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EOS Rebel photo storage on Media Player?
QUESTION:EOS Rebel photo storage on Media Player?
I am new to the digital photo world. I have an EOS Rebel XT. I am
wondering if there is a media player (i.e. iPod, iRiver,
iSomethingElse ...) that I can use to offload pictures from the EOS
Rebel? I appreciate that I can purchase additional compact flash
cards, but cannot view the pictures on those cards except with the
camera. I also understand that I can download the pictures to a
computer, but while on vacation I may or may not have a computer with
me. I am wondering if it makes sense to purchase an 80/160 GB iPod to
store photos on until we (my wife and I) return home and download them
to our computer. It would not need to be an iPod as I have not
purchased one yet. Is there a device with a fair amount of storage
that I can save pictures from the camera to directly (without a PC).
That also have a display so that we can view the pictures while still
"on the road"?
ANSWER: These things are losing favor as the prices of storage cards drop.
The Ipod camera connector is a complete and total waste of money except for
a few low grade P&S cameras with small jpeg files being copied from small,
no bigger than 128mbs, storage cards.
Although the camera connector is worthless if you use a computer
intermediary the Ipod is an excellent data storage/transport device with
speedy upload and download times.
This performance represents a deliberate decision by Apple to maintain the
image of the product as a media player rather than what it is: a tiny hard
drive with a purposefully limited operating system.
The Epson P series is discontinued. Too bad. I recently got one of these at
a bargain price. However since it is discontinued, even if you get one,
whatever raw formats it recognizes is it and will not be upgraded.
The Epson, and there are a couple of others, allow you to offload data from
your SD or CF card even if you cannot view the image.
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