An Introduction to Portable Digital Photo Storage Devices
Professional and amateur photographers alike are frequently challenged by some distinct limitations when out "in the field".
For example, on an extended photographic trip or vacation an active photographer can quickly fill up the memory card in their camera(s).
Faced with the option of deleting some potentially good shots in order squeeze in a few more photographs, most people choose to purchase some sort of portable storage.
What kind of equipment provides portable digital photo storage? Today there are many options for effective, safe and convenient storage of many photographs.
While such devices have rapidly evolved over the past few years, most will still generally require a memory card or direct cable connection to a camera in order to provide the best results.
Anyone interested in the world of computers or photography will instantly recognize the names of the most preferred manufacturers of portable digital photo storage devices, such as Apple, SanDisk, Epson and SmartDisk among many others.
The variations in the equipment available generally involve memory size, viewing screens and media capability.
For instance, the newest generation of Apple Ipod Media Player can provide up to 60GB of storage, play MP3 files, and many other file formats available through the iTunes site.
This device however requires the additional purchase of a camera link connector to successfully make the transfer.
The newest Epson Multimedia Storage Viewer simply asks the photographer to insert whatever variety of memory card they are using, and it copies or transfers the files it contains while "on the go".
This device also displays or plays alternate media files, and is able to show images taken in both JPEG and RAW formats.
It too has massive amounts of memory; currently at 40GB, and requires no additional equipment purchase to serve as a digital photograph storage device.
For anyone looking for a larger amount of memory and an enormous display screen capable of serving as a video display, or the ideal slide show viewer, the SmartDisk Media Device packs a whopping 80GB of memory, can accept both memory cards or direct feed from cameras via the included adaptor, offers a large 3.
5" flip up screen and plays or displays many other media files as well.
Clearly, a photographer or traveler can easily take all of the photographs that they could possibly want, and in some cases in the versatile RAW format, and quickly save them to one of these small, slim and easy to carry devices.
All modern digital photo storage devices also quickly transfer their contents to most laptop or desktop computers for editing or printing.
For example, on an extended photographic trip or vacation an active photographer can quickly fill up the memory card in their camera(s).
Faced with the option of deleting some potentially good shots in order squeeze in a few more photographs, most people choose to purchase some sort of portable storage.
What kind of equipment provides portable digital photo storage? Today there are many options for effective, safe and convenient storage of many photographs.
While such devices have rapidly evolved over the past few years, most will still generally require a memory card or direct cable connection to a camera in order to provide the best results.
Anyone interested in the world of computers or photography will instantly recognize the names of the most preferred manufacturers of portable digital photo storage devices, such as Apple, SanDisk, Epson and SmartDisk among many others.
The variations in the equipment available generally involve memory size, viewing screens and media capability.
For instance, the newest generation of Apple Ipod Media Player can provide up to 60GB of storage, play MP3 files, and many other file formats available through the iTunes site.
This device however requires the additional purchase of a camera link connector to successfully make the transfer.
The newest Epson Multimedia Storage Viewer simply asks the photographer to insert whatever variety of memory card they are using, and it copies or transfers the files it contains while "on the go".
This device also displays or plays alternate media files, and is able to show images taken in both JPEG and RAW formats.
It too has massive amounts of memory; currently at 40GB, and requires no additional equipment purchase to serve as a digital photograph storage device.
For anyone looking for a larger amount of memory and an enormous display screen capable of serving as a video display, or the ideal slide show viewer, the SmartDisk Media Device packs a whopping 80GB of memory, can accept both memory cards or direct feed from cameras via the included adaptor, offers a large 3.
5" flip up screen and plays or displays many other media files as well.
Clearly, a photographer or traveler can easily take all of the photographs that they could possibly want, and in some cases in the versatile RAW format, and quickly save them to one of these small, slim and easy to carry devices.
All modern digital photo storage devices also quickly transfer their contents to most laptop or desktop computers for editing or printing.
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