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ilikelegs
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p.1 #1 · Epson P-5000 or Wolverine ESP

Anyone have any experience using one of these two products?

Epson P-5000
$640
Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)
4" Photo Fine Ultra LCD by Epson, Low temperature poly-silicon TFT 640 x 480 pixels, displays up to 16,777,216 colors
80GB hard drive
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?oid=63061068

Wolverine ESP $329.99
3.6” wide view angle color LCD
From 80GB to 250GB Storage Capacity
http://www.wolverinedata.com/index.php/site/quicklinks/C11/

Aug 07, 2008 at 02:35 PM

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p.1 #2 · Epson P-5000 or Wolverine ESP

I've had the Wolverine ESP for the past 2 years. It works really well in the field. I have two different types of media cards that I need to back up and it does that perfectly. Let me know if you have any questions about the Wolverine.

Aug 07, 2008 at 02:41 PM

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p.1 #3 · Epson P-5000 or Wolverine ESP

I have a bunch of 2gig cards I use. As well as some 1 gigers.
CompactFlash memory cards...
Any problems with it seeing these and seeing raw data?
How about direct connects from the camera to the Wolverine ESP?

The Wolverine ESP is half the price and I am leaning towards it now.

Thanks for your reply.

Edited on Aug 07, 2008 at 02:52 PM

Aug 07, 2008 at 02:51 PM

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p.1 #4 · Epson P-5000 or Wolverine ESP

I haven't had any problems with different sized memory cards. Their support has been fabulous. I bought a 40D the first day it was released and it would save the RAWdata, but not display the pictures, since they changed with the 40D. A few months later, an update was released, so now I can view the RAW data just fine. It will not play back Canon's .AVI movies from the P&S line, but it saves them just fine.

You cannot connect this device directly to the camera. You download data by mounting your data card in the Wolverine.

So, support, price & versitility is what sold me and I've been a very satisfied customer.

Aug 07, 2008 at 02:57 PM

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p.1 #5 · Epson P-5000 or Wolverine ESP

Cool, thanks for the info.
For half the price I should go with the Wolverine.
Epson does a few more things but I only need a good back up for storage without lugging around the laptop.

Aug 07, 2008 at 03:37 PM

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p.1 #6 · Epson P-5000 or Wolverine ESP

Have you looked into colorspace? More storage for cheaper... smaller LCD.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=cart&A=details&Q=&sku=545736&is=REG

On their homepage theres a 500GB for $599.

Edited on Aug 07, 2008 at 03:55 PM

Aug 07, 2008 at 03:54 PM

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p.1 #7 · Epson P-5000 or Wolverine ESP

ilikelegs wrote:
Cool, thanks for the info.
For half the price I should go with the Wolverine.
Epson does a few more things but I only need a good back up for storage without lugging around the laptop.

Memory cards are so low priced today, that even the Wolverine ESP $329.99 cost more than buying those 80GB in CF or SD cards

Aug 07, 2008 at 05:10 PM

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p.1 #8 · Epson P-5000 or Wolverine ESP

Yeah, but I use this device to listen to music, show my friends pictures, and review pictures when I'm doing a photo shoot for fine detail. All of which cannot be done on a card.

Aug 07, 2008 at 05:47 PM

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p.1 #9 · Epson P-5000 or Wolverine ESP

Where can I find 5 16GB CF cards for less than $329 Lars?

Aug 07, 2008 at 05:47 PM

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p.1 #10 · Epson P-5000 or Wolverine ESP

http://www.mydigitaldiscount.com/
http://www.newegg.com/

In these two shops. I'm sure in many others also. And you get them for a lot less than $ 329 if you don't like them to be fast.
and you can choose between
Ridata
Transcend
A-Data
And a few others. You can also take 8GB or 32GB cards if you like those

Edited on Aug 07, 2008 at 06:11 PM

Aug 07, 2008 at 06:11 PM

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p.1 #11 · Epson P-5000 or Wolverine ESP

Kris Reiswig wrote:
Yeah, but I use this device to listen to music, show my friends pictures, and review pictures when I'm doing a photo shoot for fine detail. All of which cannot be done on a card.

But I didn't reply for you

He who asked wrote that he only need it for backup. And cards are a lot better and safer for that

Aug 07, 2008 at 06:13 PM

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p.1 #12 · Epson P-5000 or Wolverine ESP

Thanks Lars, I knew about MDD, but new eggs FAQ page states

"Does Newegg.com ship internationally?

Newegg.com does not currently ship internationally; we only deliver to locations within the United States and to Puerto Rico"

Have you ordered with them in the past?

Aug 07, 2008 at 06:31 PM

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p.1 #13 · Epson P-5000 or Wolverine ESP

I have not ordered from Newegg because I belive they only ship to the USA. But I have ordered about ten times from Mydigitaldiscount. And I usually never pay any custom duty or VAT when they ship.
I have a lot of the Transcend CF 133x UDMA cards. Both 16GB and 32GB cards

Edited on Aug 07, 2008 at 06:39 PM

Aug 07, 2008 at 06:36 PM

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p.1 #14 · Epson P-5000 or Wolverine ESP

Lars Johnson wrote:
"But I didn't reply for you He who asked wrote that he only need it for backup. And cards are a lot better and safer for that "

Absolutely correct. Memory cards are so cheap nowadays that PSDs are really useful only if viewing is required or their is a concern about having two copies of all files. I just purchased 24 GB (3x8GB cards) of Ultra III Sandisk compact flash memory from Adorama. After the rebate the cost was $2.95 GB. I now travel with over 125 GB and only use my PSD, and Epson, when I want to view on a larger screen. As Lars suggests, Flash memory is now the way to go for travel storage. By the way, I too have ordered from mydigitaldiscount without difficulty and the Transcend cards I have work just as well as my Sandisk cards.
John

Edited on Aug 08, 2008 at 07:25 AM

Aug 08, 2008 at 07:23 AM


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