IPOD and Raw images

[ann]

I am trying to detemine an efficient method for making some back up copies while traveling.

last year i took a laptop but it is really a pain to carry around especially in an airplane.

I have discovered that an Epson media viewer will also allow the downloading of music (which is not important) but ebooks is:)

ALso an IPOD will download ebooks, plus RAW files with a special download, i am planning on calling APple in the morning but i am interested if anyone here has tried this application on the IPOD

The Epson screen is larger and am sure the sound is not outstanding.
the Apple has smaller screen with perhaps better sound.

To download to the IPOD it needs Itunes, but i am told that will not be an issue on board ship.

The Epson doesn't need a computer so that is a plus.

Anyone have personal experience with RAW files and the above devices?

[Don Bryant]

I am trying to detemine an efficient method for making some back up copies while traveling.

last year i took a laptop but it is really a pain to carry around especially in an airplane.

I have discovered that an Epson media viewer will also allow the downloading of music (which is not important) but ebooks is:)

ALso an IPOD will download ebooks, plus RAW files with a special download, i am planning on calling APple in the morning but i am interested if anyone here has tried this application on the IPOD

The Epson screen is larger and am sure the sound is not outstanding.
the Apple has smaller screen with perhaps better sound.

To download to the IPOD it needs Itunes, but i am told that will not be an issue on board ship.

The Epson doesn't need a computer so that is a plus.

Anyone have personal experience with RAW files and the above devices?

I would consider a netbook. You will get much more utility from it and can easily be tucked away. And the cost will be about the same or less.

Don

[ann]

don

i thought about that, but was told they had very little memory.

i am trying not to have so many devices to keep track of, for use and charging.

thanks,
ann

[ann]

oops, now i remember, the netbook doesn't have a cd drive.

perhaps i should review that as an option anyway. thanks again Don

[R Shaffer]

Ciao Ann,

Got a netbook for my son last year for school ( $245 +/- ). It's the Acer Aspire One, which is about the most basic of them all. I'm pretty impressed with it. It's holding up quite well to the abuse a 12 year old can manage and it travels to school with him every day. It logs into the various WiFi networks effortlessly and is great for surfing the web & email while traveling.

The Aspire1 uses an internal 8 gig flash drive and then has a slot for another flash drive to expand the memory. We put another 8 gig there. It's the same as the compact flash my nikon D200 uses. You right that they typically don't have a cd drive, but you could just save your images to some extra flash drives. The external cd/dvd burner is around $120 which would buy a lot of flash memory.

They do have netbooks with regular hard drives, but I don't know of any with cd/dvd burners ( thats not to say they don't exist ).

All in all they are quite useful when traveling and are so small they disappear in a backpack.

[ann]

thanks,

in the past i have taken my laptop and an external drive for downloading and copying so i have at least two copies.

altho, i didn't do any post processing it was nice to have some software loaded so i could be sure the files had copied correctly and that is why i was thinking about a cd drive. that way i could put something on the harddrive to review the images.

[Don Bryant]

Ciao Ann,

They do have netbooks with regular hard drives, but I don't know of any with cd/dvd burners ( thats not to say they don't exist ).

.

I purchased an Aspire One netbook for my wife and she loves it. It comes with a 160GB harddrive. I paid $279 for it. A good friend of mine uses his for travel and shoots a combination of film and digital. He stores digital files to the Acer every evening. The netbook is so small it slips into his camera bag which he can stowe in the over head when flying. He then has a fully functional PC to check mail and view images while traveling. I don't see what there is not to like about the solution. He took it to S. Africa and used it there with no problems.

Comes with Windows XP installed. You can purchase a handfull of 16 GB USB memory sticks and save a second backup.

Don Bryant