Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alastair I checked both local larger dealers for you. No luck. I found the distributor who is down your way. Give them a call? Region4 Pty., Ltd. (www.region4.com.au) Contact: (sales at region4.com.au) Address: 3 Wandarri Court Cheltenham Vic Australia 3192 Tel: +61 3 9585 8383 Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 12 February 2010 19:00, Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com> wrote: > 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 >> >> >> > Hi Alastair, > > I've posted this at various times since 2004, but I've checked this out > repeatedly and the best units are the NEXTO devices. They've now got a US > distributor, but they've had Aussie distributors for a lot longer, and I've > bought my units from them. > > The NEXTO devices are the fastest, allow the most transfers per charge, and > are about as compact as you can get. On my units I've gotten nearly 100Gb > of > card transfers per battery charge. Others have gotten better, but none have > exceeded them. I still use them whenever a laptop isn't practical. > -- > > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >