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Photography, the Hard Way
On 2016-03-18 13:06:13 +0000, PAS said:
On 3/17/2016 8:05 PM, Savageduck wrote: On 2016-03-17 22:00:19 +0000, Mort said: Davoud wrote: http://profoto.com/blog/fine-art-pho...n-ruhter-creat ing-largest-wet-plate-collodion-ambrotype-world/ In many years of taking digital photos, using SanDisk SD cards, I have had only one bad card. That did not work in my camera, but it did in my computer and my printer,so the pix were not lost. After retrieving the image files and loading them on your computer, format the SD card in-camera. There is available a small portable battery operated unit that takes a photo SD card and quickly burns the pix to a CD-R. It is useful in the field. As part of my triple redundant, on the road back-up protocol, I use a HyperDrive ColorSpace UDMA which does full and incremental card back-ups without the need for a computer. I still have my original version bought in 2009, they are now up to UDMA3. It reads CF, SD, and several other card types. http://www.hypershop.com/products/hyperdrive-colorspace-udma3 Back when I got my first DSLR and a 256MB CF card cost $80.00, I bought a Tripper portable storage device. It has a whopping 30GB drive in it. http://timg.danawa.com/prod_img/larg...1/120754_1.jpg I think it cost me around $250.00 when I got it. It still works but there's no need for it now with such a small amount of storage. Yup! These days 30GB is a tad cramped. The other thing I like about the UDMA is having a reasonable size display for browsing without a computer, and that it behaves like any other portable HDD when connected to a computer. I got my UDMA with a 250GB drive in 2009 and I have since replaced that with a 1TB drive. I am still using the original battery which has been long lived, but it might be prudent to replace that soon. The UDMA has proven to be a great back-up tool and on one trip saved the day when D300+ 3CF cards were stolen in South Africa. I only lost the 6 shots I had taken the morning of the theft. I transfer images from camera to laptop via a locked SD card; never by cable or wi-fi. Mort Linder I use whatever transfer method is convenient at the time, cable linked reader for CF cards, built-in SD card reader, WiFi, from the ColorSpace UDMA. None of them has failed me yet. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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Photography, the Hard Way
PAS wrote:
Back when I got my first DSLR and a 256MB CF card cost $80.00, I bought a Tripper portable storage device. It has a whopping 30GB drive in it. I think the Hyperdrives I bought (circa 2006) were about the same; 40GB comes to mind. I think it cost me around $250.00 when I got it. It still works but there's no need for it now with such a small amount of storage. IIRC, I updated my Hyperdrives to 120GB ... and then realized that CF cards were becoming so much cheaper that I'm not even sure if they even ever got used after they got upgraded. Probably should look to sell them soon before they're completely obsolete/worthless. -hh |
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Photography, the Hard Way
On 3/18/2016 10:50 AM, -hh wrote:
PAS wrote: Back when I got my first DSLR and a 256MB CF card cost $80.00, I bought a Tripper portable storage device. It has a whopping 30GB drive in it. I think the Hyperdrives I bought (circa 2006) were about the same; 40GB comes to mind. I think it cost me around $250.00 when I got it. It still works but there's no need for it now with such a small amount of storage. IIRC, I updated my Hyperdrives to 120GB ... and then realized that CF cards were becoming so much cheaper that I'm not even sure if they even ever got used after they got upgraded. Probably should look to sell them soon before they're completely obsolete/worthless. -hh After using my Tripper for some time, I eventually upgraded by buying a housing and a 80GB hard drive and "building" my own. With the low cost of large CF cards, I don't use that one anymore. If I ever find myself shooting a lot and needing to back up my files such as when on a trip, then it would probably be wise to invest in a unit with a large capacity if I don't carry a laptop with me. |
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Photography, the Hard Way
On Mar 18, 2016, hh wrote
(in ): PAS wrote: Back when I got my first DSLR and a 256MB CF card cost $80.00, I bought a Tripper portable storage device. It has a whopping 30GB drive in it. I think the Hyperdrives I bought (circa 2006) were about the same; 40GB comes to mind. I think it cost me around $250.00 when I got it. It still works but there's no need for it now with such a small amount of storage. IIRC, I updated my Hyperdrives to 120GB ... and then realized that CF cards were becoming so much cheaper that I'm not even sure if they even ever got used after they got upgraded. Probably should look to sell them soon before they're completely obsolete/worthless. I have a whole bunch of 750MB, 1GB & 2GB CF cards, all gathering dust and of little value.Hardly even considering trying to sell. I don’t shoot video so these days I buy capacities that make economic sense, usually fast 32GB SD (I have 5x32GB, 4x8GB and 1x16GB SDHC) cards. I haven’t needed to buy new CF cards for some time as the bunch of 8GB and 16GB Sandisc CF's I have for my D300S are doing fine, and in the worst case scenario the D300S has a secondary SD slot along with the CF slot. I usually have an 8 or 16GB SD card in the secondary slot to handle overflow if I am trigger happy at an airshow, or I could use the secondary slot to mirror the primary CF card. In the past I tried recording RAW files to the CF card and JPEGs to the SD, but while that might have been useful for some folks (particularly now that Reuters wants original JPEGs) it wasn’t much more than a novelty for me. As for on the road back-up, my ColorSpace UDMA(1) is now running a 1 TB HDD. I have thought about putting an SSD for a speed boost and battery life improvement, but that is really not necessary. I am tempted by the WiFi capability of the new UDMA3, but I don’t really need that. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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PAS wrote:
-hh wrote: PAS wrote: Back when I got my first DSLR and a 256MB CF card cost $80.00, I bought a Tripper portable storage device. It has a whopping 30GB drive in it. I think the Hyperdrives I bought (circa 2006) were about the same; ... After using my Tripper for some time, I eventually upgraded by buying a housing and a 80GB hard drive and "building" my own. I recall hitting some sort of addressability barrier that 120GB was the max mine could use ... but even after I upgraded them, it really wasn't all that much longer before I just bought more cards to leave that weight/bulk at home. With the low cost of large CF cards, I don't use that one anymore. Same here. I think I'm at roughly 300GB and Savageduck's post said about the same, reporting 208GB. If I ever find myself shooting a lot and needing to back up my files such as when on a trip, then it would probably be wise to invest in a unit with a large capacity if I don't carry a laptop with me. The last trip that I can recall carrying a laptop with me *and* actually working on images while on the trip was IIRC back in 2010... ....so my thoughts today are to just plan ahead and if buying more cards is the easy path, then to do so. It looks like B&H has a two-pack of 32GB Lexar 800x for $65, which is a lot less than what the cost per GB was a decade ago ($100 per GB -- $6500 worth). -hh |
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On 3/18/2016 3:47 PM, -hh wrote:
PAS wrote: -hh wrote: PAS wrote: Back when I got my first DSLR and a 256MB CF card cost $80.00, I bought a Tripper portable storage device. It has a whopping 30GB drive in it. I think the Hyperdrives I bought (circa 2006) were about the same; ... After using my Tripper for some time, I eventually upgraded by buying a housing and a 80GB hard drive and "building" my own. I recall hitting some sort of addressability barrier that 120GB was the max mine could use ... but even after I upgraded them, it really wasn't all that much longer before I just bought more cards to leave that weight/bulk at home. With the low cost of large CF cards, I don't use that one anymore. Same here. I think I'm at roughly 300GB and Savageduck's post said about the same, reporting 208GB. If I ever find myself shooting a lot and needing to back up my files such as when on a trip, then it would probably be wise to invest in a unit with a large capacity if I don't carry a laptop with me. The last trip that I can recall carrying a laptop with me *and* actually working on images while on the trip was IIRC back in 2010... ...so my thoughts today are to just plan ahead and if buying more cards is the easy path, then to do so. It looks like B&H has a two-pack of 32GB Lexar 800x for $65, which is a lot less than what the cost per GB was a decade ago ($100 per GB -- $6500 worth). -hh At the time I bought the Tripper, the cost was about $320.00 for four cards amounting to 1GB. I'm sure I could have found some for less but not that much less. This is the price Cameta Camera was charging and they had then, and do today, have very competitive pricing. Like all things computer-related, who would have thought then how the prices for things would be so low now. I recall waiting in line at CompUSA to buy an internal hard drive to expand my system. It was being sold for an unheard-of-price of $150.00. The line was ridiculously long. The hard drive was 5.7GB (that's five-point-seven). |
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On Mon, 21 Mar 2016 09:29:36 -0400, PAS wrote:
On 3/18/2016 3:47 PM, -hh wrote: PAS wrote: -hh wrote: PAS wrote: Back when I got my first DSLR and a 256MB CF card cost $80.00, I bought a Tripper portable storage device. It has a whopping 30GB drive in it. I think the Hyperdrives I bought (circa 2006) were about the same; ... After using my Tripper for some time, I eventually upgraded by buying a housing and a 80GB hard drive and "building" my own. I recall hitting some sort of addressability barrier that 120GB was the max mine could use ... but even after I upgraded them, it really wasn't all that much longer before I just bought more cards to leave that weight/bulk at home. With the low cost of large CF cards, I don't use that one anymore. Same here. I think I'm at roughly 300GB and Savageduck's post said about the same, reporting 208GB. If I ever find myself shooting a lot and needing to back up my files such as when on a trip, then it would probably be wise to invest in a unit with a large capacity if I don't carry a laptop with me. The last trip that I can recall carrying a laptop with me *and* actually working on images while on the trip was IIRC back in 2010... ...so my thoughts today are to just plan ahead and if buying more cards is the easy path, then to do so. It looks like B&H has a two-pack of 32GB Lexar 800x for $65, which is a lot less than what the cost per GB was a decade ago ($100 per GB -- $6500 worth). -hh At the time I bought the Tripper, the cost was about $320.00 for four cards amounting to 1GB. I'm sure I could have found some for less but not that much less. This is the price Cameta Camera was charging and they had then, and do today, have very competitive pricing. Like all things computer-related, who would have thought then how the prices for things would be so low now. I recall waiting in line at CompUSA to buy an internal hard drive to expand my system. It was being sold for an unheard-of-price of $150.00. The line was ridiculously long. The hard drive was 5.7GB (that's five-point-seven). I remember paying about US$3000 for an 8" 10MB, I couldn't then have conceived the capacities now available and their price. -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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Photography, the Hard Way
On Mon, 21 Mar 2016 09:29:36 -0400, PAS wrote:
On 3/18/2016 3:47 PM, -hh wrote: PAS wrote: -hh wrote: PAS wrote: Back when I got my first DSLR and a 256MB CF card cost $80.00, I bought a Tripper portable storage device. It has a whopping 30GB drive in it. I think the Hyperdrives I bought (circa 2006) were about the same; ... After using my Tripper for some time, I eventually upgraded by buying a housing and a 80GB hard drive and "building" my own. I recall hitting some sort of addressability barrier that 120GB was the max mine could use ... but even after I upgraded them, it really wasn't all that much longer before I just bought more cards to leave that weight/bulk at home. With the low cost of large CF cards, I don't use that one anymore. Same here. I think I'm at roughly 300GB and Savageduck's post said about the same, reporting 208GB. If I ever find myself shooting a lot and needing to back up my files such as when on a trip, then it would probably be wise to invest in a unit with a large capacity if I don't carry a laptop with me. The last trip that I can recall carrying a laptop with me *and* actually working on images while on the trip was IIRC back in 2010... ...so my thoughts today are to just plan ahead and if buying more cards is the easy path, then to do so. It looks like B&H has a two-pack of 32GB Lexar 800x for $65, which is a lot less than what the cost per GB was a decade ago ($100 per GB -- $6500 worth). -hh At the time I bought the Tripper, the cost was about $320.00 for four cards amounting to 1GB. I'm sure I could have found some for less but not that much less. This is the price Cameta Camera was charging and they had then, and do today, have very competitive pricing. Like all things computer-related, who would have thought then how the prices for things would be so low now. I recall waiting in line at CompUSA to buy an internal hard drive to expand my system. It was being sold for an unheard-of-price of $150.00. The line was ridiculously long. The hard drive was 5.7GB (that's five-point-seven). I wonder how many Seagate ST-225s I've gone through. 20 MBytes each. |
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Photography, the Hard Way
On 3/21/2016 5:03 PM, Eric Stevens wrote:
On Mon, 21 Mar 2016 09:29:36 -0400, PAS wrote: On 3/18/2016 3:47 PM, -hh wrote: PAS wrote: -hh wrote: PAS wrote: Back when I got my first DSLR and a 256MB CF card cost $80.00, I bought a Tripper portable storage device. It has a whopping 30GB drive in it. I think the Hyperdrives I bought (circa 2006) were about the same; ... After using my Tripper for some time, I eventually upgraded by buying a housing and a 80GB hard drive and "building" my own. I recall hitting some sort of addressability barrier that 120GB was the max mine could use ... but even after I upgraded them, it really wasn't all that much longer before I just bought more cards to leave that weight/bulk at home. With the low cost of large CF cards, I don't use that one anymore. Same here. I think I'm at roughly 300GB and Savageduck's post said about the same, reporting 208GB. If I ever find myself shooting a lot and needing to back up my files such as when on a trip, then it would probably be wise to invest in a unit with a large capacity if I don't carry a laptop with me. The last trip that I can recall carrying a laptop with me *and* actually working on images while on the trip was IIRC back in 2010... ...so my thoughts today are to just plan ahead and if buying more cards is the easy path, then to do so. It looks like B&H has a two-pack of 32GB Lexar 800x for $65, which is a lot less than what the cost per GB was a decade ago ($100 per GB -- $6500 worth). -hh At the time I bought the Tripper, the cost was about $320.00 for four cards amounting to 1GB. I'm sure I could have found some for less but not that much less. This is the price Cameta Camera was charging and they had then, and do today, have very competitive pricing. Like all things computer-related, who would have thought then how the prices for things would be so low now. I recall waiting in line at CompUSA to buy an internal hard drive to expand my system. It was being sold for an unheard-of-price of $150.00. The line was ridiculously long. The hard drive was 5.7GB (that's five-point-seven). I remember paying about US$3000 for an 8" 10MB, I couldn't then have conceived the capacities now available and their price. I wasn't using a back in those days. My first use was at the office I work in now about 21 years ago. We used Windows 3.1 then. When I bought my first PC, it came with Windows 95b and it had a whopping 3 GB hard drive and a 200mhz processor with (I think) 8MB of memory. It came with a 15" monitor and a pretty good set of Altec Lansing 2.1 speakers. It cost around $2,200.00. What I could build with $2,200.00 worth of components now. |
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