Good for JPGs? I just want to store all the images on my hard drive to free up memory and keep my photos in a safe place. Is this the item I want? It's just going to sit on a shelf...so not sure if this is the product for me. Advice appreciated!! :) Good for JPGs? I just want to store all the images on my hard drive to free up memory and keep my photos in a safe place. Is this the item I want? It's just going to sit on a shelf...so not... » Read More Good for JPGs? I just want to store all the images on my hard drive to free up memory and keep my photos in a safe place. Is this the item I want? It's just going to sit on a shelf...so not sure if this is the product for me. Advice appreciated!! :) « Show Less
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I would have have to say yes. I am using it for all my digital photos. Seems to work fine.
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It's a good idea, but I'd definitely recommend backing up all of your images to DVD as well. Additionally, I'd recommend maybe looking into an online backup service - Mozy is what I use, and it's free up to 2GB. Another good free program that may help you sort your images is Picasa.
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Since I am tech challanged I need to ask, about how many jpegs will this hold?
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Hi, Itaya, I can save my images in jpg. only. There are many ways to adjust your creation to your ideas. There is also an item where you can adjust the resolution to your needs. You normally start with 600pixels, but you can adjust the storage of your image up to 9999pixels (and I suppose even more).
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What you do is use it as a camera and take a picture. I twill save as a jpg. It is useful for larger documents.
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All of these drives are good. It depends on the usage. I use mine in a Drobo array for video editing. They are fast enough, but not super fast. The more data you have stored, the slower they run. Probably need to make sure future drives are "enterprise" models.
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Keep in mind if you use a large memory card and something (gulp) happens to it (like losing it, damaging it, having it stolen, etc.) your data is ... gone. For this reason, consider using smaller cards and store them relatively quickly. One of my memory cards turned up missing after a shakedown at an airport in India and all I can say is I'm glad I had another one with half my photos.
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I agree - in practice this works well - but - if you've got a VERY hi-res camera (D2X/D2Xs, 5D or 1DSMkII etc) you could run into the 4mb limit easily - so I shoow raw and medium quality jpeg - and all is good. Alternatively - if you're buying it SOLELY for photo storage on the move - have a look at the EPSON Photofine range (P-4000 etc) - they do just that job - but VERY well!
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Honestly im not sure. Depends what you're trying to save. Mine only wanted to save pics so im abit dissapointed in that
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William...... My son and I recently purchased one of these drives for our MacMini. We have a small photography business (Armillaryinc.com) and are now using the drive as part of our normal processing and as an integral part of our backup strategy. We are very pleased with the device. Hope this helps! Best of luck.
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Yes, great for that purpose. Just remember to back up your files regularly :)
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i have a 30gig drive i would think if you have 500mb left on your drive you need to put some pics and songs or movies on a flash drive. the program puts it on the hard drive to compile it and then burns it to a dvd. i use 3 flash drive to store pics and movies. keeps the hard drive free.
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Not sure about the pictures part, but most hard drives do advertise more storage than is available to the consumer. Hope you get the files!
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It's flash memory, not a hard drive. Flash is far more expensive for compact sizes. I would do a few searches on "NAND Flash" and "High Capacity Flash" and you will see that the price makes sense for the low amount of space.
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Indeed, this device mounts as an external drive. I use it with Lightroom and store all of my pictures on it. I also recommend backing it up regularly.
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Gerald, YES - It looks just like another Disk Drive. You just Move or Copy your JPG Photos to your C: Drive.A very inexpensive solution to the problem of reading outdated Memory Cards like Smart Media. Bob
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yes you can. I always save my photo's as jpeg and also as a tiff . Esp if they are small or special ones I want to keep. JPEG's randomly loose pic. as you move them around. Tiffs are always the same. They are larger though but space is cheap/
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it's a webcam, why should it have storage? you just plug the USB, and then use it when you need.... but if you are talking about other technic stuff, I am sorry i am not sure what you're asking about, to my knowledge, it has no storage
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That's a good question. I have never tried to capture any pics from an external hard drive. I wished I had an answer for you, but I don't.