Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]considering the cost of external drives and the fact that u need to have a laptop of some sort and time involved for copy/transfer, i would stick to a bunch of sd cards. the other alternative of using cloud service which makes u dependent of internet speed. right now amazon us sells transcend 32gb card for 23 bucks and it holds about 1800+ images (dng compressed). ten of these cards makes 18000 images. u can start with ten and then buy as needed if u need more. ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 8:03 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > Thanks for such a generous offer ;-) > > john > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > No, but if you send me your camera, I'll let you know... > > ;-) > > > > > > On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 6:32 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> > > wrote: > > > > > Thanks, do you know about whether Monochrom DNGs? > > > > > > john > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > > Yes. > > > > > > > > Bob Adler > > > > > > > > On Jul 13, 2013, at 6:26 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Do they work with Leica DNG? > > > > > > > > > > john > > > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > > > >> > > > > >> Hyperdrive - buy a shell and fit a hard drive of your choice. I > > > > >> take two of them for backups when I am on safari in the > > > > >> boondocks, and they have worked flawlessly the last 7-8 years I > > > > >> have been using the product, in all sorts of environments. > > > > >> Fantastic customer service, as well, the only time I had a > > > > >> problem, and that too into India.Highly > > > > >> recommended.: > > > > >> > > > > >> http://www.hypershop.com/HyperDrive/UDMA-2/ > > > > >> > > > > >> Cheers > > > > >> Jayanand > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 9:50 PM, zero <zero at numberland.org> > wrote: > > > > >>> Dear Colleagues, > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Apologies for not being a frequent contributor, I think my last > > > > >>> posts to the LUG date from July 2001 and I have been an > > > > >>> intermittent lurker since. I tried to find the answer to my > > > > >>> problem in the archive but could not. So here it is now > > > > >>> submitted to your wise > > > > assembly! > > > > >>> > > > > >>> I will be going for a trip round the world with my M9 and I want > > > > >>> to travel light. I expect to produce b/w 300 Go and 1 Tera. What > > > > >>> system and/or procedure do you recommend to upload my pics on > > > > >>> the go, on > > > > the cloud? > > > > >>> > > > > >>> I was thinking of buying some multimedia viewer that could let > > > > >>> me store > > > > >> the > > > > >>> pics when I am off the grid, view them and sort them out, and > > > > >>> then upload when I get to some internet caf? or hotel wireless. > > > > >>> I want to be able to share some folders, but not all. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Regarding the devices, it seems that the previous generation of > > > > >>> multimedia viewers (Maxtor, Epson.) has disappeared. A laptop is > > > > >>> a bit bulky and fragile; I am moderately enthusiastic about the > > > > >>> heavy tablets; but will go for that if necessary. Regarding the > > > > >>> cloud services, I found so many but it is unclear which are best > > > > >>> for this > > > specific > > > > use: Amazon Glacier? Picasa? > > > > >>> Dropbox? How would these interface with a viewer that is not a > > > laptop? > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Thank you for your kind advice! > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Saadi > > > > >>> > > > > >>> (Sorry, not many online pics to show; here are some at an old > > > > >>> upload site when I was still using film only: > > > > >>> www.numberland.org) > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >