Hyperdrive

[AcadieLibre]

Hope I am not posting too much m first time here lol. Anyway I am looking at one of these, http://www.hyperdrive.com/ and the reason is I own 10 gb's of CF cards and I am finding since I am new to DSLR and I am only shooting in the manual settings my cards are getting full fairly fast. Last week I was at the Toronto Islands and I shot 637 photos but many I did not keep but I use and try different settings until I am far more familiar with the Camera and how to shoot with it. I am shooting that much close to home which is not a problem but I plan on doing some Ghost Towns and some other out of the way shooting. My fear is to be somewhere and run out of space to shoot on.

I was going to buy another CF card but for the cost of two I can get one of those and from what I heard from other photographers they are durable and fast. What I am looking for is are there any alternatives anyone knows about or uses? With the weight of my Camera equipment lugging around a Laptop is not a feasible option. I am leaning towards one of these as they are lightweight and practical but always like to look into alternatives, so far the alternatives seem far more expensive and not as simple and durable. Just thought since I am here I would inquire if anyone uses one or anything similar? These have a viewer (some models) and contain a laptop HD in them. Rechargeable also.

[tegan]

Thanks for the heads-up. One more thing for me to purchase, along with Viveza from Nik software and another DSLR.

Tegan

[AcadieLibre]

Thanks for the heads-up. One more thing for me to purchase, along with Viveza from Nik software and another DSLR.

Tegan

Anytime. That seems to be my problem keep finding very useful things I would like lol.

[AcadieLibre]

Well after tons of research and reading I found what I want a very reasonable price, it does not have the LCD screen but the one on the Hyperdrive is the same size as the camera screen and found the Hperdrives a bit costly for the storage space they offered. I recently found this at Vistek, right price, large enough for my needs. If I decide I want a portable viewer will just grab a portable DVD player and hook the Camera up to it to review the photos. It holds a 2.5" hard drive so if it ever gets full I can pull the one out from it and replace it with another drive.

http://www.vistek.ca/store/FramesPho...-graphite.aspx

[tegan]

Well after tons of research and reading I found what I want a very reasonable price, it does not have the LCD screen but the one on the Hyperdrive is the same size as the camera screen and found the Hperdrives a bit costly for the storage space they offered. I recently found this at Vistek, right price, large enough for my needs. If I decide I want a portable viewer will just grab a portable DVD player and hook the Camera up to it to review the photos. It holds a 2.5" hard drive so if it ever gets full I can pull the one out from it and replace it with another drive.

http://www.vistek.ca/store/FramesPho...-graphite.aspx

I notice however that the hyperdrive is 5 times faster: 1GB in less than 1 minute VS 1GB in 5 minutes on this photo-safe unit.

Tegan

[AcadieLibre]

Yes but for the almost two hundred dollar difference I am not in that much of a rush lol. I have 2x4 4GB CF cards and a 2GB, I can transfer and keep shooting, speed is not an issue for me. I was looking for a backup on shoots lasting longer than a day, right now I can shoot about 850 photos in RAW before storage is an issue and have not done it yet, so it is more of a back up for those days I shoot far more than planned or I am out of the City for several days and don't want to bring my MacBook with me. And I am needing to bracket even less so it is a fall back for a just in case scenario.