Where do you store all of your photos on Vacation?

[suz72]

Hi-

I have a Canon Digital Elph Power Shot SD300. I have a Kodak SD Card (256mb) as well as the Canon 16mb card that came with the camera. The 256 MB card will store 128 photos at 4.0 mega pixels (which my camera is).

So...my question: During a 2 week Disney Vacation ( 1 week WDW, 1 week on DCL)...

What should I do about photo storage??

1. Burn the photos to CD every so often?
2. Buy an extra SD Card for my camera? (mine cost 69.95)
3. Do you have any other ideas?

Thank you, thank you for all your wisdom!

 

[YEKCIM]

Mrs.YEKCIM and I took about 3000 pix during our one week stay in July and we dumped the day's shots to our laptop each evening. Had we not had a laptop, however, I imagine we would have had the shots transferred to CD, as that would certainly be less costly than extra memory cards, at least for my camera, as it uses the expensive xD cards.

~YEKCIM

 

[suz72]

Thanks...laptop would be great...but....ours crashed and I don't expect that we will get a new one before our trip.

I think Walgreens and CVS will put them on cd pretty cheap. Anybody know?

 

[UKDEB]

We save ours to our iPod each day.

 

[Anewman]

What should I do about photo storage??

1. Burn the photos to CD every so often?
2. Buy an extra SD Card for my camera? (mine cost 69.95)
3. Do you have any other ideas?

PCCLUB has stores all over CA.

I would head over to PC CLUB or FRYS, if you say you can hold 128 photos on that 256mb SD card...
8X128=about a thousand photos on a 2gb card.

 

[handicap18]

Hi-

2. Buy an extra SD Card for my camera? (mine cost 69.95)
3. Do you have any other ideas?

Thank you, thank you for all your wisdom!

SD cards are very inexpensive right now. Check out buy.com. I bought a Kingston card a few months back. 1 gig cost about $27 and there is a refund available to bring it down to about $18 and it also has FREE shipping.

 

[dizluvr71]

We also did the laptop download but burned them to CD too. That way if something happened to one we had a backup.

 

[rtphokie]

I bought an extra CF card and have a standing arrangement with a friend at work that I borrow his CF cards when I go on vacation and he borrows mine when he goes.

 

[JR6ooo4]

try
www.pricegrabber.com

I use the laptop.
WIll you have a car? you can go just outside the park to a walgreens or other to burn CDs at much cheaper prices.

Mikeeee

 

[jann1033]

i've been debating this also but since we go to the (non electric) mountains also i think i am going to get a few more 2 gb cards...it might end up costing less than a laptop etc and when we are by electricity ie wdw i can use hubby's 60 gb ipod if i run out of room.( although not sure how that would work)

however the photostorage unit looks pretty nice here also
http://www.pricegrabber.com/p__Smar..._Storage,__18843778/search=compact+flash+card

 

[JR6ooo4]

i've been debating this also but since we go to the (non electric) mountains also i think i am going to get a few more 2 gb cards...it might end up costing less than a laptop etc and when we are by electricity ie wdw i can use hubby's 60 gb ipod if i run out of room.( although not sure how that would work)

however the photostorage unit looks pretty nice here also
http://www.pricegrabber.com/p__Smar..._Storage,__18843778/search=compact+flash+card

Ya, can you go directly from the cam to the Ipod? Or do you need a laptop to move the files?
Mikeeee

 

[suz72]

I didn't know some SD cards could be so cheap. I will head over to PC Club (close by).

I'm planning to get a 2GB card and also probably burn some to CD while on the land portion of our vacation. I was mostly worried that I might need more room for my photos on a 7 day cruise!

Thanks

 

[jann1033]

Ya, can you go directly from the cam to the Ipod? Or do you need a laptop to move the files?
Mikeeee

that 's what i'm trying to figure out and also are the pictures degraded when you keep moving them from one thing to another( like when you save jpegs over and over)

that little photo thing holder is looking better,or maybe the 6 more gb of cards that same money would buy which would give me about 2000 pictures worth on the largest best setting(not raw ) with 4 2gb, and 1 512 mb... i used about 200 for a weekend trip that was pretty much just taking pictures( zoo and botanical garden),,, which i wouldn't do at disney due to attractions eating into my picture taking time

 

[0bli0]

although my camera takes both media types, i have still been using CF cards more - only because SD are somewhat fragile. normally they are fine but the act of putting them in your camera or card reader, if you are careless you can crack them.

i generally copy images every day to my laptop and then onto an external drive or burned to dvd. depending on where i am going, i may also take my p2000 and offload the images there, too.

 

[Boss Hogg]

that 's what i'm trying to figure out and also are the pictures degraded when you keep moving them from one thing to another( like when you save jpegs over and over)

You need the iPod camera connector to plug your camera's usb in to the iPod (iPod Connector), we have used time and again without issue, and have not noticed any degrading of picture quality.

Couple of things to watch is that your iPod is compatible (doesn't work sith some of the older ones), and how many photos you move at any one time. The transfer eats the iPod's battery power, so, make sure it is charged fully before starting. We use our 300D on maximum resolution and about 110 is as many as I ever risked trying on ours in any one go. Also, it takes a while to transfer.

That having been said, if you've a camera bag, then it is easy enough IMHO to carry your iPod and connector with you and could therefore do in the parks.

Finally, I seem to remember when we used it last year with our PC, we had to have the iPod "enabled for disk usage" to get the pics back of it - not that this is much of an issue, but just to let you know.

This review may be of use - Playlist review

 

[MOmousefan]

We backed up to our laptop each evening. The laptop fit in the POP safe perfectly. BTW, I would have purchased extra CF cards had we not taken the laptop.

 

[spoon2003]

however the photostorage unit looks pretty nice here also
http://www.pricegrabber.com/p__Smar..._Storage,__18843778/search=compact+flash+card

janet,
this item has a $30 rebate at Dell if you're interested. Althought I've sworn not to deal with Dell, this rebate might change my mind!!! The other item I've been considering is the Wolverine Flashpac.

I have 4 GB for our 1 week vacation which I think will be enough but there's always the 'what if...'

Sue

 

[mhutchinson]

I picked up extra memory cards as they went on sale (with rebates). Felt it was safer than leaving a laptop in the room and less expensive than buying a Photo wallet (like Epson, FotoPorter, etc). Plus they don't add any weight or take up any space.

Mike

 

[Yellow_Stitch]

Spoon, I have the 40GB wolverine flashpac and I love it. It worked perfectly on our last wdw trip. Very fast and foolproof. It doubles as an extra external drive for me at home. With all that room I shot quite a bit of video with my camera too.

 

[jann1033]

You need the iPod camera connector to plug your camera's usb in to the iPod (iPod Connector), we have used time and again without issue, and have not noticed any degrading of picture quality.

Couple of things to watch is that your iPod is compatible (doesn't work sith some of the older ones), and how many photos you move at any one time. The transfer eats the iPod's battery power, so, make sure it is charged fully before starting. We use our 300D on maximum resolution and about 110 is as many as I ever risked trying on ours in any one go. Also, it takes a while to transfer.

That having been said, if you've a camera bag, then it is easy enough IMHO to carry your iPod and connector with you and could therefore do in the parks.

Finally, I seem to remember when we used it last year with our PC, we had to have the iPod "enabled for disk usage" to get the pics back of it - not that this is much of an issue, but just to let you know.

This review may be of use - Playlist review

Thanks i think i'll get one of these and try it out

another ? though is do you think a card reader would work to download rather than the camera?..in other words, any usb device...would save on my camera batteries since i don't have a car recharger for that but do for the ipod( thinking of if i took it camping)



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