HARVESTING OF THE PIXELS
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RedOctober25
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I think I came in around 1200-1300 before the purge...
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I will clearly end up being the most conservative shooter by far, with 0 shots taken at Pixelmania. Saved a lot of time culling and processing, that's for sure. 
Joanie Eddis-Koch
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Pixelmania, not counting the fishing pix on my phone: 2,218
The rest of my trip apart from Pixelmania : 3,680
Total for 17 days of shooting 5,898
The rest of my trip apart from Pixelmania : 3,680
Total for 17 days of shooting 5,898
Joanie Eddis-Koch
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I bring my laptop and download my pictures every night that way I can separate them into files by date. I also hook up the laptop to two external hard drives and back up to them. These are portable hard drives.
I am using an XQD CARD WHICH MY CAMERA REQUIRES. It's not cheap so I only have 1 and I empty it each night.
I can't see that anything Wireless would be fast enough, especially with large data files like individual pictures. For these kinds of data connections you're definitely going to need a wired connection to facilitate faster speeds for downloading.
You want to make sure that you're using USB 3.0 because the download from the card readers and then from the laptop to the external hard drives can take forever if you're still using USB 2.0. So everything has to be USB 3.0 capable, meaning the card reader that you put into your laptop and then your laptop has to be fast enough, which it probably is, to write at 3.0 USB speeds to your external hard drives.
I've had my external hard drives for 3 or 4 years. They are a mix of brands so I can't make a recommendation as to which one is better since I have no idea what's on the market these days.
Nancy AK
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Joanie, thanks for the info. Yes never thought about the slowness of the wireless. I do need to get a new faster Card Reader(don’t believe mine is a 3.0). I use a MacBook Pro, I usually just travel with my iPad, but maybe I should start bringing both in the future. Those XQD cards are pricey to have multiples.
Thanks again for information. Have a Happy a Thanksgiving!
Joanie Eddis-Koch
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Happy Thanksgiving to you too!
RedOctober25
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In the past I’ve used a FileHub device. It has an SD card reader built-in as well as a USB port to plug in a portable hard drive (I have a small 1TB drive). It also creates its own wi-fi signal to connect to (or can use any WiFi if faster). From there you run the device from your iPad or iPhone (or any smartphone I suppose). So far it has worked well for me. And it means I don’t have to bring a laptop with me to offload large numbers of photos.
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Nancy AK
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Thanks Jeff, never heard of a FileHub, is this the brand name? I’ll check it
RedOctober25
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The Brandname is RAV Power and the device I have is the 6000 mAh FileHub Plus.
RAV Power FileHub Products
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Not that I did it this Pixelmania...because I took 0 photos...but in general, I bring a small hybrid laptop that's very portable (basically like a tablet with a removable keyboard), and use the USB3 port to load photos from the cards to the laptop. Because I also keep the photos on the cards, that gives me two copies, which is enough to feel safe, so I usually don't bother to also bring external HDs to Disney...though I do bring them if I'm on a longer trip like a cruise. I don't do any sorting/viewing of photos while on the trip - the laptop just serves as backup in case something happens to the cards. As I use 'regular' SD cards, they're cheap and I usually have 4-5 with me when I travel - I can keep all my shots on the cards and just swap over to a new card when I fill one up.
I don't want to risk having a laptop stolen or broken in transit. I always carry enough memory cards to get through the trip. I have seven 32 Gb XQD cards, three 32 Gb SD cards and several smaller SD cards. This trip I used 6 of the 7 XQD cards and at one point overflowed a few photos onto an SD card because I didn't notice that the XQD was almost full.
With CF cards, I'd always carry a similar amount of storage, albeit in 4, 8 and 16 Gb cards. Plus, the files on my D700 are smaller than my D500, so I didn't use as much storage.
And I never erase my memory cards until I have copied them to my PC and made backups to two different NASes.
Of course, a fire, theft or tornado could wipe everything out becuase they're all stored in the same room. That's the one big flaw in my backup strategy.
With CF cards, I'd always carry a similar amount of storage, albeit in 4, 8 and 16 Gb cards. Plus, the files on my D700 are smaller than my D500, so I didn't use as much storage.
And I never erase my memory cards until I have copied them to my PC and made backups to two different NASes.
Of course, a fire, theft or tornado could wipe everything out becuase they're all stored in the same room. That's the one big flaw in my backup strategy.
Joanie Eddis-Koch
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The deal with xqd cards is that they're much faster when they write to a file on the card.
Keep in mind that your camera has to be compatible with the XQD cards because they are a different shape than the other kinds of memory cards.
Another important thing that gets overlooked, especially with Nikon cameras, is that you must match up the specifications on your memory cards exactly as the manufacturer has specified.
For example swapping out your original manufacturer specified SD card with one that's faster might very well exceed the limits of your camera's ability to write that fast to the card. If that's the case you would be wasting money to get the faster card because the processor in your camera is slower than the max speed of the card.
This also can cause problems, specifically with your buffering when you're shooting a lot of pictures all at once. Nikon cameras processors tend to get hung up with SD cards that are not the exact specification that the manufacturer recommended for that camera model.
You would think that logically having a faster card that could receive the data woukdn't impact the camera's functioning but for some reason it does.
Nancy AK
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Thanks Joanie. I appreciate the information. I thought they were fasteR. I’m not sure about my D750(unless I move up to the D4, D5, d850 or Z).
gary
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i have 4 of the 128gb sd cards, the sandisk extreme pro 300 mb/second high speed cards, these are the core for my birds in flight or railroad photo charter trips, also pixelmania where i might be using the a9 in full auto 20 frames per second mode, and because of a misplaced card holder 2 years ago i now have 16 64gb sandisk cards, a mix of the 300/sec and the 95/second speeds, plus a few transcend 32gb ones hanging around, my method is to have a fresh card for each day, put in the camera and formatted before starting out each day, i no longer bother taking the laptop on trips, i wasn't getting enough processing done to be worth the extra baggage and theft risk
In my opinion, XQD cards are sturdy, like CF cards are. I always have the feeling I could snap an SD card in half with a couple of fingers. My D500 has both XQD and SD slots, and I put a card in each and tell the camera to use the SD card only when the XQD is full.
Yes, they are expensive, and the menu and playback response is initially slow, as if the processor has to load up a new app to perform those functions. That's probably a "feature" of the D500 software, not the fault of the memory cards.
It all boils down to what your camera can use and personal preference if you have a choice.
Yes, they are expensive, and the menu and playback response is initially slow, as if the processor has to load up a new app to perform those functions. That's probably a "feature" of the D500 software, not the fault of the memory cards.
It all boils down to what your camera can use and personal preference if you have a choice.