External Hard Drive

[BJDwrk]

Hi all-
I was wondering if you had an external hard drive with a normal usb input, could you use the direct print/shard feature of many cameras to export pics to the hard drive through a usb cable.

Otherwise, what do most people use while on vacs. rather than laptops to store pics without loathes of memory cards.

Thanks.

[tim11]

There is a guy at work who transfer his images to a music/storage device called iRiver.
And there are many similar portable storrage devices around that's handy for vacation without the need of a computer. They are cheaper than image cards. Check this link for some idea:
http://www.digitalfunstuff.com.au/category37_1.htm

I recommend you still burn image to DVD now and then for extra back up; just in case.

[Rhys]

Try www.hyperdrive.com.

I have one of these. I can offload a memory card onto its internal hard drive. It's powered by AA batteries and as it doesn't have a photo display feature it'll never get upstaged by new file formats.

They are expensive and with the continually dropping price of memory cards, it might be better just to get a ton of memory cards.

There is also a device that reads memory cards and writes to DVDs or CDs.

[Paul79UF]

I use my IPAQ HX4700 PDA for offloading pictures in the field when my memory card fills up and I don't have a spare.

I've got a little over 4Gb of memory in it.

I also use it to listen to MP3s, watch downloaded movies, GPS navigation (w/ Garmin 10 bluetooth receiver), surf the web, look at pictures, and play games.

(I love this thing...can you tell. :) )

http://www.hpc.ru/devices/img/4/497_00.jpg

[FLiPMaRC]

Last August I went on vacation and took about 3000 pictures. I used my iPod to store all my files, but I had to borrow my friend's computer to do it.