EB-1 wrote:
DVDs are not very efficient. To store the same amount as a 1TB PSD You would need a stack over 10" high, weighing about 8 pounds on the spindle.
EBH
Plus, most of them only have a reliable shelf life of a few years.
I've got two systems/types now but I've use paper but short and long in the past. Now I've got two back groups stands with crossbar kits that I drape a white muslin from or I use the black/white sky frame from lastolite it is the 4.5x4.5 size fabric on either their metal frame or a PVC frame I made depending if I'm using the diffuser on the metal frame or not I'm planning on getting the mediumn size diffusor and making my on frame out of PVC that save about half to a third of the cost vs buying it complete from lastolite .
Mar 09, 2013 at 02:46 AM
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Michael White wrote:
I've got two systems/types now but I've use paper but short and long in the past. Now I've got two back groups stands with crossbar kits that I drape a white muslin from or I use the black/white sky frame from lastolite it is the 4.5x4.5 size fabric on either their metal frame or a PVC frame I made depending if I'm using the diffuser on the metal frame or not I'm planning on getting the mediumn size diffusor and making my on frame out of PVC that save about half to a third of the cost vs buying it complete from lastolite ....Show more →
Michael White wrote:
I've got two systems/types now but I've use paper but short and long in the past. Now I've got two back groups stands with crossbar kits that I drape a white muslin from or I use the black/white sky frame from lastolite it is the 4.5x4.5 size fabric on either their metal frame or a PVC frame I made depending if I'm using the diffuser on the metal frame or not I'm planning on getting the mediumn size diffusor and making my on frame out of PVC that save about half to a third of the cost vs buying it complete from lastolite ....Show more →
Perhaps you mean backdrop? This is not the right thread.
So far, I bring a small laptop and a very small external drive - the smallest ones are about the size of a deck of cards.
All of the external standalone drive/reader combos are not great. Either they are cheap and primitive, or expensive and slightly less primitive. I have a Nexto which was OK but it broke after a few years (USB interface appears to be dead), also a very old Nixvue Vista but it's rather slow (USB 1.1). I can't believe this area of technology has stagnated so horrifically. All that is really needed is something that can read CF/SD cards, and also plug into any external USB storage and allow you to copy from one to the other.
The iPad can work as a backup to a limited extent, but it's only happy copying JPEG images off cards. If you jailbreak it you can do anything, but iPads still have kind of limited storage for serious backup needs on a long trip.
I would just bring extra SD cards but the bad part of that plan is, it only covers storage and not backup. If you backup every night then if you are out the next day and your camera is stolen, or a card dies, you've only lost part of a day of shooting.
The other bad part about taking extra SD cards is, if you use fast cards getting lots of extra cards can get kind of expensive.
If you do get a standalone storage unit make sure to get one that can support incremental backup (the Nexto does, I'm pretty sure some of the others do as well). Also note you can usually buy them as shells and add your own drives, usually cheaper. Probably buying one of these used as Paul posted would be a cost-effective approach, again just make sure whatever you get can support incremental backups.
Mar 10, 2013 at 12:30 AM
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kgelner wrote:
I would just bring extra SD cards but the bad part of that plan is, it only covers storage and not backup. If you backup every night then if you are out the next day and your camera is stolen, or a card dies, you've only lost part of a day of shooting.
The other bad part about taking extra SD cards is, if you use fast cards getting lots of extra cards can get kind of expensive.
You are wrong. His camera have two memory card slots. So he can make backup at the same time he is shooting. No other option will be as safe as this one. And SD cards are very cheap today. His camera also take both SD and CF cards at the same time
