The advantages are that you can make multiple copies, then you can, for example, keep one with you and mail one home. This has some advantages and someĭisadvantages. Write one, send one home Third you can get a portable CD recorder. USB cable, remote control, carrying pouch, video cableĭigital audio player, digital photo viewer, external HDDįunction, memory card reader, digital video player Internal rechargeable - Lithium Ion - 2200 mAhĬompactFlash Card type I, CompactFlash Card type II, SmartDisk FlashTrax FTX80 (illustrated above) Supported Audio Formats: Since they do more, they cost more, typically $400+ They also often let you play "slide shows" of your images and sometimes they have a connection so that you can play images on a TV monitor. These are similar to the simpleĭevices, but they have a color LCD on which you can view any of the images on the drive (assuming they are JPEGs).
Second you can get a full features portable hard drive with image display. Specifications of the Transcend Photobank (illustrated above) Power SupplyĭC 5V from USB port 5V / 2A AC Adapter Li-ion They can be as simple as plugging in a card, pushing a button and waiting for an LED to change from red to green. It flashes up file names while they are being transferred, but that's about the extent of it. The LCD did play just contains the menu which select the function you want and tells you how much space there is left on the drive. There's no data verification and not even a way to see what's stored on the drive. It will read or write cards, but you pretty much have to trust that it's working OK. I have a "Tripper" portable hard drive (which I don't think is still available). Some of these devices also have a verification function to check the integrity of the data you've For an extra $30 or $40 you can often get a version with 40GB capacity. When you get home, connect the drive to your PC via a USB connection and download all your images. Plug in the card, push a button or two and the data is transferred from your card onto the drive. $200 you can get a 20GB 2.5" hard drive with a built in memory card reader. If you don't want to take your laptop you really have three options:įirst you can get a small battery powered, simple, portable hard drive. They also aren't cheap if you don't already own one. If you're staying in a hotel and not filling both cards each day, but it won't be much fun if you're out in the field and even small laptops often weigh 4-5 lbs with batteries so they're not something to want to carry around with you all day. You can drag along a laptop with a large hard drive and transfer your images to it.
So you're out on a trip for two weeks with your digital camera and you only have a couple of 512MB memory cards.
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