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DL in the field
I just (finally) got my first digital camera (Canon 1D M4) (!). (I sell my
images to magazines and as prints at art fairs and galleries.) I can record 44 GB on my 3 compact flash disks. (I just shoot raw: ~25 MB files). That's fine for local shooting, but on a road trip, I'll need more space. (I once took 28 rolls of film in one day = 1k images. Digital promises the possibility of many more.) I'd like reccommendations on what else I need to buy. Minimum requirement is just downloading to a larger disk, or more CF cards. Ideally, I could also review the images that day, back at the motel or campground (a 3" LCD is only so good, although I also need some experience to see how much I can rely on it.) to see if I need to reshoot some. For that, I assume I need a notebook. Or is there something cheaper that will just allow image review? Other options? -- Alan Justice http://home.earthlink.net/~wildlifepaparazzi/ -- Alan Justice http://home.earthlink.net/~wildlifepaparazzi/ |
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On 2011-02-15 23:35:09 -0800, "Alan Justice" said:
I just (finally) got my first digital camera (Canon 1D M4) (!). (I sell my images to magazines and as prints at art fairs and galleries.) I can record 44 GB on my 3 compact flash disks. (I just shoot raw: ~25 MB files). That's fine for local shooting, but on a road trip, I'll need more space. (I once took 28 rolls of film in one day = 1k images. Digital promises the possibility of many more.) I'd like reccommendations on what else I need to buy. Minimum requirement is just downloading to a larger disk, or more CF cards. Ideally, I could also review the images that day, back at the motel or campground (a 3" LCD is only so good, although I also need some experience to see how much I can rely on it.) to see if I need to reshoot some. For that, I assume I need a notebook. Or is there something cheaper that will just allow image review? Other options? -- Alan Justice http://home.earthlink.net/~wildlifepaparazzi/ Different folks here are going to have different opinions & proposals. Just remember the only one which is going to work is the one you actually use, and is simple for you to use. Here is my suggestion, there will be others, your job will be to sort through everything your post provokes. First, it sounds as if you bought three 16GB CF cards, memory is relatively cheap. Just as you carried extra film carry extra CF cards. Since your shots represent income, establish a back-up protocol. Think redundant back-up. I use a 250GB ColorSpace UDMA for back-up when on the road. it can be used in the field, car, camp, and/or back at hotel room. They are available in capacities of up to 750GB. http://www.hypershop.com/HyperDrive-...-UDMA-s/64.htm Then as soon as possible copy to a portable USB/Firewire Hard Drive via a laptop, or desktop if you are returning to your work base. These are inexpensive and will establish a second redundant leg to the back-up protocol. Do not erase or reformat the CF Cards until you have a minimum of two redundant legs to your copy protocol, unless you have no other option other than a field copy to the Colorspace UDMA. Then develop a protocol for archiving. I would consider some additional outboard Hard Drive, possibly a RAID system for your primary work computer. ....er, buy more CF memory. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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"Savageduck" wrote in message news:2011021604425122503-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom... On 2011-02-15 23:35:09 -0800, "Alan Justice" said: I just (finally) got my first digital camera (Canon 1D M4) (!). (I sell my images to magazines and as prints at art fairs and galleries.) I can record 44 GB on my 3 compact flash disks. (I just shoot raw: ~25 MB files). That's fine for local shooting, but on a road trip, I'll need more space. (I once took 28 rolls of film in one day = 1k images. Digital promises the possibility of many more.) I'd like reccommendations on what else I need to buy. Minimum requirement is just downloading to a larger disk, or more CF cards. Ideally, I could also review the images that day, back at the motel or campground (a 3" LCD is only so good, although I also need some experience to see how much I can rely on it.) to see if I need to reshoot some. For that, I assume I need a notebook. Or is there something cheaper that will just allow image review? Other options? -- Alan Justice http://home.earthlink.net/~wildlifepaparazzi/ Different folks here are going to have different opinions & proposals. Just remember the only one which is going to work is the one you actually use, and is simple for you to use. Here is my suggestion, there will be others, your job will be to sort through everything your post provokes. First, it sounds as if you bought three 16GB CF cards, memory is relatively cheap. Just as you carried extra film carry extra CF cards. Since your shots represent income, establish a back-up protocol. Think redundant back-up. I use a 250GB ColorSpace UDMA for back-up when on the road. it can be used in the field, car, camp, and/or back at hotel room. They are available in capacities of up to 750GB. http://www.hypershop.com/HyperDrive-...-UDMA-s/64.htm Then as soon as possible copy to a portable USB/Firewire Hard Drive via a laptop, or desktop if you are returning to your work base. These are inexpensive and will establish a second redundant leg to the back-up protocol. Do not erase or reformat the CF Cards until you have a minimum of two redundant legs to your copy protocol, unless you have no other option other than a field copy to the Colorspace UDMA. Then develop a protocol for archiving. I would consider some additional outboard Hard Drive, possibly a RAID system for your primary work computer. ...er, buy more CF memory. -- Regards, Savageduck I've got a start on home backup, as I have been scanning my slides (and I needed it once). External 250 GB Maxtor. Backup is simple, but setting it up was not. But now that won't be enough. I guess I'll need another hard drive and another backup device. The Colorspace looks simple enough. I would not use it for reviewing images while on a road trip, as the screen is about the same size as on the camera. And I doubt it could display the raw files anyway (even the software for the Canon 1D M3 cannot display the files from the M4, even though they are both ..CR2 files). But it's cheaper than buying that much space in CF cards (I paid $140 for 32 GB, the Colorspace is $400 for 250). But I think I may need to buy a laptop for backup in the field (i.e., back at the motel) with a portable backup drive. Having 2 copies before clearing the CF card is a good idea. Thanks for your comments. -- Alan Justice http://home.earthlink.net/~wildlifepaparazzi/ |
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On 2011-02-16 08:36:00 -0800, "Alan Justice" said:
"Savageduck" wrote in message news:2011021604425122503-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom... On 2011-02-15 23:35:09 -0800, "Alan Justice" said: I just (finally) got my first digital camera (Canon 1D M4) (!). (I sell my images to magazines and as prints at art fairs and galleries.) I can record 44 GB on my 3 compact flash disks. (I just shoot raw: ~25 MB files). That's fine for local shooting, but on a road trip, I'll need more space. (I once took 28 rolls of film in one day = 1k images. Digital promises the possibility of many more.) I'd like reccommendations on what else I need to buy. Minimum requirement is just downloading to a larger disk, or more CF cards. Ideally, I could also review the images that day, back at the motel or campground (a 3" LCD is only so good, although I also need some experience to see how much I can rely on it.) to see if I need to reshoot some. For that, I assume I need a notebook. Or is there something cheaper that will just allow image review? Other options? -- Alan Justice http://home.earthlink.net/~wildlifepaparazzi/ Different folks here are going to have different opinions & proposals. Just remember the only one which is going to work is the one you actually use, and is simple for you to use. Here is my suggestion, there will be others, your job will be to sort through everything your post provokes. First, it sounds as if you bought three 16GB CF cards, memory is relatively cheap. Just as you carried extra film carry extra CF cards. Since your shots represent income, establish a back-up protocol. Think redundant back-up. I use a 250GB ColorSpace UDMA for back-up when on the road. it can be used in the field, car, camp, and/or back at hotel room. They are available in capacities of up to 750GB. http://www.hypershop.com/HyperDrive-...-UDMA-s/64.htm Then as soon as possible copy to a portable USB/Firewire Hard Drive via a laptop, or desktop if you are returning to your work base. These are inexpensive and will establish a second redundant leg to the back-up protocol. Do not erase or reformat the CF Cards until you have a minimum of two redundant legs to your copy protocol, unless you have no other option other than a field copy to the Colorspace UDMA. Then develop a protocol for archiving. I would consider some additional outboard Hard Drive, possibly a RAID system for your primary work computer. ...er, buy more CF memory. -- Regards, Savageduck I've got a start on home backup, as I have been scanning my slides (and I needed it once). External 250 GB Maxtor. Backup is simple, but setting it up was not. But now that won't be enough. I guess I'll need another hard drive and another backup device. Good idea. Consider your own calculation based of a load of 44GB (that is an awful lot of shooting!) Even if you use 20GB of space per trip, just 10 such trips is going to strain that 250GB dive to the limit. I like OtherWorld Computing products. Their support is good and they provide software for backup. I have several of their Mercury On-The-Go Pro portable hard drives of various capacities. http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/on-the-go and I have one their 3TB RAID-1 set ups. They have quite a selection of reasonably priced RAID-1 options; http://eshop.macsales.com/owcpages/g...nmax_mini.html http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/usb/raid_1/Gmax The Colorspace looks simple enough. I would not use it for reviewing images while on a road trip, as the screen is about the same size as on the camera. And I doubt it could display the raw files anyway (even the software for the Canon 1D M3 cannot display the files from the M4, even though they are both .CR2 files). But it's cheaper than buying that much space in CF cards (I paid $140 for 32 GB, the Colorspace is $400 for 250). But I think I may need to buy a laptop for backup in the field (i.e., back at the motel) with a portable backup drive. Having 2 copies before clearing the CF card is a good idea. The Colorspace UDMA handles RAW files just fine. I can use it for my Nikon NEF files and my Canon G11 CR2's without any issue. Each subsequent save is incremental so back-ups are relatively quick. When mounted to a laptop, or desktop computer it behaves as any mounted hard drive would. For the road a laptop is going to be a must. Thanks for your comments. -- Regards, Savageduck |
DL in the field
"Alan Justice" wrote in message m... I just (finally) got my first digital camera (Canon 1D M4) (!). (I sell my images to magazines and as prints at art fairs and galleries.) I can record 44 GB on my 3 compact flash disks. (I just shoot raw: ~25 MB files). That's fine for local shooting, but on a road trip, I'll need more space. (I once took 28 rolls of film in one day = 1k images. Digital promises the possibility of many more.) I'd like reccommendations on what else I need to buy. Minimum requirement is just downloading to a larger disk, or more CF cards. Ideally, I could also review the images that day, back at the motel or campground (a 3" LCD is only so good, although I also need some experience to see how much I can rely on it.) to see if I need to reshoot some. For that, I assume I need a notebook. Or is there something cheaper that will just allow image review? Other options? -- Alan Justice http://home.earthlink.net/~wildlifepaparazzi/ -- Alan Justice http://home.earthlink.net/~wildlifepaparazzi/ Be able to charge your camera's, (and laptop's) batteries from your car cigarette lighter as you go. |
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On 2011-02-16 13:03:18 -0800, "Bill Graham" said:
Le Snip Be able to charge your camera's, (and laptop's) batteries from your car cigarette lighter as you go. Got that covered Bill. http://us.kensington.com/html/17163.html -- Regards, Savageduck |
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Savageduck wrote:
On 2011-02-16 13:03:18 -0800, "Bill Graham" said: Le Snip Be able to charge your camera's, (and laptop's) batteries from your car cigarette lighter as you go. Got that covered Bill. http://us.kensington.com/html/17163.html Looks like a good device. I try to buy 12 volt devices, but I was worried about the fact that a car alternator delivers over 14 volts for charging the battery at times, so I purchased a device that will operate on anything from 9 to 16 volts, and regulate it down to exactly 12 volts. It cost about $30, but I used it as a buffer between my car and my camera. I didn't want to risk smoking a $2000 camera with an overvoltage from the cheap electronics in a car.... |
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"Bill Graham" wrote in message ... "Alan Justice" wrote in message m... I just (finally) got my first digital camera (Canon 1D M4) (!). (I sell my images to magazines and as prints at art fairs and galleries.) I can record 44 GB on my 3 compact flash disks. (I just shoot raw: ~25 MB files). That's fine for local shooting, but on a road trip, I'll need more space. (I once took 28 rolls of film in one day = 1k images. Digital promises the possibility of many more.) I'd like reccommendations on what else I need to buy. Minimum requirement is just downloading to a larger disk, or more CF cards. Ideally, I could also review the images that day, back at the motel or campground (a 3" LCD is only so good, although I also need some experience to see how much I can rely on it.) to see if I need to reshoot some. For that, I assume I need a notebook. Or is there something cheaper that will just allow image review? Other options? -- Alan Justice http://home.earthlink.net/~wildlifepaparazzi/ -- Alan Justice http://home.earthlink.net/~wildlifepaparazzi/ Be able to charge your camera's, (and laptop's) batteries from your car cigarette lighter as you go. Yeah, I have that. I'll need an extra camera battery, even though they charge in only 2 hr, at least in my house. Thanks. -- Alan Justice http://home.earthlink.net/~wildlifepaparazzi/ |
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On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:34:28 -0800, "Bill Graham"
wrote: Savageduck wrote: On 2011-02-16 13:03:18 -0800, "Bill Graham" said: Le Snip Be able to charge your camera's, (and laptop's) batteries from your car cigarette lighter as you go. Got that covered Bill. http://us.kensington.com/html/17163.html Looks like a good device. I try to buy 12 volt devices, but I was worried about the fact that a car alternator delivers over 14 volts for charging the battery at times, so I purchased a device that will operate on anything from 9 to 16 volts, and regulate it down to exactly 12 volts. It cost about $30, but I used it as a buffer between my car and my camera. I didn't want to risk smoking a $2000 camera with an overvoltage from the cheap electronics in a car.... Its not cheap electronics. Its the way that a lead-acid cell works. 12V is only a nominal voltage. |
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Alan Justice wrote:
"Bill Graham" wrote in message ... "Alan Justice" wrote in message m... I just (finally) got my first digital camera (Canon 1D M4) (!). (I sell my images to magazines and as prints at art fairs and galleries.) I can record 44 GB on my 3 compact flash disks. (I just shoot raw: ~25 MB files). That's fine for local shooting, but on a road trip, I'll need more space. (I once took 28 rolls of film in one day = 1k images. Digital promises the possibility of many more.) I'd like reccommendations on what else I need to buy. Minimum requirement is just downloading to a larger disk, or more CF cards. Ideally, I could also review the images that day, back at the motel or campground (a 3" LCD is only so good, although I also need some experience to see how much I can rely on it.) to see if I need to reshoot some. For that, I assume I need a notebook. Or is there something cheaper that will just allow image review? Other options? -- Alan Justice http://home.earthlink.net/~wildlifepaparazzi/ -- Alan Justice http://home.earthlink.net/~wildlifepaparazzi/ Be able to charge your camera's, (and laptop's) batteries from your car cigarette lighter as you go. Yeah, I have that. I'll need an extra camera battery, even though they charge in only 2 hr, at least in my house. Thanks. Reminds me of something I did back in the 60's. I installed an inverter under the hood of my car, and put an AC wall plut in my dashboard. With this, I could use standard househole appliances while driving my car. In particular, I used my electric razor to shave while I was driving to work. In those days, all the inverters put our square waves, but today, you can get them that put out sine wave shaped waves that are 117 VAC at 60 hertz, just like your house service. I mounted mine close to the car battery with only a heavy duty relay to interrupt the current that I could activate with a switch on my dashboard. Once, my car broke down on the freeway, and I pulled over to the side of the road, and was looking under my hood with a drop cord. Got some real interesting looks from passers by who wondered where my "juice" was coming from.... |
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