Online storage for photos as a backup

[tripodjw]

I'm off to DLR in November. I have 5GB of memory cards but know this won't be enough for my 2 week holiday (which also includes a general tour of SoCal/Arizona etc). I'm planning on taking my laptop & take advantage of free internet at most of my hotels.

So i thought i could back up my photos online in case, godforbid, my laptop got damaged in transit.

What i need is somewhere i can store the files and can later retrieve them at full uncompressed size. I don't need the ability to tag or view or anything fancy. Just store the files in case i need the backups. I'd prefer not to have to pay as I have no intention of doing this regularly.

Does anyone have any recommendations?

Thanks in advance

 

[Master Mason]

with what your looking for, I would suggest a free web hosting site, just upload the files, and then download them when you get home. The photo sites that are free will mostly resize your photos, and none that I am aware of will save your RAW files.

Personally I would just take blank diskes and burn cd's or dvd's, but that's just the way I do it.

 

[SharonLowe]

Photoshelter offers an archiving system and yes, you can upload your RAW files. They even create the jpeg to go with your RAW. For $10 per month, you get 10 gig of storage; for $30 per month you get 35 gig of storage. Another option would be a mac.com account (don't have to use a mac). For $100 annual, you get 10 gig of storage. They offer a 2 month trial membership which might be a good way. You can store anything there.

 

[tripodjw]

with what your looking for, I would suggest a free web hosting site, just upload the files, and then download them when you get home. The photo sites that are free will mostly resize your photos, and none that I am aware of will save your RAW files.

Personally I would just take blank diskes and burn cd's or dvd's, but that's just the way I do it.

Never even thought of taking blank discs (duh!)

Will check out Photoshelter too (thanks Sharon).

 

[tekoa]

How many photos will a disc hold?

 

[Groucho]

How many photos will a disc hold?

Depends if it's a CD or DVD, what resolution you're shooting at, how much compression your camera does, and if it's RAW or JPG... in other words, there's no straight answer.

Check your owners manual, it will probably give you an estimate of how many pictures you can fit on memory cards of various sizes. A CD holds around 700 megs, so figure somewhere between what you can fit on a 512 meg and a 1 gig card. A DVD (definitely the way to go!) holds around 4.35 gigs, so a little more than two 2-gig memory cards.

I'm a big fan of burning DVDs, but I did use my own web host to store photos on my last trip after I was having problems with an external burner. Fortunately, the internet connection in the Disneyland Hotel was very fast - I'm not sure how the connections are at WDW, plus you have to pay extra for them generally.