I don't know how you'd use it. AFAIK you
> >>can't download directly to it from the camera. You'd need a laptop as
> >>an intermediary. But if you have the laptop I don't see the utility of
> >>an additional small amount of storage. What am I missing? Is your
> >>laptop drive small and nearly full?
> >
> > Hi Chuck,
> >
> > What is it that you don't understand about "backup"? I'm just kidding you
> > but - I travel with a laptop with plenty of available storage but I sure
> > want to backup the images stored on it until I get home and transfer them
> > to the desktop machine. So, every night, I copy the day's shots to CDs.
> > On the Southwest trip this past spring I filled 14-15 CDs. Several USB
> > flash drives might be more convienient.
> >
> > Or, are you suggesting that one should buy extra media cards for the camera
> > instead and not erase those until the end of the trip and just use the
> > laptop for backup, not primary storage?
> >
> > Later,
> > Johnny
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