Hello Keith, I have a sandisk cruiser that lets you put in any SD card you want. So not only is it portable but you can use more media with it. Pretty cool - I find it quite handy
-- Best regards, Bruce Thursday, February 24, 2005, 11:04:48 AM, you wrote: KW> Keeping with the basic theme of this post, I bought myself a Lexar Media KW> "JumpDrive 2.0 Pro," with male USB port, over Christmas. KW> I had been lamenting the loss of a 3.5" HD disc drive, and someone KW> mentioned the JumpDrive. KW> I haven't used it yet, but the principle is the same. And this is 512 KW> Mb! 355 times the old high density discs, and it's the size of a half a KW> pack of chewing gum! KW> Who'd have thunk it?! KW> So, this post asks: who else has one, and can relate their experience KW> with it? To me it's so obviously such a huge improvement over the old KW> HDDs, yet I've have heard almost nothing about them online! KW> keith whaley KW> Juan Buhler wrote: >> I agree. I have the Belkin card reader for the ipod. It is very slow >> to read, and it takes a lot of batteries. On a new ipod (so the >> battery holds a long charge), the indicator goes from full to scarily >> close to empty when uploading 2GB. >> >> In December in London I used it on days when my (only) 2BG card would >> fill up. In one ocassion I had time to shoot two rolls of Tri-X on the >> M6 in the time the card was being emptied. >> >> I wouldn't recommend this solution to someone with a DSLR. It would >> work great for a small PS shooting jpegs and uploading 128-256Mb at a >> time, though. >> >> My ipod will stay as a music player and as extra backup of the "keepers". >> >> j >> On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 10:03:13 -0800 (PST), Godfrey DiGiorgi >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>>Belkin has had two devices to move data to the iPod from digital >>>media or cameras for some time. I don't believe it is the best >>>solution, a standalone, dedicated storage device is much more >>>efficient at this task. I'm looking at one of the CompactDrive >>>units, as I have a trip coming up that I plan to be shooting a >>>LOT of exposures. I suspect I'll need space for 1500-3000 RAW >>>files. >>> >>>Godfrey KW> [...]
