Back-up digital photos with ______?????

[WillCAD]

What about pictures taken that day at the parks? I take a ton of pictures and cull after we are home. I download to the laptop after we return to the room and immediately make back up cds. I always want two copies at all times. Any other sugestions?

Does anyone have a recommendation for a good sd card storage case? Would the idea of putting a storage case in a zip lock baggie (for wet rides and rain storms) worry anyone? How sensitive are flash cards to static electricity that might build up inside the plastic bag?

Thanks to all for the back up storage ideas.

You're about as covered as you can be on travel backups.

If you leave your cards in the plastic cases they come with, then put them into a plastic bag, they should be fine on water rides and in the rain.

Okay, the backup while traveling issue. This is a tough one for me. In the past I just brought my laptop with me and dumped my photos to that each night. Well, my HD died in Florida once and I lost only a few photos, but got scared into leaving my photos on my memory card while traveling. So now I copy them to my laptop and leave them on the memory card also. I carry 2- 4 gig Flash cards, so I haven't used more than that yet. Of course I could back them to CD/DVD also, but I have yet to do that.

If you have enough cards to leave your pics on them through an entire trip, that's a great way to have a temporary second copy after you download to your laptop. A CD copy is still a good idea, though, in case one of your cards develops a fault (it happens), or you accidentally format a card (it happens). This would give you three copies of your pics.

Many of us simply don't have enough card storage for an entire WDW trip, though. I have 4 512mb cards; each 512mb card is roughly enough for one day's shooting, so if I used up every card I have I'd still only have 4 days worth of storage. Yes, the cost of CF cards is very low these days, so I have been meaning to get more cards, but it's not a pressing issue because I only need more than 3 or 4 cards when I go to WDW, and that's only once a year. I'll get there eventually.

 

[Reminiscing_Cody]

I've been burned by data failure once too many times. On my upcoming trip I'll be taking a laptop and an external hard drive so there are 2 copies once the card is unloaded. The last day of the trip I'll probably pay the $10 for a day of in-room internet access to upload all the files to my backup site.