Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]thanks Henning... very helpful advice. Steve On Aug 21, 2007, at 5:13 PM, Henning Wulff wrote: > At 4:40 PM -0700 8/21/07, Steve Barbour wrote: >> On Aug 21, 2007, at 2:38 PM, Henning Wulff wrote: >> >>> At 9:34 AM -0700 8/21/07, Steve Barbour wrote: >>>> Is anyone using the Epson P5000 for image storage and review...? >>>> >>>> >>>> Your opinion and comments about it would be appreciated... >>>> >>>> >>>> Steve >>> >>> I had the P2000. Nice screen, but slow and sucked batteries. >>> Also, it's extremely hard to exchange hard drives for larger ones. >>> >>> I now use something called the 'Nexto CF' which is extremely fas >>> for dowloading cards to the hard drive (up to 1Gb per minute, >>> depending on the card), can be used with any 2-1/2" ATA drive, >>> allows downloading 100Gb per battery charge and costs all in 1/3 >>> what the Epson does. No, it doesn't have the nice colour screen, >>> but that turned out to be almost useless anyway. >> >> now it's 80gB capacity..also about 2.5x faster...I don't know >> about the batts?? >> >> >> >> why Henning, was the screen useless? >> >> >> Steve >> > > The screen was very slow, and couldn't display half the file types > I wanted to. If you want to display pictures, the P5000 might now > work, but as a storage device it still lags way behind the Nexto. > You can put as big a drive as 250Gb in it, and the cost would still > be 1/2 that of the 80Gb P5000. > > The speed issue is significant, as I can download 2 - 4Gb cards to > 2 different backup units in 8 minutes, whereas even the new P5000 > speeds take a lot longer. I haven't tried this as I don't have a > P5000, so I may be just blowing smoke, but my understanding is that > downloading 8Gb of cards takes about 30 minutes. > > Then, the battery life is hugely better (about 5 or 6x), and the > Nexto units are smaller. Mine can connect with Firewire or USB2 to > the computer. > > I checked out quite a few different types, as I had been > disappointed with the P2000 and another brand that I had before, > and I wanted to make sure i got a versatile and efficient storage > unit this time. > > Again, get the Epson for the screen, and make sure that image to > image times and other scroll functions are fast enough to be > useable, and that it can display what you want to. Otherwise get > something like the Nexto (there are other good storage devices). > > > -- > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information