Photostorage

techno-terminator
Posted 01/01/2011 - 13:15 Link
sort of back up thing

I came across this plea for help
Quote:

I am looking into those portable photo storage hard disk things. It seems like a good idea, and would mean that, when on holiday, I wouldn't have to take my laptop or buy more SD cards.
I am looking for a very cheap one. It doesn't have to be huge (20GB would be fine) and I'm not bothered about the LCD or anything like that. Does anybody know if these are useful and worth getting?

I'm finding it quite hard as I don't know the actual name for them
So far what he has found is
link

and
link

Anyone got any ideas for a UK supplier of such goodies ?
let the education continue

proud owner of a couple of cameras and a few bits and bobs
bretti_kivi
Posted 01/01/2011 - 13:27 Link
photo tanks... but they don't really exist any more with the advent of netbooks.

Bret
my pics: link
my kit: K3, K5, K-01, DA 18-55, D-FA50 macro, Siggy 30/1.4, 100-300/f4, 70-200/2.8, Samsung 12-24/f4, Tamron 17-50, and lots of other bits.
Gwyn
Posted 01/01/2011 - 13:33 Link
Have a look at link

Amazon.co.uk also have some.

Vosonic tanks are very good.
We have one from the stone age (well 6 years ago) which is currently backpacking around Australia. We still use it to back up our photos even though I have a net book and he has a laptop. My DIL is very glad to have it with her - easier to carry than a netbook.
woodworm
Posted 01/01/2011 - 13:33 Link
Amazon UK have lots of those kind of things ...

60Gb Photo Bank

80Gb Camera Buddy

Haven't used either of those so not really a recommendation and neither of those have many reviews. They are probably ok if just used as a backup, but I wouldn't trust them enough to then re use my memory cards again before I got home.
Gwyn
Posted 01/01/2011 - 13:35 Link
We used ours in Africa, and reused the cards. No problem. Certainly no worse a solution than putting the photos on a computer whilst travelling.
techno-terminator
Posted 01/01/2011 - 14:09 Link
Thanks folks - info has been passed on - it's up to him now
let the education continue

proud owner of a couple of cameras and a few bits and bobs

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