Digital Photo Storeage?

[boxer]

Any cheap recommendations for ways to store digital photos when away?

Don't want to take the laptop and according to Apple the only iPods that store photos have colour screens. A colour iPod and connector works out at about 230GBP.

I wouldn't want to view the photos, just store them until I'm home.

Thanks.

 

[Dutchman]

I usually take two 256mb CompactFlash cards with me (Canon Digital Ixus 400)

This enables me to keep around 250 images per card (depending on resolution settings).

CF cards are, I believe, the least expensive method of photo storage whilst away from home.....

Cheers

Dutch

 

[Taff]

It depends where you're going I suppose, but the cheapest and easiest way to store digital photos (at least it was in my case) is to transfer them straight onto a CD. If you call in Jessops or Boots etc you can transfer images directly from a CF card to a CD there and then, for about £2. Ok, there wont be many Jessops etc in say Mongolia, but if you're travelling around Europe, there are similar camera shops in most towns.

 

[Cheesy Mike]

The Apple iPod camera connector is an elegant solution for transferring photos from your camera direct to your iPod Photo. However, it is restricted in the range of cameras that it supports - http://www.apple.com/ipod/compatibility/cameraconnector.html

An even better solution is the Belkin Media Reader - essentially a MMC/SD/CF etc media reader for the iPod. From what I have read (and I am thinking of buying one) it works with other iPods, not just the photo version.
http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObj...fy5b12Ti4JQdaWrRzKPj/1.0.11.1.0.6.25.7.11.1.3
It costs a fortune in the UK but is much much cheaper in the USA.

Mike

 

[Deleted account 220427002]

better IMO the archos

http://www.archos.com/products/overview/av400_series.html?sid=j223242sby2ysyfbk4324o

 

[Manni]

Be careful with the Belkin Media reader, it does work with all ipods but it's REALLY SLOW. It's fine for say 64/128Mb, but for bigger cards it takes ages. And if you've got such a small card, I would definitely go for a 512 or 1Go SD. They're really cheap these days!

 

[Boz]

Just bought a belkin card reader for my Ipod while in the US, there less than half the price as ones in the UK.

Easy to use and very light weight, makes seens when your going far and wide and dont wan to take your laptop.

Cheers

 

[Eddy802]

Do you want the cheapest option, or are you looking to add weight to the decision to purchase something like an iPod?!

What media does your camera use?
How many pictures?
What sort of capacity?
How soon do you go?
How long before you can get to a laptop or PC to upload?

Answers to these might steer you a tighter suggestion. It may be that extra/larger media is your cheapest option.

 

[boxer]

The very thing...........

Vosonic

120GBP from............

Picstop

 

[edzt]

Nearly every internet cafe on this planet lets you to burn a cdr

Buy a couple of cd's from them stick card in reader- burn- mail one home keep the other

Ed

 

[boundless]

Standalone USB DVD/CD/CD-RW burner from Apacer. Runs on Lithium or mains....the business.

Strangely..... the best bet for archive digital photo longevity is believed to be CD-RW by quite a long chalk it is more trustworthy than either CD or DVD. (Stability of the dye layer is much better in the CD-RW disks.)

Software stability for retrieval of these said family albums in 50 years time.....when we'll all be living in a wired positronic matrix.....is another whole story though.

 

[boxer]

Thanks for the help everyone.

I went for a Apacer CP100 off ebay. 62GBP.