JTrunck Posted February 26, 2010 Share #1 Posted February 26, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hyperdrive has released a new 4.8" LCD screen model called Hyperdrive Album. A variety of HD's therein from none to 500 GB. Their site specifically says the new ALBUM model supports M9's. Good news from the beginning. Details here: HyperDrive Album Jim http://www.jimtrunck.com Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest ccmsosse Posted February 26, 2010 Share #2 Posted February 26, 2010 Hyperdrive has released a new 4.8" LCD screen model called Hyperdrive Album. A variety of HD's therein from none to 500 GB. Their site specifically says the new ALBUM model supports M9's. Good news from the beginning. Details here: HyperDrive Album Jim http://www.jimtrunck.com Thank you for the link Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielt Posted February 26, 2010 Share #3 Posted February 26, 2010 The former model ( Hyperdrive UDMA ) also support M9 DNG files Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanJW Posted February 26, 2010 Share #4 Posted February 26, 2010 The question I would have is how fast it can render a DNG, whether compressed or uncompressed. If it is really slow, the technical capability to display DNGs will not be enough. I have taken to using a little Asus netbook with a 160G drive as the way to review and backup when I have that need. Weighs very little, has an SD slot, and gives me connectivity as well as back up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pophoto Posted February 27, 2010 Share #5 Posted February 27, 2010 Yes, this Sanho product looks very similar to the Epsons that have been around for a while, I'd love to hear more first hand user reviews, and the most interesting part to me is that I can buy just the casing itself and install my own HDD in it.... what a plus! Bonus would be if they have have USB 3.0 output ready soon! Pophoto Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eapple Posted February 27, 2010 Share #6 Posted February 27, 2010 I have taken to using a little Asus netbook with a 160G drive as the way to review and backup when I have that need. Weighs very little, has an SD slot, and gives me connectivity as well as back up. I will be receiving an M9 next week and also have an Asus netbook computer that I travel with. I would appreciate knowing which program you have on your netbook that allows viewing and storing DNG files for review and backup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanJW Posted February 28, 2010 Share #7 Posted February 28, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have Photoshop Elements 5. It runs Okay, but only OK. The latest Elements (v.8.0) comes with Bridge, which is more useful for viewing files. I only did this because I happened to have an old copy of PSE5. Editing on a netbook, especially with just a touchpad, is not very good at all, and you may also find you need to change the screen resolution. As a practical matter, I use the netbook to back up my SD card each day when I am traveling, and do some very light selection, leaving any editing for when I get home. Of course one way to avoid the DNG issue is to shoot DNG+JPG and then it is very easy to make selections from almost any program that can display JPGs (I think Windows will do this natively ("Microsoft Viewer"?) If anyone is curious as to why I didn't run CS4 or Lightroom, it is because I don't think they will run very well on a Netbook with 1G of memory -- and my CS4 license is (a) already running on 2 machines; and ( is Mac rather than PC. If you can stand the extra weight a Macbook will run Lightroom or PSE8 quite well, especially if you put 4G of memory into it. But that is a far more expensive proposition than a netbook. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eapple Posted February 28, 2010 Share #8 Posted February 28, 2010 "... I use the netbook to back up my SD card each day when I am traveling, and do some very light selection, leaving any editing for when I get home. " This is all I want to do while traveling also. I have a Macbook Pro at home and have just installed Aperture 3.0 in addition to CS4 which I already had. I considered installing the Lightroom software that comes with the M9 on the Netbook, but you make a good point that the limited ram in the netbook would probably make that program function poorly. I like your suggestion to shoot DNG + JPEG so the daily images could be reviewed on the small computer. Thanks for your prompt response to my (first!) posting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecar Posted February 28, 2010 Share #9 Posted February 28, 2010 I've been using one of their previous models (Colorspace, I believe) for a few years now. Works flawlessly and still serves me well, including with M9 files. The screen on the old models is tiny, and therefore not suitable for proper culling on location, but is fine as a fast card backup device The company provides firmware updates, so I guess any of their models would be able to support most cameras on the market. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
menos I M6 Posted March 1, 2010 Share #10 Posted March 1, 2010 Is there any good comparison between the EPSON devices and the hyperdrive? Are there any specs for the charger, batteries regarding weight/ size (important for packaging on travel)? Can any of these drives be formatted as a standard Mac HFS+ partition for parallel use as an external backup drive for Mac or as a working archive, while being connected to a Mac? Are there any Firewire 800 or SATA models for faster transfer speeds? From what I can find on the website, it is of little use for me as a " leave the netbook at home and travel light solution" for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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