On Jul 1, 2009, at 11:13 , Igor Roshchin wrote:
Wed Jul 1 12:33:28 CDT 2009
Joseph McAllister wrote:
I'm happy with a 200 gig pocket drive that I make my 3rd backup to,
which I keep in my car in the alley.
Oops. Sorry. Mine is a 400 gig Iomega. A 500 gig can be had now for
$120, 320 gig for $80.
That's an interesting idea...
I am just concerned about the temperature variations causing harm
to the drive.. Maybe it is not a problem where you are, - but
it is a problem over here.
As long as the temps don't exceed the manufacturer's "storage" range,
and you allow the drive to normalize indoors, it should not be a
problem. My drive is good from 5 to 60 °C operating, -40 to 70 °C non-
operating or 41 to 141 °F operating, -40 to 158 °F non-operating.
That is, indeed, quite a range. You should seal the drive in a Zip
Lock or similar bag for storing it, and don't remove it from the bag
until room temperature is achieved, to prevent condensation. If you do
write to it while very cold or hot, you may have to achieve those
temps again to read from it later. If your camera or computer can take
it, so can the drive.
A. I have all my master images with me wherever I go. RAW & Jpeg.
That's convenient, but I would also want to have the LR database
on that same drive.
Not a problem.
B. It's offsite, but only 30 seconds away.
If you have wild-fires in the area, that might not be far enough to
be really "offsite"
Same with floods or meteor strikes
C. Being USB powered, any computer can access it.
I haven't seen any USB-powered computers... ;-)
(sorry, just couldn't help passing it.)
D. It's not that expensive. Just have to remember to bring it in and
back up to it once a week or so.
I am actually curious if the processing capacity of a netbook (Intel
Atom CPU) is sufficient to run LightRoom. If yes, - a small ~$300
netbook with a 160GB HDD would be a nice backup+view-on-the-go
combination.
Good idea. You do the research.
By the way, does anyone know how to make the tethered shooting window
for the K10/K20 go full screen on a laptop? Hard to check focus or
anything else critical when the image is the same size as the camera's
LCD screen.
Joseph McAllister
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