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I have a canon 1d mk2 and will be going on holiday soon and wondered how you guys store your images once your compact flash cards are full, i have 2 x 4gb cards and think i`ll probably fill both in a week as they hold about 150 images each (or so i`ve been led to believe)
 
lol thanks should have said i`m trying to avoid buying new cards
 
ruffdog64 said:
lol thanks should have said i`m trying to avoid buying new cards
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Buy a device that'll cost at least 10x more than cards would and use that. Or spend your holiday visiting internet cafes/computer shops and see if they'll transfer them on DVD for you, obviously for a cost.
 
ruffdog64 said:
I have a canon 1d mk2 and will be going on holiday soon and wondered how you guys store your images once your compact flash cards are full, i have 2 x 4gb cards and think i`ll probably fill both in a week as they hold about 150 images each (or so i`ve been led to believe)
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According to my (not so) extensive research, the 1D2 creates raw files of approx 8.3mb each. A 4gb card should therefore hold approximately 480 of them before being full and you have two of them...
 
pjm1 said:
Take your laptop?
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As Paul said.

I ALWAYS take either a laptop, netbook or this year I took a Windows tablet. I also probably go a bit too far in that I use a 64Mb USB stick as well, which my wife carries.
 
I also take my small netbook which has lightroom and also a sd card slot built in.
 
ruffdog64 said:
lol thanks should have said i`m trying to avoid buying new cards
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Why? They're sooo cheap - like £15 for 32Gb. Fill yer boots on Amazon.

Edit: that's for SD cards, CF are from around £25. 32Gb is usually the most economical cost-per-Gb.
 
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Even a pair of sandisk 8gb cards would significantly increase your capacity... and cost much less than any portable storage device.
 
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