So, I’ve been posting pictures to My FlickR account for quite awhile now. I do them in chronological order. I frequently gather my favorite photos from other photographers who were at the same event, and post them at the same time I post mine. This has worked so far because I’ve been years months behind in posting. But it wont last, and I am wondering if there is a better solution… So, if I go to a party on May 5th, I might not post the pictures until August. Which gives the other photographers (Glen, Christian, Angel, Casey, Lauren, etc) plenty of chance to post their party pictures to flickr before I do my upload…
But once I get caught up to the present? I will likely post my party pictures Sunday or Monday night, immediately after the party. If other people wait 2 months to post the pictures, then I wont have them to post alongside my own.
I could pester the other photographers to hurry up and post theirs, so that I may grab them and re-post them with mine — but that involves two things that I know wont work in the long run: Depending on other people, and hassling my friends to try to do something my way.
So, my idea —
Is there some way I can copy other photographer’s photos ONTO my memory card RIGHT THERE AT THE PARTY. So when it’s time for me to leave, I simply borrow everyone else’s memory card and clone the pictures onto mine.
I’m sure something like this exists. I’ve seen portable USB flash drive backup devices.
Ideally, said device would simply copy the JPGs onto the same memory card that my JPGs are already on, without overwriting them.
I WANT ONE!
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May 31, 2007 at 5:02 PM
Not directly, but you could do it with a computer and an external card reader.
For instance, my laptop has a 5 in 1 card reader(built in), plus I have a PCMCIA compact flash adapter(since the 5 in one reader supports everything EXCEPT for CF, which is what my camera uses).
However, I probably wouldn’t want any pictures that I took reposted before I’ve had a chance to post them myself first.
May 31, 2007 at 5:06 PM
You might want something like this:
http://www.xpcgear.com/clearblue16in1.html
You’d still need access to a PC though.
May 31, 2007 at 5:06 PM
That wasn’t what I was asking for. I don’t want to buy a laptop and carry it around wherever I go just to have pictures sooner :P
Of course I know about cardreaders, I have one in my machine here already (used it… twice ever).
I’m asking for a portable standalone device… like the ones I’ve seen for USB.
May 31, 2007 at 5:08 PM
I see we are commenting at the same time :)
Anyway, that link you provided — again, it looks like a computer is required. I’m looking for something that will fit in my camera bag without additional burden.
The price sure is right though … $11!!!
May 31, 2007 at 5:11 PM
This sounds a bit closer to what I want:
http://www.xpcgear.com/atechprogear.html
..but it actually has MORE functionality than I need?
I don’t need anything that connects to a computer at all.
I simply want to be able to copy other people’s pictures TO MY EXISTING memory card. No computer involved anywhere, nothing to install.
May 31, 2007 at 6:13 PM
I wasn’t implying you needed to carry a computer around. Seeing as most parties are at someones house, they probably have a computer you can plug into.
As far as standalone, you might be SOL.
June 1, 2007 at 8:59 AM
That’s still not the solution I want. Camping? People without a working computer? People who only have their computers in some obscure room which is not the main room a party is going on in? I don’t want to rely on anyone else. I don’t want to rely on a computer…
I’ve seen it for USB drives. So it must exist for memory cards.
June 1, 2007 at 2:04 PM
Where have you seen it for USB drives? Couldn’t you just use the same device? If it works with a USB drive, it makes sense that it should then also work with a USB based card adaptor.
Then again, is this what you’re looking for?:
http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/2005/07/usb_copy_cruise.html
June 1, 2007 at 2:05 PM
Where have you seen it for USB drives? Couldn’t you just use the same device? If it works with a USB drive, it makes sense that it should then also work with a USB based card adaptor.
Then again, is this what you’re looking for?:
http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/2005/07/usb_copy_cruise.html
June 1, 2007 at 2:11 PM
I was at some party at Jon B’s @ Sugarberry and someone used one to backup or copy someone else’s USB drive. Or maybe it was a memory card. I don’t necessarily remember.
Hmm.. PTP.. “Picture Transfer Protocol” — haha.. i never heard of that! I guess FTP wasn’t good enough?
Anyway — shit. That sounds EXACTLY like what I’m looking for. Maybe there’s a cheaper version that doesn’t have USB that I can find… $80 is a TAD pricey. I’d pay $40. I might have to wishlist this for christmas!
June 1, 2007 at 2:12 PM
Damn. Good find. :)
June 1, 2007 at 4:42 PM
Clint,
I already have a device like this but haven’t used it in years. Basically, both the camera and the “offload” device need to be recognized as a standard “External USB drive” (or some such thing) by a PC for it to work. I used to use my Neuros audio player as the “offload device” back when it worked and before I bought a bigger memory card for my camera. Let me see if I can look up what it was, I remember it being very cheap and VERY easy to operate.
It’s called a Macally Syncbox, and a quick search shows that apparently they’ve come out with a Syncbox 2 that sports some new features (like a screen of some sort.. the Syncbox I have has a USB input, and output, and a button on it).
Anyway, here’s what I found:
http://www.everythingusb.com/macally_syncbox_ii.html
Actually I can sell you the Syncbox 1 if it suits your needs, since I haven’t used it in a long time and can’t think of an occasion where I’d need it. It’s basically for getting pictures off your camera and onto something with more storage to free up space on the camera’s memory card, for like long trips and such. Since we have a laptop now, I don’t foresee ever needing it again.
June 1, 2007 at 4:52 PM
Just after posting that, I found a page that describes in more detail what the Syncbox1 (the one I have) does:
http://homepage.mac.com/techedgeezine/2004-0624_syncbox1.htm