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  #11  
Old June 6th 04, 11:33 PM
jean
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Small side question, does your Image Tank G2 work at USB2 speed? Does it
need anything "special" to work faster on a USB2 port?

Jean
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I have been using the IT (original & G2) for the past four years and have
never lost an image. Just added the Addonics MFR as a back up. Still

between
these two less to carry than a lap top. I copy my days shoot to the IT &

the
MFR. In most countries around the work I have connected the MFR to a TV to
view my days shoot as I can display both NTSC & PAL.

If you don't mind carrying a laptop that is not a bad way to go.




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Old June 7th 04, 03:43 AM
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Went to a 2nd hand laptop dealer asking for the strongest thing. Left with a
Toshiba Satelite. Still working after a 1 year trip in Europe with 2 young
kids. It is scatched and ugly but did the job fine.
If you can afford the weight/size I would take a laptop.

Patrick.

"Bill Lillycrop" wrote in message
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I am planning a holiday and will be gone for three weeks. The problem I
have is the memory card won't last that long (Canon Rebel with a 512 MB
card - can easily fill the card in one or two days). I am trying to
decide whether to purchase an Image Tank (or similar item); or for the
same amount of money if I should purchase a used Laptop with CD burner
and 10 GB hard drive.

I realise the Image Tank would be a lot smaller, lighter and easier to
carry, but the Laptop would allow me to process the images in the
evening and to get a view on how the camera is working. Also, I could
transfer the images directly to the Laptop via the USB.

1) Has anyone else considered the two options and if so I would greatly
appreciate any feedback.

2) Are there any other items similar to the Image Tank out there? I see
the Digital Wallet is no longer being made.

3) One of the advantages I liked with the Laptop, was that I could plug
my camera directly into the Laptop without having to remove the card. I
was concerned with this continuous removing the card from the camera
every day, if this was going to wear out or affect the connection
between the card and the camera. We had a card damaged a work when it
was removed from the camera.

Thank you.



  #13  
Old June 7th 04, 01:54 PM
Arthur Small
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The G2 is USB compliant.


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Old June 7th 04, 04:35 PM
jean
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I know, it is supposed to be USB2 but it transfers at USB1 speeds (well at
least mine does). That is why I asked someone else if their unit was moving
files faster than mine was.

Jean

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The G2 is USB compliant.




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Old June 7th 04, 05:55 PM
David Dyer-Bennet
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Bill Lillycrop writes:

I am planning a holiday and will be gone for three weeks. The problem
I have is the memory card won't last that long (Canon Rebel with a 512
MB card - can easily fill the card in one or two days). I am trying to
decide whether to purchase an Image Tank (or similar item); or for the
same amount of money if I should purchase a used Laptop with CD burner
and 10 GB hard drive.

I realise the Image Tank would be a lot smaller, lighter and easier to
carry, but the Laptop would allow me to process the images in the
evening and to get a view on how the camera is working. Also, I could
transfer the images directly to the Laptop via the USB.

1) Has anyone else considered the two options and if so I would
greatly appreciate any feedback.


I wouldn't trust my images to only one copy on a magnetic disk, so I'd
need *two* image tanks as a minimum. The laptop plus CD burner is a
*much* better option in my opinion, though as you say it's heavier and
larger. I'm currently using an Iomega Fotoshow, which will transfer
my compact-flash cards to 250MB zip disks (so I've limited myself to
256MB cards for now; I can alwasy find a few pictures to delete if I
actually filled one 100.00%). AFter transferring to *two* zip disks,
I'll reformat and reuse the card.
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Old June 7th 04, 06:13 PM
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If you want to be extra safe, go the laptop route and make a second backup
to CD's (leave the originals on the laptop). My Tripper 40GB just died on
me a couple of weekends ago (harddrive went bad.) I lost everything on it,
and it gave no warnings that it was about to puke.


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Old June 7th 04, 06:31 PM
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In article ,
J. A. Mc. wrote:
They're a bloody workhorse. Mine rides (lightly strapped down) in an OR 4x4
when desert crawling.


On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 12:43:06 +1000, "Patrick" No e-mail thanks found these
unused words floating about:

Went to a 2nd hand laptop dealer asking for the strongest thing. Left with a
Toshiba Satelite. Still working after a 1 year trip in Europe with 2 young
kids. It is scatched and ugly but did the job fine.
If you can afford the weight/size I would take a laptop.

Patrick.

"Bill Lillycrop" wrote in message
...
I am planning a holiday and will be gone for three weeks. The problem I
have is the memory card won't last that long (Canon Rebel with a 512 MB
card - can easily fill the card in one or two days). I am trying to
decide whether to purchase an Image Tank (or similar item); or for the
same amount of money if I should purchase a used Laptop with CD burner
and 10 GB hard drive.

I realise the Image Tank would be a lot smaller, lighter and easier to
carry, but the Laptop would allow me to process the images in the
evening and to get a view on how the camera is working. Also, I could
transfer the images directly to the Laptop via the USB.

1) Has anyone else considered the two options and if so I would greatly
appreciate any feedback.

2) Are there any other items similar to the Image Tank out there? I see
the Digital Wallet is no longer being made.

3) One of the advantages I liked with the Laptop, was that I could plug
my camera directly into the Laptop without having to remove the card. I
was concerned with this continuous removing the card from the camera
every day, if this was going to wear out or affect the connection
between the card and the camera. We had a card damaged a work when it
was removed from the camera.

Thank you.





Take a look at a used (or new) Panasonic ToughBook

Example:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ategory=42205&
item=3484851515&rd=1

These were purchased in quantity by police departments and mounted in
vehicles. I'm told the military bought them until recently. The
internal parts were shock mounted and the exterior and kbd is water
resistant.

There are all sorts of models. The older ones were small, had a 10
inch screen. Originally ran w/95. These things have become a cult
item for field technicians and run Linux great. They have a handle and
look a little like the kid's lunchbox. This is a little OT because
I've never seen an old one with a CD burner in it. It's also never
going to run Photoshop ;-( You might be able to fit a 30GB disk in
it and run Win/98 and Irafanview and delete the junk shots as you go.

There are lots of models, do some reading of the fan sites before you
buy. The CF-71 looks fast enough to be interesting.





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Old June 7th 04, 06:56 PM
Malcolm Reeves
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On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 13:28:54 GMT, Bill Lillycrop
wrote:

1) Has anyone else considered the two options and if so I would greatly
appreciate any feedback.


IMO the best option is a CD burner since what happens if the HD fails
(or you drop it) in one of these units? At least with a CD it is easy
enough to burn 2 CDs, CDRs being so cheap.

There are about 3 badged units I like. Micro-solutions Roadstor,
Addonics MFR, Samcheer Fotobar, Hana Mobile Storage II - all of which
come from www.carry.com.tw. What I like about this unit, compared to
other CD burners, is that you can play the CD on a TV, PAL or NTSC, to
check the photos have copied. Plus the unit is also a DVD player
which sounds very useful when rains :-).


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Old June 7th 04, 10:08 PM
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Regarding this, has anyone used the Vosonic X'S Drive Pro VP300 as an
mp3 player? Is it any good and is their software for management any
good? I am trying to decide if it is worth a bit more to get that
capability.
  #20  
Old June 8th 04, 03:41 AM
jean
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Not quite, I tried it on two different computers before I asked the question
and it looks like my feelings were right, the Image Tank G2 altough
advertised as being USB2 compliant may not be after all.

Jean

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USB2 systems will 'fall back' to 1.1 IF the receiving device fails to
identify itself properly. This could be your USB 'card' (whether separate

or
on the MB) or the driver.

Though HP claimed USB2, none of the devices would 'fly' - my Toshiba does!
So, blame the receiving port first ... eh?


On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 11:35:00 -0400, "jean" found
these unused words floating about:

I know, it is supposed to be USB2 but it transfers at USB1 speeds (well

at
least mine does). That is why I asked someone else if their unit was

moving
files faster than mine was.

Jean

"Arthur Small" a écrit dans le message de
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The G2 is USB compliant.






 




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