like this.
I'm sure there is niche market I just can't work out where, definitely not for
someone who has shelled out big $$$ for a DSLR and lenses I guess. The Vosonic
XS-Drive though not a show stopper its self it is more than capable and quite
inexpensive:
The only problem with the X's Drive is the battery - after a year's use my X's Drive II can't hold a charge long enough to dump a 1 gig card. I contacted the place where I bought the drive, who basically said they recommended sending the drive in for replacement (I guess it's more than just an open it up and pop in a new battery deal) and wanted too much for the service and the battery.
I wound up going to the local battery store and getting fixed up with a video cam 12v 2.3 Ah lead acid battery, a cigarette lighter adapter for it, and a charger - all for about $25. The battery is not light, but it's just another pound and slides into the pack OK. I plug the X's drive cigarette lighter adapter into the cigarette lighter socket on the battery and the X's drive will run for a good long time. Not a bad solution but a minor PITA, especially since I don't have any way of telling how much charge is left on the battery.
Rambling off topic here - they guy at the battery store told me he once fabricated a battery belt that held several of these batteries, with outputs for both the camera and the flash. I guess for someone who handles really long weddings or something...
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