ChrisH From Sweden, joined Jul 2004, 1136 posts, RR: 18 Reply 3, posted (7 years 3 months 1 week 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 3588 times:
what you want to look at is transfer speed and battery life. I recommend reading up on lots of reviews. The Nikon Coolwalker is not for you since youre a canon shooter, and also since its out of production and quite slow.
I use the Epson P-2000, now replaced by P-4000, which is expensive but has many tricks up its sleeve and a fantastic TFT screen.
Yep, but it's quite old now too, and Nikon never replaced it with anything new. Perhaps it didn't sell too well. The Epson displays .NEF files anyway, although you can't zoom in them, if that matters.
IngemarE From Sweden, joined Mar 2005, 285 posts, RR: 5 Reply 8, posted (7 years 3 months 1 week 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 3524 times:
Recently bought a PD70X, with a 60Gb HD inside.
No screen to check the pic's on, just the "black`n´grey" to let you know how much space left and that copying has been succesful etc.
It's really quick though. Draws everything from my Extreme 2Gb in less than 3 minutes and it isn't too hard on the batteries either.
Maiznblu_757 From United States of America, joined Mar 2002, 5112 posts, RR: 51 Reply 10, posted (7 years 3 months 1 week 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 3497 times:
Hi Ben,
Ive used the Vosonic X Drive Pro since 2004. Works great and I highly recommend it.
Woody001 From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2004, 529 posts, RR: 24 Reply 11, posted (7 years 3 months 1 week 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 3488 times:
I too use a FlashTrax, its never let me down. I have a spare battery for it but have never had the need to use it.
It's not that quick at transfering data from the cards but it's never been a problem since I purchased another 2GB card. I just swap between the two.
INNflight From Austria, joined Apr 2004, 3765 posts, RR: 62 Reply 12, posted (7 years 3 months 1 week 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 3475 times:
Hey Ben,
I used to have a 40GB PD7X imagetank, was quite happy with it the first weeks, but somehow its batterylife turned out to suck majorly. I got quite some errors with copying JPG's and RAW's on it too.
Chris78cpr From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2004, 2814 posts, RR: 52 Reply 16, posted (7 years 3 months 1 week 14 hours ago) and read 3376 times:
I'm currently an XS Drive user but i have a Epson P-4000 on order after testing one for a recent event i shot.
The P-2000 was great and P-4000 has just improved on that. I find that if i am shooting an event i can download my cards to the P4000 and use it to show clients the photos and take orders on the spot. It is much easier than carrying around a laptop. With the P4000 i can pop it in my pocket and download while shooting onto my other cards.
For aviation i have no need to use this device at all. When at my local i will have enough room on my 6-8GB of CF cards. Or on a trip i will always have my laptop.
I would really ask yourself if you need this device when you are shooting at the airport? A 2GB CF card is only £75 for a Sandisk Ultra II.
Chris
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Dlednicer From United States of America, joined May 2005, 511 posts, RR: 6 Reply 17, posted (7 years 3 months 1 week 6 hours ago) and read 3332 times:
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I bought something called a Wolverine 40Gb 40 GB FlashPac Memory Card Reader & Storage Drive. It is battery powered and has slots on the side for most digital camera flash cards. I think I paid about $180 at Fry's for it. We used it extensively on a three-week trip through Vietnam and China and it worked like a champ. I only had to recharge it once a week. We came back with 28Gb of pictures stored on it.
There are also 60Gb, 80Gb and 100Gb versions available.
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