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Subject: [Leica] Last minute Cuba problem
From: afirkin at afirkin.com (afirkin at afirkin.com)
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:34:50 -0500
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Thank you this is very helpful. I need to check that the files can be just
backed up even if not viewed, but that would "do the trick" for this trip.

Cheers

Alastair

> I use the Epson P-3000, Alastair (though for O, not for H & L files).  The
> support for ORF files from the O cameras comprises display of the embedded
> jpeg in the raw file - you do not get to see the raw file itself (the
> resolution is clearly not as high as it should be from a raw file), so the
> "dng only shows as jpeg previews" is as good as it gets, sorry.  That
> said,
> it works a dream, and surely does "support" H files in the sense that you
> can back them up onto the Epson device, using it as a portable HD with
> menu-driven interface. You just won't be able to preview them onscreen, as
> I
> understand from your posting.
>
> There are other brands that do a similar job - Viewsonic and Jobo come to
> mind - but I can't say if they support H and L files (or O for that
> matter).
>
> I can't think of an alternative that would not require a PC to drive it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+piers.hemy=gmail.com at leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+piers.hemy=gmail.com at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> afirkin at afirkin.com
> Sent: 12 February 2010 08:04
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: [Leica] Last minute Cuba problem
>
> Ok, I finally just about go all "digital" and suddenly I'm thinking about
> film for our trip to Cuba. WHY? Seems the Cuban government is "prone" to
> taking laptops from visitors and only returning them when you leave. If
> you
> are staying in "homes" as we hope to be, then you are likely to have your
> laptop confiscated.
>
> So how to travel and back up Olympus Hasselblad and Leica digital cameras
> for a month? The best I've come up with is the Epson P7000, but it does
> not
> support the H'blad files and dng only shows as jpeg previews.
>
> Anyone used the Epson? Any suggestions?
>
> TIA
>
> Alastair
>
>
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