Photo Storage

[Officialslacker]

My misses is off to India in a couple of months and is worried that she'll not have enough space on her memory chip for all her photos, so wondered what you guys use?

Just take memory chip? Lap top to up load them or some sort of media storage ?

[Stormboy]

I use a Seagate 500gb portable hard drive, with most of my stuff stored on it, Documents and all sorts of stuff, that way I can plug it into just about any computer and I've got all my bit's and bob's right infront of me.

[brendanseaton]

Originally Posted by Officialslacker

My misses is off to India in a couple of months and is worried that she'll not have enough space on her memory chip for all her photos, so wondered what you guys use?

Just take memory chip? Lap top to up load them or some sort of media storage ?

If you're just worried about running out of space on the chip... then bring another chip card. I brought 5 compact flash cards to India for a month and used 3.

If you're also concerned about backup, download to a laptop or an external drive. In India I also used a Hyperdrive Colorspace which is a standalone backup device (no need for a laptop - pricey though). I kept this in a separate bag in case either the camera or the bag was stolen. Even though I backed up the cards, I didn't erase them so I always had 2 copies of my images.

[colebatch]

I use a hard drive, but then again I take 3000 pics a month on avge, 10000-15000 for an average trip.

For your Mrs, I suspect what was said above will be just fine. Buy 3-4 16GB cards and all will be fine. Lightest, simplest, easiest solution.

[Officialslacker]

Yeah, I thought that the best bet would be the extra cards, but she'd been thinking about taking a laptop - I'll just get out sent out to the shops for more hards lol

Thanks for the advice guys

[Officialslacker]

I do like that stand-alone system though

[Bjorn]

If you decide to go for cards only, make sure you get one of those waterproof card safes. They take SD and CF cards. Maybe take another card, to backup your top shots (in case of theft).