Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I would suggest talking to customer service - the couple of times I have done so they were responsive and very prompt in taking action. Cheers Jayanand Sent from my iPad > On 04-Sep-2014, at 2:00 pm, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > > I bought one but it keeps losing the 1TB SSD in it, about to give up on > it... > > John - with only SDHC and CF cameras > > -----Original Message----- > > Jay, > Depends on what you are looking for. If you are only using SD cards, any > laptop will have a built in reader that will suffice. The problems in > backup usually come when multiple types of cards are involved - for my > safaris, I could use XQD, CF and SD cards on my Nikons. The Hyperdrive at > least solves two problems, and as I generally do not carry a laptop with > me, I do not use the XQD cards in my D4, but buy the fastest CF cards > available every year. If you buy a bare Hyperdrive and put in your own > hard disk, it will work out cheaper. I normally carry two Hyperdrives, and > make two backups, just to be on the safe side. Actually, if you are > organized very well, the best and probably safest backup, both in terms of > cards and images, would be to carry tons of 8GB or 16GB SD cards, and not > to reuse them. It would be very inexpensive as long as you do not want the > fastest cards... > Cheers > Jayanand > > >> On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 11:23 AM, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> >> wrote: >> >> That may be, but the Western Digital is 1/3 the price... >> >> Jay >> >> >>> On 9/3/2014 10:33 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: >>> >>> A Hyperdrive is much better, you have multiple card slots. Been using >>> them for years and years now for backup on trips with no problems at >>> all. For us poor XQD card users, there are no solutions that I know >>> of, but a card reader! >>> >>> http://www.hypershop.com/HyperDrive/UDMA-2/ >>> >>> Cheers >>> Jayanand >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 7:42 AM, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Good option for photographers away from home... >>>> >>>> http://gizmodo.com/this-new-wireless-hard-drive-cuts-out- >>>> cords-and-adds-an-1630039551 >>>> >>>> or >>>> >>>> http://tinyurl.com/na4xjzw >>>> >>>> Jay > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information