harmsr Posted March 23, 2008 Share #1 Posted March 23, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) I just got a new Hyperdrive Colorspace 0 yesterday for backup of my files when traveling without a laptop. For years I have had an old Epson P-2000. It was extremely slow to copy and even worse to view RAW files. It also did not work to view the new Nikon files or the M8 files. Now comes the new Colorspace 0, which does fully support the new Nikon files and the M8 files. It is blazingly fast in all operations. It can copy at up to 25MB/sec if the cards you are using are fast enough themselves. It also has an extremely fast and useful 100% review of the files which only takes about 3 seconds to generate. You can navigate in the photo to confirm details or critical focus. The screen is a very nice 3.2" color unit that automatically rotates the image between landscape and portrait, depending on how you are holding the unit. It supports all CF, all types of SD, Memory stick, and MMC cards. Other cards are supported if used via a compact flash adaptor (for example my Olympus 560 with the xD cards that I use for scuba diving). Battery is listed to last for 120 GB of downloading. I bought the 160GB hard drive unit, but they are available up to 250 GB or you can even buy the unit without hard drive and install your own. It also has a USB connection to go direct to any camera, or you can plug into a cigarette lighter connector via the USB cable for car charging. The Colorspace 0 has hardware verification to insure that files were copied correctly. Last but not least, it also does slideshows. Retail price is $399 on this 160GB unit. (The usual disclaimers that I don't work for them or get any benefit from sales. - However I am very happy with my new unit.) Best, Ray Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted March 23, 2008 Posted March 23, 2008 Hi harmsr, Take a look here Fast Portable File Storage. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
danyves Posted March 23, 2008 Share #2 Posted March 23, 2008 Ray, Thanks, exactly what I was looking for, price and capability. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted March 24, 2008 Share #3 Posted March 24, 2008 Ray, You say that the Colorspace supports M8 files, do you mean M8 DNGs without jpegs (he asked hopefully)? Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
footnoteblog Posted March 24, 2008 Share #4 Posted March 24, 2008 Ray, You say that the Colorspace supports M8 files, do you mean M8 DNGs without jpegs (he asked hopefully)? Pete. Yup: covered: http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-m8-forum/46015-hyperdrive-support.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
harmsr Posted March 24, 2008 Author Share #5 Posted March 24, 2008 Hi Pete, It sure does. I shoot only RAW with no JPEG in order to have more card space, unless I'm trying to do a B&W series. I then add the JPEG in order to get the B&W preview. The Colorspace 0 works just fine with my M8 DNG (no JPEG) files. Best, Ray Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted March 24, 2008 Share #6 Posted March 24, 2008 Great news, Ray, and thanks for your response! Footnoteblog's attached thread slightly confused the matter because in it Canlogic appeared to say that jpegs are needed to view files on the LCD. Is this your experience too or can images be viewed etc on the LCD when shooting only DNGs? (Sorry to be picky but I already have a Gigabit One and this is the enhancement that would make the difference for me. ) Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
harmsr Posted March 24, 2008 Author Share #7 Posted March 24, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Pete, I normally do not shoot both DNG & JPEG. The Colorspace 0 works just fine on the M8 with DNG only files. That is how I am using it now. Best, Ray Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted March 24, 2008 Share #8 Posted March 24, 2008 Thanks for the clarification, Ray. Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlancasterd Posted March 24, 2008 Share #9 Posted March 24, 2008 Does anyone know where I can buy one of these in UK? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
4season Posted March 24, 2008 Share #10 Posted March 24, 2008 ...It also has an extremely fast and useful 100% review of the files which only takes about 3 seconds to generate. You can navigate in the photo to confirm details or critical focus.... Ray, could you confirm that it opens an M8 DNG that fast for 100% viewing? 3 seconds sounds too good to be true, but if so, I may have to consider buying one too. Also, what do you think of the screen's color fidelity and overall quality? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted March 24, 2008 Share #11 Posted March 24, 2008 Does anyone know where I can buy one of these in UK? John, I wondered that too and discovered that a company called Impectron, which appears to specialise in medical equipment is the sole UK agent for Hyperdrive products. Link here: Hyperdrive Colorspace UK Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_W Posted March 24, 2008 Share #12 Posted March 24, 2008 Order it direct (I did) it will be cheaper even with VAT and duty... T Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
canlogic Posted March 24, 2008 Share #13 Posted March 24, 2008 I have the previous model which also reads M8 DNG's. My understanding is that it reads the jpeg that is embeded in the raw file and is not actually converting the raw to display it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlancasterd Posted March 24, 2008 Share #14 Posted March 24, 2008 John, I wondered that too and discovered that a company called Impectron, which appears to specialise in medical equipment is the sole UK agent for Hyperdrive products. Link here: Hyperdrive Colorspace UK Pete. Thanks Pete - I've bookmarked that site Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
harmsr Posted March 24, 2008 Author Share #15 Posted March 24, 2008 I'll disagree on it using the embedded JPEG which is just a tiny thumbnail. When you zoom to 100%, you truly do get great detail and color which you would not see from the thumbnail. Now are we actually seeing the RAW DNG on the screen or a large preview generated from the DNG (as in done in Capture One Pro for what you see when processing), I don't know. Actually, it is not really important to me since I can now review detail at 100% pixel size to make any choice on whether to keep the shot or not. So yes, we are getting a 100% view of the actual RAW file within about 3 seconds. (Is it a large processed preview file? I don't really know or care, as it works great.) Best, Ray Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arif Posted March 25, 2008 Share #16 Posted March 25, 2008 Ray, Thanks for taking the time to document. This is perfect for my needs. I will order online but wanted to write a note to thank you. Best regards, Arif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
4season Posted March 25, 2008 Share #17 Posted March 25, 2008 Thanks Ray, that sounds really impressive--my Jobo GVPE takes about FIFTY seconds to open a DNG. I may have to have a closer look at Colorspace 0 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauribix Posted March 25, 2008 Share #18 Posted March 25, 2008 Thanks Ray! It seems great, but i can't place an order from that link... is there a distributor? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhoersch Posted March 25, 2008 Share #19 Posted March 25, 2008 Great news! So I can sell my EPSON which requires JPGs and happily buy a Colorspace! Thanks a lot for this post!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
canlogic Posted March 25, 2008 Share #20 Posted March 25, 2008 I'll disagree on it using the embedded JPEG which is just a tiny thumbnail. When you zoom to 100%, you truly do get great detail and color which you would not see from the thumbnail. Now are we actually seeing the RAW DNG on the screen or a large preview generated from the DNG (as in done in Capture One Pro for what you see when processing), I don't know. Actually, it is not really important to me since I can now review detail at 100% pixel size to make any choice on whether to keep the shot or not. So yes, we are getting a 100% view of the actual RAW file within about 3 seconds. (Is it a large processed preview file? I don't really know or care, as it works great.) Best, Ray From their website: COLORSPACE displays the embedded JPEG image found in the RAW image, with good reason. When a digital camera captures in RAW, it also creates a JPEG image from the RAW data. Since they are created from the same data/exposure, the JPEG image is almost identical to the RAW image. It is "almost" identical, because JPEG is a processed image with settings like white balance, sharpness locked in while RAW is unprocessed. Since the embedded JPEG is essentially the same image as the RAW image, virtually every portable devices including digital cameras themselves use the embedded JPEG data while "displaying" the RAW image on the LCD screen. This is because decoding the RAW data for display requires a lot of processing power and overhead, so much that it may take even the most powerful portable device (that is not a full fledge computer) a few minutes just to display a single RAW image. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.