Dizneydaz
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On our last trip (as I mentioned above) I filled up my 512 3 times. Since we have a rental van, it's no problem to go offsite and download. I like to go to Sams Club (same place I have mine developed at home) and have the disc made. My second choice is Walmart, but the Kodak disc maker there lets you get a lot less pictures per disc. I've gotten as many as 400 pictures on the disc from Sams (even though they say it'll only hold 200) That means I only need 1 disc for my 512 card.
We had two minor problems doing this last trip, which is why I bought a 1GB and I'm bringing both. First small problem was this: First time we downloaded we did it at Walmart. It took quite awhile since they only had one machine. Also, due to smaller capacity, I had to do 2 discs. Also, the way they do it there is after you're all done you have to ask the employee for your blank discs-just a slight annoyance if they are busy.
The final small problem was that we filled our cards on the last day, before we were finished taking pix. So we jumped in the car again, went back to Walmart and did everything at the kiosk and then asked for the disc-then came the problem-the employee told us the CD burner was down! Couldn't do it at all. So we left Walmart, drove to Sam's about 5-10 min. further away, burned our discs (had to wait about 1 hr. or less) had some pizza, and we were on our way again.
I did the final download at home.
I understand your concern about the disc being corrupted. I've never had a bad disc myself, nor has any of my family but when we were doing the picture transfer at Sam's, my sister wanted to make doubly sure that her pictures had transferred to the disc before she erased the card. This was the first time she had done the direct cd burning without having them on her computer first. Everything was fine though, and I've never had a problem with it. My only concern is that when I transfer to the discs, the disc themselves can get ruined, or lost. But then, so can film. So, that's why I bought the new 1GB, and will bring both cards. I don't think I'll fill up both, but you never know. I plan on using the 512 first, then the 1GB. That way if I see that I'm getting close to filling up the second card, I can burn the first card to disc (it'll be the smaller of the two) and use the 512 as my third card.
Have fun and take alot of pictures!
We had two minor problems doing this last trip, which is why I bought a 1GB and I'm bringing both. First small problem was this: First time we downloaded we did it at Walmart. It took quite awhile since they only had one machine. Also, due to smaller capacity, I had to do 2 discs. Also, the way they do it there is after you're all done you have to ask the employee for your blank discs-just a slight annoyance if they are busy.
The final small problem was that we filled our cards on the last day, before we were finished taking pix. So we jumped in the car again, went back to Walmart and did everything at the kiosk and then asked for the disc-then came the problem-the employee told us the CD burner was down! Couldn't do it at all. So we left Walmart, drove to Sam's about 5-10 min. further away, burned our discs (had to wait about 1 hr. or less) had some pizza, and we were on our way again.
I did the final download at home.
I understand your concern about the disc being corrupted. I've never had a bad disc myself, nor has any of my family but when we were doing the picture transfer at Sam's, my sister wanted to make doubly sure that her pictures had transferred to the disc before she erased the card. This was the first time she had done the direct cd burning without having them on her computer first. Everything was fine though, and I've never had a problem with it. My only concern is that when I transfer to the discs, the disc themselves can get ruined, or lost. But then, so can film. So, that's why I bought the new 1GB, and will bring both cards. I don't think I'll fill up both, but you never know. I plan on using the 512 first, then the 1GB. That way if I see that I'm getting close to filling up the second card, I can burn the first card to disc (it'll be the smaller of the two) and use the 512 as my third card.
Have fun and take alot of pictures!
