[Leica] Another Backup option

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

Yes. You can set it to automatically download pictures from an external
card reader that is plugged in via a USB slot, and review the photographs
with a smartphone or tablet using the supplied software and the WiFi
function. I use the Ipad for the bigger screen size. It has a built in SD
slot as well. It is really quite convenient. There are very variable
experiences with this device on the net, but for my simple backup
requirements, it has performed very well.

I have the normal version, but there is also a SSD version that should be
super fast. I could not justify the additional cost, after all, I just need
a backup, and time is really not an issue for this.

https://www.wd.com/products/portable-storage/my-passport-wireless-pro.html

Cheers
Jayanand

On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 5:43 AM Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> 
wrote:

> Jsynard.  How do you use XQD cards in the WD thing? External card reader?
>
> Frank Filippone Red735i at Verizon.net
>  On Monday, December 10, 2018, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <
> lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
>
> Brian,
> I would be very interested if you do update your presentation
>
> Frank's gizmo could be very useful for backups during safaris/photographic
> trips, provided you are using only SD cards. It is not particularly useful
> for me, because for my wildlife trips I use XQD cards as my primary card. I
> use two WD My Passport Wireless Pro as my primary backup devices on trips,
> as I generally do not carry a laptop with me.
>
> At present, I change storage HDDs (external and internal) every 3 years or
> so
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 12:50 AM Brian Reid <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> wrote:
>
> > I would never trust SD cards or any other flash memory to keep data
> > longer than a year or two.
> > I know how they work inside, and the storage mechanism is very delicate,
> > sensitive to background radiation and random perturbations of the
> > universe.
> >
> > I did a presentation at NYLUG about 10 years ago about preserving
> > electronic images. I probably ought to update it to reflect current
> > technology, but the bottom line is that if you want to keep an image in
> > perpetuity you should print it on good paper and keep the print away
> > from light. If you want accurate preservation of color you should print
> > RGB separations in archival black ink.
> >
> > Everything electronic requires that you copy from an older medium to a
> > newer medium every 5 years or so. Or every year in the case of
> > SD/flash/SSD.
> >
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