digital photos

Hi,
does anyone have any experience with copying photos from digital camera
(CF memory card) to CD while traveling across Australia? I just want to
be safe in case I run out of memory on card

Regards,
Michal.

A big chain of stores is offering booths to put your photos onto CD. I
think it was Harvey Norman (an electrical goods reseller), if not is
was one of th pharmacies or supermarkets.
Most photo stores offer the same service.

Regards,
Wes (from Oz)

"Michal Kwiatkowski" wrote in message
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Hi,
does anyone have any experience with copying photos from digital camera
(CF memory card) to CD while traveling across Australia? I just want to be
safe in case I run out of memory on card

Regards,
Michal.


Yeah most towns will have a photo shop where u can transfer pics to CD but
always make sure thay have copy the 2 cd ok before erase the pics on your
memory card just in case


ta



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Hi,
does anyone have any experience with copying photos from digital
camera
(CF memory card) to CD while traveling across Australia? I just want
to
be safe in case I run out of memory on card

Regards,
Michal.

Trouble with this approach is that you have to trust whomever you meet
in your travels to do a good job, or just to have good facilities. Might
not be a problem in large centres, but if you find yourself in some
isolated place, and need to empty your memory cards, you just might have
a problem. Could be the weekend, too, and most places close up around
dinner time. Very possible you could find yourself out of luck.

Also, would you have the opportunity of checking to make sure all of
those shots have truly been copied, no errors, before the memory card is
then reformated? Too risky for me.

Last winter (Feb - March) we went on a two-month trip across Australia.
I decided rather than have someone write on CDs every time, just to
empty my memory card, I would bring along a 'portable hard drive'. I
choose the PicturePad - comes in 20 Gig and 30 Gig, plenty of room for
most people on most trips. I had no trouble dumping my stuff every
evening onto the PicturePad, then starting the next day with fresh empty
memory cards. The PicturePad runs on batteries too, so the outback was
no problem for several days at a time, without an electrical plug in
sight.

Alternatively you could come with 3-4 of the extra large cards, 2 Gig.
These would take quite a while to fill up, plenty of time to get from
one city to the next, perhaps(?).

Anyway, best of luck. If this is your first trip to Australia, I envy
you. We had an extraordinary time. BTW, I was fairly careful not to
'waste shots' as my cards were only 1/2 gig size, and they would be full
at the end of the day. Shot a total of 8.2 Gigabytes of pics in the two
months we were there. I count on shooting at least double that rate on
our next trip.

Richard

You're better off getting a HDD based system. Either a cheap laptop to
download to, or there is a multitude of devices that are designed to simply
store CF data.

Although I wouldn't recommend it, I have an Archos 20G jukebox I take
everywhere, it has CF etc adaptors. At the end of the day you can just dump
to the HDD. It's best to wait till you get home to sort out printing.


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(CF memory card) to CD while traveling across Australia? I just want to
be safe in case I run out of memory on card

Regards,
Michal.


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Michal Kwiatkowski wrote:

Hi,
does anyone have any experience with copying photos from digital camera
(CF memory card) to CD while traveling across Australia? I just want to
be safe in case I run out of memory on card

Regards,
Michal.

What I did on my trip to Australia last month was to buy a special
memory card reader and copied the pictures to the iPod's hard drive.
That method worked out fine for me. Though if you don't have an iPod
already then I would imagine that getting a camera or computer store to
copy your pictures to disk would be cheaper.

ALV

Michal Kwiatkowski wrote:

Hi,
does anyone have any experience with copying photos from digital camera
(CF memory card) to CD while traveling across Australia? I just want to
be safe in case I run out of memory on card

Regards,
Michal.

What I did on my trip to Australia last month was to buy a special
memory card reader and copied the pictures to the iPod's hard drive.
That method worked out fine for me. Though if you don't have an iPod
already then I would imagine that getting a camera or computer store to
copy your pictures to disk would be cheaper.

ALV

On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 03:55:03 GMT, Andrew Venor
wrote:

Michal Kwiatkowski wrote:

Hi,
does anyone have any experience with copying photos from digital camera
(CF memory card) to CD while traveling across Australia? I just want to
be safe in case I run out of memory on card

Regards,
Michal.

What I did on my trip to Australia last month was to buy a special
memory card reader and copied the pictures to the iPod's hard drive.
That method worked out fine for me. Though if you don't have an iPod
already then I would imagine that getting a camera or computer store to
copy your pictures to disk would be cheaper.

ALV


You will also find that most internet cafes also have facilities to do
this for you or have the programs so you can do it yourself.

Worked alright for us in Jan/Feb when we did a 7 week trip around.

I used to just drop the stuff of the cards to CD's each 2 ~ 3 days.

As others have suggested...... always check that they are all on the
disc's BEFORE you clear the cards.....

Tony

On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 03:55:03 GMT, Andrew Venor
wrote:

Michal Kwiatkowski wrote:

Hi,
does anyone have any experience with copying photos from digital camera
(CF memory card) to CD while traveling across Australia? I just want to
be safe in case I run out of memory on card

Regards,
Michal.

What I did on my trip to Australia last month was to buy a special
memory card reader and copied the pictures to the iPod's hard drive.
That method worked out fine for me. Though if you don't have an iPod
already then I would imagine that getting a camera or computer store to
copy your pictures to disk would be cheaper.

ALV


You will also find that most internet cafes also have facilities to do
this for you or have the programs so you can do it yourself.

Worked alright for us in Jan/Feb when we did a 7 week trip around.

I used to just drop the stuff of the cards to CD's each 2 ~ 3 days.

As others have suggested...... always check that they are all on the
disc's BEFORE you clear the cards.....

Tony

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You will also find that most internet cafes also have facilities to do
this for you or have the programs so you can do it yourself.

I just got back from a weekend in Sydney. The youth hostel where I
stayed had a line of Internet machines and one of them had a card reader
and CD burner for precisely this purpose. This is becoming standard
practice as digital cameras become increasingly common. Camera shops
will do the same for a fee.

Alternatively you could take along a laptop, though of course this adds
its own complications of weight, expense and security. I took mine along
and was able to upload my photographs at my convenience and burn CDs for
my friends.

Pete, which he is busy documenting his weekend at
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2223459