Need Portable Digital Photo Storage after Theft

[ianhoke]

Cryptic subject line, I know. I have read all of the posts in this forum, but

have a more specific problem:

 

Last week, my laptop, my wife's laptop, and my back-up HDs were stolen in a

break-in. I live in Chengdu, China, and am heading to Xinxiang for May holiday

solo, looking to take lots of photos (Nikon D80). My film SLRs are in the

States and I have 4gb worth of SD cards. Since I am going to buy a new laptop

in the States this summer (I teach), carting around a laptop and/or DVDs and/or

hard drives doesn't help me any. Can folks specifically recommend portable

digital storage devices with card readers, please? I shoot in raw, but am

considering jpeg for this trip due to storage issues.

 

BTW, redundancy issue learned. All of my digital images are gone. They left

the music hard drive, so I guess that's something.

 

Thanks, folks.

 

-Ian Hoke

[mike dixon]

I've been using a Hyperdrive HD80 for a couple of years with good results. One of the reasons that I chose a Hyperdrive was free delivery to South Korea--it arrived about a week after I place my order.

 

http://www.hyperdrive.com/

[Jerry_]

Hard to say what the SD card prices are in your area, but in the States, 2 Gb SD cards are going for less than $20.00 each. Do you have anyone who can get 3 or 4 SD cards, and ship them to you? The extra SD cards are much 'lighter' to travel with....

[nate_kinnee]

Sorry to hear about the theft.

 

Sounds like you're looking for something like this...

http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Foci-Photo-Picture-Storage/dp/B000OSG5EI/

 

I use a similar unit made called the Vosonic X'S Drive, but I'm not having much luck finding their cheaper, basic models for sale at the moment.

[david_wu6]

Two options:

 

-Buy the device in China ($100-200 for 80 GB);

-Buy a few SD's at Amazon (< or ~ $20/4GB).

[ianhoke]

Thanks all, I think I'm going to jump on a few 4 gig cards here in China. Prices checked out yesterday seem comparable to those on Amazon with a bit of hard bargaining. I appreciate the ideas.

[Mary Doo]

It may be safer to buy from an established department store for these delicate electronic items than those electronic bazaars of China.

 

Just a thought,

Mary

[bruce_stenman1]

There are also inexpensive portable DVD burners that have memory card slots. I take a plastic case with 10 DVDs and burn them as I go so even with a laptop so I have the image files backed up and in a separate piece of luggage. Thieves are not likely to be interested in a plastic case of personal DVD discs.