Handy photo bank
 

I just got a Mustek portable HD. It's really fantastic as a back up for all
the cards and even straight from the camera.
Works up to 2 hours on the internal battery (that means copying 1,000's of
pics), so more than enough to fill the whole disc several times.
I tested it with my D300 and it works flawless: attach the cable, turn the
camera en de HD on and press the button. For every transfer it makes a new
folder, even if you copy the same.
You can attach any cardreader you may have and it will copy anything on it.

Now it is "only" 20 GB, but the sweet things about it are these:

1. you have a back up anywhere you want
2. even if your cardreader should fail, you can still download the pics from
the camera
3. you'll save on expensive CF cards, because you only need 2 fast ones to
keep shooting
4. much less waiting time for pics to transfer; from the HD goes much faster
than the fastest CF cards!

I bought this one from Media Markt in Sintra, Portugal, for 39,- euro. Think
about it: even 1 Sony CF card 2 GB, 20 MB speed, cost 49,

From my D300 the highest quality pics are 14 bit NEF, from which it will
hold about 1250 pictures! That's a lot for any day.

If that's not enough, just buy another one!

Here's a link:

http://www.mustek.de/eng_/html/produkte/phd20.htm

And don't worry about not being solid state: it handles G forces up to 100 G
in operating mode, 1000 G in non operating mode.

I rate it a 9.9 on the Focus scale.


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Focus

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"Focus" wrote in message
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I just got a Mustek portable HD. It's really fantastic as a back up for all
the cards and even straight from the camera.
Works up to 2 hours on the internal battery (that means copying 1,000's of
pics), so more than enough to fill the whole disc several times.
I tested it with my D300 and it works flawless: attach the cable, turn the
camera en de HD on and press the button. For every transfer it makes a new
folder, even if you copy the same.
You can attach any cardreader you may have and it will copy anything on
it.

Now it is "only" 20 GB, but the sweet things about it are these:

1. you have a back up anywhere you want
2. even if your cardreader should fail, you can still download the pics
from the camera
3. you'll save on expensive CF cards, because you only need 2 fast ones to
keep shooting
4. much less waiting time for pics to transfer; from the HD goes much
faster than the fastest CF cards!

I bought this one from Media Markt in Sintra, Portugal, for 39,- euro.
Think about it: even 1 Sony CF card 2 GB, 20 MB speed, cost 49,

From my D300 the highest quality pics are 14 bit NEF, from which it will
hold about 1250 pictures! That's a lot for any day.

If that's not enough, just buy another one!

Here's a link:

http://www.mustek.de/eng_/html/produkte/phd20.htm

And don't worry about not being solid state: it handles G forces up to 100
G in operating mode, 1000 G in non operating mode.

I rate it a 9.9 on the Focus scale.


--
Focus

but wouldn't attaching your camera to this unit cause severe battery
drainage to both camera and the storage device?

Unless you have access to electrical recharging points, this feature would
put me off buying this...i would never attach a camera directly to the
storage device. Also, 20gb is way to small, esp if you shoot in RAW.

I'd shell out the extra $$$'s and get a hyperdrive space or similar device.


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On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:52:36 +0000, Focus wrote:

I just got a Mustek portable HD. It's really fantastic as a back up for
all the cards and even straight from the camera. Works up to 2 hours on
the internal battery (that means copying 1,000's of pics), so more than
enough to fill the whole disc several times. I tested it with my D300
and it works flawless: attach the cable, turn the camera en de HD on and
press the button. For every transfer it makes a new folder, even if you
copy the same.
You can attach any cardreader you may have and it will copy anything on
it.

Now it is "only" 20 GB, but the sweet things about it are these:

1. you have a back up anywhere you want 2. even if your cardreader
should fail, you can still download the pics from the camera
3. you'll save on expensive CF cards, because you only need 2 fast ones
to keep shooting

They aren't expensive.

4. much less waiting time for pics to transfer; from the HD goes much
faster than the fastest CF cards!

I bought this one from Media Markt in Sintra, Portugal, for 39,- euro.
Think about it: even 1 Sony CF card 2 GB, 20 MB speed, cost 49,

From my D300 the highest quality pics are 14 bit NEF, from which it will
hold about 1250 pictures! That's a lot for any day.

If that's not enough, just buy another one!

Here's a link:

http://www.mustek.de/eng_/html/produkte/phd20.htm

And don't worry about not being solid state: it handles G forces up to
100 G in operating mode, 1000 G in non operating mode.

I rate it a 9.9 on the Focus scale.

Handy photo bank
 

Can I connect directly the camera together with this HD?
Van-

the_niner_nation napsal(a):

"Focus" wrote in message
...
I just got a Mustek portable HD. It's really fantastic as a back up
for all the cards and even straight from the camera.
Works up to 2 hours on the internal battery (that means copying
1,000's of pics), so more than enough to fill the whole disc several
times.
I tested it with my D300 and it works flawless: attach the cable, turn
the camera en de HD on and press the button. For every transfer it
makes a new folder, even if you copy the same.
You can attach any cardreader you may have and it will copy anything
on it.

Now it is "only" 20 GB, but the sweet things about it are these:

1. you have a back up anywhere you want
2. even if your cardreader should fail, you can still download the
pics from the camera
3. you'll save on expensive CF cards, because you only need 2 fast
ones to keep shooting
4. much less waiting time for pics to transfer; from the HD goes much
faster than the fastest CF cards!

I bought this one from Media Markt in Sintra, Portugal, for 39,- euro.
Think about it: even 1 Sony CF card 2 GB, 20 MB speed, cost 49,

From my D300 the highest quality pics are 14 bit NEF, from which it
will hold about 1250 pictures! That's a lot for any day.

If that's not enough, just buy another one!

Here's a link:

http://www.mustek.de/eng_/html/produkte/phd20.htm

And don't worry about not being solid state: it handles G forces up to
100 G in operating mode, 1000 G in non operating mode.

I rate it a 9.9 on the Focus scale.


--
Focus

but wouldn't attaching your camera to this unit cause severe battery
drainage to both camera and the storage device?

Unless you have access to electrical recharging points, this feature
would put me off buying this...i would never attach a camera directly to
the storage device. Also, 20gb is way to small, esp if you shoot in RAW.

I'd shell out the extra $$$'s and get a hyperdrive space or similar device.

Handy photo bank
 

"the_niner_nation" wrote in message
.. .

"Focus" wrote in message
...
I just got a Mustek portable HD. It's really fantastic as a back up for
all the cards and even straight from the camera.
Works up to 2 hours on the internal battery (that means copying 1,000's
of pics), so more than enough to fill the whole disc several times.
I tested it with my D300 and it works flawless: attach the cable, turn
the camera en de HD on and press the button. For every transfer it makes
a new folder, even if you copy the same.
You can attach any cardreader you may have and it will copy anything on
it.

Now it is "only" 20 GB, but the sweet things about it are these:

1. you have a back up anywhere you want
2. even if your cardreader should fail, you can still download the pics
from the camera
3. you'll save on expensive CF cards, because you only need 2 fast ones
to keep shooting
4. much less waiting time for pics to transfer; from the HD goes much
faster than the fastest CF cards!

I bought this one from Media Markt in Sintra, Portugal, for 39,- euro.
Think about it: even 1 Sony CF card 2 GB, 20 MB speed, cost 49,

From my D300 the highest quality pics are 14 bit NEF, from which it will
hold about 1250 pictures! That's a lot for any day.

If that's not enough, just buy another one!

Here's a link:

http://www.mustek.de/eng_/html/produkte/phd20.htm

And don't worry about not being solid state: it handles G forces up to
100 G in operating mode, 1000 G in non operating mode.

I rate it a 9.9 on the Focus scale.


--
Focus

but wouldn't attaching your camera to this unit cause severe battery
drainage to both camera and the storage device?

No because it has it's own built in battery.
Of course you don't keep it connected, only attach when your card is full. A
full 2 GB takes about a minute to download.

Unless you have access to electrical recharging points, this feature would
put me off buying this...i would never attach a camera directly to the
storage device.

And how do you call a CF card? ;-)

Also, 20gb is way to small, esp if you shoot in RAW.

Do you want to tell me that you shoot more than 1500 pictures in one day ???


I'd shell out the extra $$$'s and get a hyperdrive space or similar
device.

That's your privilege...


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Focus

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Depends what camera you got.
As far as know all Nikons are OK
Canon is not mentioned, so I think not.
Pentax, Sony, Olympus, etc. pretty much all of them.
Otherwise you can still download with a cardreader attached to the HD.


--
Focus

"van dark" wrote in message
...
Can I connect directly the camera together with this HD?
Van-

the_niner_nation napsal(a):

"Focus" wrote in message
...
I just got a Mustek portable HD. It's really fantastic as a back up for
all the cards and even straight from the camera.
Works up to 2 hours on the internal battery (that means copying 1,000's
of pics), so more than enough to fill the whole disc several times.
I tested it with my D300 and it works flawless: attach the cable, turn
the camera en de HD on and press the button. For every transfer it makes
a new folder, even if you copy the same.
You can attach any cardreader you may have and it will copy anything on
it.

Now it is "only" 20 GB, but the sweet things about it are these:

1. you have a back up anywhere you want
2. even if your cardreader should fail, you can still download the pics
from the camera
3. you'll save on expensive CF cards, because you only need 2 fast ones
to keep shooting
4. much less waiting time for pics to transfer; from the HD goes much
faster than the fastest CF cards!

I bought this one from Media Markt in Sintra, Portugal, for 39,- euro.
Think about it: even 1 Sony CF card 2 GB, 20 MB speed, cost 49,

From my D300 the highest quality pics are 14 bit NEF, from which it will
hold about 1250 pictures! That's a lot for any day.

If that's not enough, just buy another one!

Here's a link:

http://www.mustek.de/eng_/html/produkte/phd20.htm

And don't worry about not being solid state: it handles G forces up to
100 G in operating mode, 1000 G in non operating mode.

I rate it a 9.9 on the Focus scale.


--
Focus

but wouldn't attaching your camera to this unit cause severe battery
drainage to both camera and the storage device?

Unless you have access to electrical recharging points, this feature
would put me off buying this...i would never attach a camera directly to
the storage device. Also, 20gb is way to small, esp if you shoot in RAW.

I'd shell out the extra $$$'s and get a hyperdrive space or similar
device.

Handy photo bank
 

"ray" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:52:36 +0000, Focus wrote:

I just got a Mustek portable HD. It's really fantastic as a back up for
all the cards and even straight from the camera. Works up to 2 hours on
the internal battery (that means copying 1,000's of pics), so more than
enough to fill the whole disc several times. I tested it with my D300
and it works flawless: attach the cable, turn the camera en de HD on and
press the button. For every transfer it makes a new folder, even if you
copy the same.
You can attach any cardreader you may have and it will copy anything on
it.

Now it is "only" 20 GB, but the sweet things about it are these:

1. you have a back up anywhere you want 2. even if your cardreader
should fail, you can still download the pics from the camera
3. you'll save on expensive CF cards, because you only need 2 fast ones
to keep shooting

They aren't expensive.

If you think 16 GB for $ 450.- is a good deal ....



--
Focus

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On Mar 29, 7:20*am, "Focus" wrote:
"the_niner_nation" wrote in message

.. .





"Focus" wrote in message
...
I just got a Mustek portable HD. It's really fantastic as a back up for
all the cards and even straight from the camera.
Works up to 2 hours on the internal battery (that means copying 1,000's
of pics), so more than enough to fill the whole disc several times.
I tested it with my D300 and it works flawless: attach the cable, turn
the camera en de HD on and press the button. For every transfer it makes
a new folder, even if you copy the same.
You can attach any cardreader you may have and it will copy anything on
it.

Now it is "only" 20 GB, but the sweet things about it are these:

1. you have a back up anywhere you want
2. even if your cardreader should fail, you can still download the pics
from the camera
3. you'll save on expensive CF cards, because you only need 2 fast ones
to keep *shooting
4. much less waiting time for pics to transfer; from the HD goes much
faster than the fastest CF cards!

I bought this one from Media Markt in Sintra, Portugal, for 39,- euro.
Think about it: even 1 Sony CF card 2 GB, 20 MB speed, cost 49,

From my D300 the highest quality pics are 14 bit NEF, from which it will
hold about 1250 pictures! That's a lot for any day.

If that's not enough, just buy another one!

Here's a link:

http://www.mustek.de/eng_/html/produkte/phd20.htm

And don't worry about not being solid state: it handles G forces up to
100 G in operating mode, 1000 G in non operating mode.

I rate it a 9.9 on the Focus scale.

--
Focus

but wouldn't attaching your camera to this unit cause severe battery
drainage to both camera and the storage device?

No because it has it's own built in battery.
Of course you don't keep it connected, only attach when your card is full. A
full 2 GB takes about a minute to download.

Unless you have access to electrical recharging points, this feature would
put me off buying this...i would never attach a camera directly to the
storage device.

And how do you call a CF card? ;-)

Also, 20gb is way to small, esp if you shoot in RAW.

Do you want to tell me that you shoot more than 1500 pictures in one day ???

We don't all shoot the same MP cams.... 20Gb is only 1100 pics with my
mine.

There is also the problem of dumping the last card..... use 8Gb cards
and it will only hold 2. Use 4Gb cards and it will only hold 4....
and with a 17mp cam I personally don't even want to think about using
2Gb cards at an event.

So I would agree that 20Gb is way to small for some people.... Average
Joe would be quite happy with it though.

Handy photo bank
 

On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:29:39 +0000, Focus wrote:

"ray" wrote in message
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On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:52:36 +0000, Focus wrote:

I just got a Mustek portable HD. It's really fantastic as a back up
for all the cards and even straight from the camera. Works up to 2
hours on the internal battery (that means copying 1,000's of pics), so
more than enough to fill the whole disc several times. I tested it
with my D300 and it works flawless: attach the cable, turn the camera
en de HD on and press the button. For every transfer it makes a new
folder, even if you copy the same.
You can attach any cardreader you may have and it will copy anything
on it.

Now it is "only" 20 GB, but the sweet things about it are these:

1. you have a back up anywhere you want 2. even if your cardreader
should fail, you can still download the pics from the camera 3. you'll
save on expensive CF cards, because you only need 2 fast ones to keep
shooting

They aren't expensive.

If you think 16 GB for $ 450.- is a good deal ....

No, but I think 2gb for $10 is.

Handy photo bank
 

"ray" wrote in message
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On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:29:39 +0000, Focus wrote:


They aren't expensive.

If you think 16 GB for $ 450.- is a good deal ....

No, but I think 2gb for $10 is.


That might be OK if you shoot JPG.