I plan on doing some traveling soon and do not want to take a computer. I am wondering what some of you use to back up and store your images when a computer is not available.
Regards,
Brian
I use western Digital passport hard drives, usually have 2 with me they are small and light weight. I think you can get up to 4 TB now. I use 2 TB drives. I also have enough memory cards to cover the trip. So I will shoot one set of cards for each day. I use 32 GB SD cards. I will not re format these cards until I am home and the photos are all on my main computer.
What kind of camera, Brian? Both my Canons have dual card slots (one CF and one SD). SD cards are pretty cheap, so my last trip bought a few high capacity ones (128GB) and installed one in each camera then wrote to both the CF and the SD giving me an instant BU. I did find out to my chagrin that videos only went to the CF cards. In 10 days of fairly intensive bird photography in Florida, I didn't fill all three SD cards, so even though I did take a computer they acted as complete back-ups. I've had the stand-alone hard drive backup solutions in the past and don't really consider them cost effective.
I use a Colorspace Hyperdrive. I bought the case without the hard drive, then purchased a 1TB drive to put in the case. The drive is just a simple 2.5" laptop drive so you can buy a 1TB drive for about $70. That is a MUCH cheaper solution than buying one of these with a 1TB drive from the manufacturer.
These have both an SD slot and a CF slot. Just stick the card in, download and you're done.
If you want to be really safe (like I am), I also purchased a USB OTG (on the go) adaptor from Hyperdrive. That allows you to make a copy of the files on the Device to another portable hard drive without the need for a computer.
The screen is not great for viewing your images, but this version of the Colorpspace has Wifi built in so you can connect an iPad to it via WiFi and view images on the iPad screen.
That's pretty cool, Keith! When I first read Brian's original post, I wondered if a small self-contained unit like this one existed, and it does! It is a little pricey, but the convenience, along with less weight and bulk would make up for the cost.
Brian, if you decide to go this route, I have had good results with Western Digital Blue or Green HD's. They are not real fast, but reliability is what is important in this case. Since these drives are regular platter drives, you would have to treat the enclosure gently. An SSD would eliminate this, but the price would be higher, of course.
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Posted by Brian Murphy on June 11, 2016 at 7:53 AM
I am currently using a Canon T5i with only one card slot. I thought there would be a back up drive where I could transfer photos without using a computer.
Brian, did you check out the Colorspace Hyperdrive that Keith linked to above (the link is at the bottom of his post)? While it is a little pricey, you would not need to haul a computer with you.
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6 repliesRegards,
Brian
I use western Digital passport hard drives, usually have 2 with me they are small and light weight. I think you can get up to 4 TB now. I use 2 TB drives. I also have enough memory cards to cover the trip. So I will shoot one set of cards for each day. I use 32 GB SD cards. I will not re format these cards until I am home and the photos are all on my main computer.
Hope this helps
Joe Cosentino
These have both an SD slot and a CF slot. Just stick the card in, download and you're done.
If you want to be really safe (like I am), I also purchased a USB OTG (on the go) adaptor from Hyperdrive. That allows you to make a copy of the files on the Device to another portable hard drive without the need for a computer.
The screen is not great for viewing your images, but this version of the Colorpspace has Wifi built in so you can connect an iPad to it via WiFi and view images on the iPad screen.
Here's the link
Brian, if you decide to go this route, I have had good results with Western Digital Blue or Green HD's. They are not real fast, but reliability is what is important in this case. Since these drives are regular platter drives, you would have to treat the enclosure gently. An SSD would eliminate this, but the price would be higher, of course.
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