Digital Foci's Photo Safe II:The Digital Foci Photo Safe II is a 0.6OZ device and contains a rechargeable battery, a hard drive (80GB or 160GB) and card reader ports for most popular storage card formats. When you insert a memory card in the device and press the "Auto Copy" button, the Photo Safe II begins copying all the contents off the card. This includes all image formats, RAW images, and video clips. The device has an LCD display that shows the copy status as well as available space and battery life.I wish I had one of these on many of my travels. When I was in Antarctica in 2005, I brought my laptop with me and was bending over backwards deleting files and trying to make room for more photos. I also had a lot of trouble in Alaska, attempting to store them on my iPod and nearly lost a majority of them when I had a transfer go awry. (I had to undelete them from my iPod and Compact Flash card with the help of IT services onboard the cruise ship.)
The Photo Safe II can copy files off your card at speeds up to 5 MB/s, which means you'll be able to backup a 1GB memory card in less than 4 minutes (the copy speed depends on the read speed your memory card is rated for).
Once you have copied all your photos onto the Photo Safe II, you can copy them onto your home computer once you get back home using the USB 2.0 interface. The Photo Safe II supports PC and Mac machines.
When connected to your PC, the Photo Safe II functions as an external hard drive and memory card reader. The internal battery is rated for an hour and a half and can be charged through the included AC adapter or the USB port of your computer.
The Digital Foci Photo Safe II costs $139 for the 80GB version and $189 for the 160GB, which really isn't much when you consider the value of your vacation memories.
Digital Foci Photo Safe II (via Engadget)
The next time I take a big trip somewhere, I just might have to invest in one of these. It can also serve as an external, USB powered hard drive.
More thoughts on the Photo Safe from Kevin Tofel.
1 comment:
...the next time you go on a trip, why not just get a couple dozen sd cards? they're less likely to fail than a hard drive, and can stand getting a little wet. with the plummeting prices, and increased storage, you can end up with less space required for the same amount of storage, if not perhaps cheaper (yet).
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