lamefrog Posted August 1, 2012 Share #1 Â Posted August 1, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) I will be traveling the entire month of August and the plan is to travel LIGHT. That means I'll be leaving behind (quite happily) the laptop and the external hard drive. I've therefore been looking at alternative strategies for storing, backing up my digital files during the trip. This led me to portable image storage devices. Â The most popular of these devices among photographers seems to be the Sanho Hyperdrive colorspace UDMA (discussed here earlier). Unfortunately, that unit is on backorder everywhere, including in the manufacturer's online store. Â The portable storage section at B&H lists a number of other units, of which the Digital Foci Picture Porter 35 seems the best-rated. It's on the expensive side and I wonder if its not overkill (I assume I'd also have to shoot raw+jpeg to use the photo browsing features). My priority is storage space and reliability. Â B&H also lists units from Jobo, Nexto and Wolverine. Â I'm wondering if forum members have any experience with any of these devices and can recommend either a unit or an alternative strategy. I've rules out using an iPad because of storage and processing limitations. Â Many thanks Philippe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jaapv Posted August 1, 2012 Share #2 Â Posted August 1, 2012 When I hit "portable storage " in search, I come up with 70 threads... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Posted August 1, 2012 Share #3 Â Posted August 1, 2012 In order to travel light the best is to get many memory cards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted August 1, 2012 Share #4 Â Posted August 1, 2012 In order to travel light the best is to get many memory cards. Â Good idea, and establish the habit of sending cards home, or to a trusted person during your excursion, AND use a portable backup. . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Posted August 1, 2012 Share #5 Â Posted August 1, 2012 Depending on where one travels, online uploads to own site (or a pro Flickr account even) may be an option too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamefrog Posted August 1, 2012 Author Share #6  Posted August 1, 2012 When I hit "portable storage " in search, I come up with 70 threads...  Ok fair enough but I had done  google# site:http://www.l-camera-forum.com/ foci or wolverine or jobo  and that returns only 8 hits, one of which one is from 2009 and all the others older.  So I stand by what I wrote: in the event any "forum members has any experience with any of these devices " any info would be helpful and very much appreciated before I run to B&H  Many thanks Philippe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamefrog Posted August 1, 2012 Author Share #7 Â Posted August 1, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Depending on where one travels, online uploads to own site (or a pro Flickr account even) may be an option too. Â Yes, good idea, thanks. I had thought of Dropbox. But I'll have limited internet connectivity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted August 1, 2012 Share #8 Â Posted August 1, 2012 OK. I use a Macbook Air with 500 Gb external drive and card reader. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlashGordonPhotography Posted August 1, 2012 Share #9 Â Posted August 1, 2012 I use the iPPad version of the Hyperdrive. Fantastic unit and I can just exchange the drives any time I need to. Â Gordon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rramesh Posted August 1, 2012 Share #10 Â Posted August 1, 2012 Get an external solid state drive. Several manufacturers make them these days including Iomega, Samsung and Transcend. They all connect via USB. They have no moving parts and generally rugged. Of course, more expensive than traditional disks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted August 1, 2012 Share #11 Â Posted August 1, 2012 Yes - I have a Hyperdrive Colorspace 250 Gb for on the road, but I rarely use it since I got the Macbook Air. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted August 1, 2012 Share #12 Â Posted August 1, 2012 Get an external solid state drive. Several manufacturers make them these days including Iomega, Samsung and Transcend. They all connect via USB. They have no moving parts and generally rugged. Of course, more expensive than traditional disks. Yes- but you need to have one that can download SD cards directly, and I am not aware that any can. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanyasi Posted August 1, 2012 Share #13 Â Posted August 1, 2012 I realize you are looking for portable storage. I have done the same, but have come to the conclusion that an 11 inch MacAir, with a hard drive is the more logical route. I had one of those Epson portable storage devices six or so years ago and it went for around $450US. I think the portable devices with any degree of capacity run in the $300 to $400 range. For slightly more than twice the amount you can get a computer. And I was looking at small portable hard drives the other day because the MacAir with flash memory gets expensive. You can pick up a 500gb to 1 Terrabyte portable drive for about $125. So the choice is between around $1,200 vs $400. Granted 3 times as much, but you'll get a lot more use of the Air than you will out of the portable drive. You can see your photos, add lightroom and get a start on editing them, and you can have some games or other stuff on the computer. Â I don't own an Air, but am thinking about it. It would fit nicely in my current backpack without adding much weight. For the time being, I've given up on the iPad. it just isn't there yet if you are shooting RAW. Â Jack Siegel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
algrove Posted August 1, 2012 Share #14 Â Posted August 1, 2012 I routinely use OWC SSD's as backup. They now even market a 900+ GB model. I also get their thin storage cases for them. Trouble is you want a device that works w/o computer and it sounds like most of us do not use that method. Do you need a backup device that lets you see your images as well as back them up? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkP Posted August 2, 2012 Share #15  Posted August 2, 2012 +1 for the Hyperdrive  I bought mine without a hard drive and fitted a high quality 500 GB drive to the unit. An excellent and compact storage unit, compatible with Mac & PC, excellent battery life. Sort of like an overgrown iPod but a really crap scree (good enough to navigate your way around & sort images but that's about it. I always travel with it as a backup device ± Macbook Pro/Air. However, with the low cost of SD cards I tend to travel with enough so that I don't delete photographs from them whilst I'm travelling so there's always two sets of data. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
haroldp Posted August 2, 2012 Share #16 Â Posted August 2, 2012 I have been using a 320 gb wolverine for several years without incident. It is quite primitive, without photo display, but it is small. light, cheap, and has direct inputs for all of the common card formats. It also acts as a USB disk drive (and card reader) when connected to a computer. Â As a 'dumb' simple contingency backup it is perfect. Â I never re-use a flash card on a trip and reformat only after it is uploaded to my multiply redundant main system storage (Raid 1 operating disk drive, Time Machine, and both on and offsite incremental backups). Â The flash cards and wolverine travel in separate luggage. Â Regards .... H Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bybrett Posted August 2, 2012 Share #17  Posted August 2, 2012 Philippe  Thanks for asking the question and not searching. I wasn't thinking about searching because I wasn't even thinking about portable storage. But now I know a lot more about something I might need in the near future. That's why I read the Forum. Sometimes you don't know what you might need to know about.  Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamefrog Posted August 2, 2012 Author Share #18  Posted August 2, 2012 Thanks to everyone for taking time to respond  I believe there may indeed be a MacBook Air in the future for me but for now I already own an iPhone, an iPod, an iPad, a 15" MacBook Pro, an iMac and an older 17" Powerbook. I'm all Mac -ed out and not quite ready psychologically to be encumbered by another iDevice.  So , as I already own an iPad, the combo that seems to make sense for me is an iPad + Hyperdrive for iPad. I'd use the SnapSeed app for adjustments, when needed. I think this gives me storage + editing + internet in a light package I can put in the top compartment of a backpack.  Of course, the Hyperdrive for iPad seems unavailable as well. If I can't get my hands on one, I'll go with the Wolverine, available now at B&H and recommended here.  Thanks again  -- Philippe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamefrog Posted August 2, 2012 Author Share #19  Posted August 2, 2012 Philippe Thanks for asking the question and not searching. I wasn't thinking about searching because I wasn't even thinking about portable storage. But now I know a lot more about something I might need in the near future. That's why I read the Forum. Sometimes you don't know what you might need to know about.  Cheers  Brett - I am new here so I may be mistaken but it strikes me that the whole point of a forum like this one is to be not only a database but also a meeting place. Is there anything left to say about the Summicron 50 ? And yet we rehash the same topics over and over again and each new contribution seems to provide new insights and perspective. We wouldn't be human if we didn't like stories . In any case, this thread has been very useful to me and I hope it to others as well. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanyasi Posted August 2, 2012 Share #20  Posted August 2, 2012 Thanks to everyone for taking time to respond I believe there may indeed be a MacBook Air in the future for me but for now I already own an iPhone, an iPod, an iPad, a 15" MacBook Pro, an iMac and an older 17" Powerbook. I'm all Mac -ed out and not quite ready psychologically to be encumbered by another iDevice.  So , as I already own an iPad, the combo that seems to make sense for me is an iPad + Hyperdrive for iPad. I'd use the SnapSeed app for adjustments, when needed. I think this gives me storage + editing + internet in a light package I can put in the top compartment of a backpack.  Of course, the Hyperdrive for iPad seems unavailable as well. If I can't get my hands on one, I'll go with the Wolverine, available now at B&H and recommended here.  Thanks again  -- Philippe  As an Apple stockholder, I would like to thank you for your support Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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