i was wondering which portable storage solution you folks would recommend. i have an epson p-2000 that i am looking to sell as i need something a bit larger. i have had any problems with it whatsoever (anyone interested send me a PM ). i was looking at the p-5000 as it is an upgrade over the 2000, but there seems to be a lot of players in this game now. woverine esp (160gb) has twice the HD space and a few hundred bucks cheaper, archos seems sexier but doesnt have raw files listed on it's compatible files info, etc. etc. what are your opinions?
imho, buy 4gb or larger cards over next 2-3 months, according to some threads over at miranda, supply is way larger than demand right now, sandisk just layed off 300 employees, and forced 40% salary cuts on management, others expected to follow suit for 2nd quarter of 07 and into 3rd quarter, this means expected price drops of 30-40 %, maybe up to 50%. we are on the brink of a good old fashioned price war among cf suppliers you could buy a few 4gb cards for 1/2 a large storage device, they are lighter, smaller even in a case to carry around than a mass storage and, drum roll.......................................... you are not risking loss of all the shoot on one device, i'm planning on stocking up on 6-8 of the 4gb for europe if price drops far enough, already bought 2 kingston 4gb, coupled with the dozen 2gb i already own, i may be hitting europe with upwards of 24 cards with me, maybe 60 gb of storage available, even shooting raw this is probably 2500 shots, should be enough for a 2 week trip, i do sleep some of the time. i assign a number on the back to each card i have, written on with fine point sharpie, never runs or fades, each day i put in a new card, keep track in a small notebook of that days card, and a brief contents description, or at least where i was, i never travel without small notebook in photobag anyway, old po-leece memo book habit, bottom line, a card corrupts, well i may be heartbroken over the loss of that day's shooting, but i haven't lost the whole trip, having all the memories in one drive makes me too nervous to be ok with gary
i looked at the 160gb wolverine esp, but the screen is not 2:3 aspect ratio, like a regular photo. i am leaning toward the epson (price notwithstanding) because i am familiar with it and trust it. the only reason i am upgrading is because the 5d's images are so large that 40gb will get sucked up really fast when i am in WDW.
t-mip, keep an eye on card prices anyway, maybe it gets right you pick up a couple larger cards, leave the mass device back in the room and just carry a couple 4 gb cards each day, load into storage back in the room, reduces the pack weight a little
anyone familiar with this one? transcend 8gb 120x CF card.... ~ $83.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820208050&name=Item-%23%3A-N82E16820208050
here is some info I found on trascend Tim. sounds like a major player Transcend Information, Inc. is a Taiwan based company that manufactures a range of high-technology products. Transcend’s product portfolio includes over 2000 devices and encompasses products such as Memory Modules (Standard and Proprietary), USB flash drives, portable MP3 players, portable hard disks drive, graphics cards, and accessories. Transcend is a popular name in India in the USB flash drive and portable MP3 player segments. Transcend’s USB flash drive brand JetFlash is very popular. These drives are considered stylish and offer high performance. JetFlash 2.0 uses the USB 2.0 Standard and offers high speed data transfer. The portable MP3 player brand T.sonic is also popular. This series includes appreciated models such as T.sonic 310 and T.sonic 610. These sleek, trendy and attractive MP3 players help you carry your music around with you. Transcend multimedia cards help to expand the memory capacity of mobile phones. Transcend also manufactures xD-Picture card which is used in xD-compatible devices. Its CompactFlash cards are sleek and slim and offer storage capacities ranging from 1 GB to 8 GB. Transcend also manufactures a range of portable hard disc drives under the brand name StoreJet. Transcend also manufactures a range of memory modules used in computers and devices such as printers. Transcend manufactures these memory modules for both general and proprietary applications. The memory modules it manufactures for the general application include the following types: EDO, SD, DDR, DDR2, RAMBUS and FPM. Among those who use transcends proprietary memory includes big names such as BenQ and Cannon. BenQ uses Transcend’s memory chips for it Joybooks (notebooks) while cannon uses them in its printers."
Rob Galbraith didn't test that large of one. (5D) http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_ ... =6007-8198 But one on the Transcend's made his top list. I guess they make their own CF controller, unlike some other companies.
new poll i just started, i've read a lot of happy transcend reviews lately, considering their products myself
Actually I did say MVP not the ESP. Which I think is the standard display: 640x480 and you can zoom. I thought long and hard about "losing" data from a portable hard drive, but the benefits/cost: 80gb storage = 10 8gb memory cards = $830.00 for the transcends!!!!!! Wolverine = $300. Plus issue with larger density CF, higher risk of data loss due to smaller data bytes. HDs have been proven for a while. I can replace the Wolverine HD (supposedly) Plus space for a carrying case for 10 CFs is probably larger than the MVP itself, which fits into a pouch on my Velocity 9 and Pro 8 bags. Unless they are 100% loose. The Extreme III and my Lexar Prof came with Image Recovery software. I haven't had to use it yet, fortunately.
Just one thing I want to mention. Based on a review I've seen at dpreview.com, it sounds like cards larger than 2 gig will require the FAT32 file system, and that that FAT32 will be slower to write to. http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos30d/page11.asp That's part of the review for the 30D. The key is that that page includes file write times for the camera, and on different media, including a 4 gig Sandisk Ultra II. The review calls it a slower card, but I gather that the main cause for the slowed write speeds is the FAT32 file system. I admit this is probably inconsequential, even the review states that the reduction shouldn't make a difference for most situations. But before we all jump on board the 8 gig flash card bandwagon I just wanted to make sure you know that there may be a sacrifice in write speed.
