November 20, 2006
250GB of On-The-Go Photo Storage
This article talks about two new additions to the Hitachi TravelStar laptop drive lineup — a 200GB 7200rpm drive and a 250GB 5400rpm drive. If you combine that 250GB drive with the Nexto OTG enclosure you have the ability to shoot over 14,000 10 megapixel raw images without having to carry a computer — just a tiny laptop drive. The buzz on the Nexto OTG is very positive, and I know of at least one person using it without problems.
If you don’t need 250GB of storage, combining the Nexto OTG enclosure with the Hitachi TravelStar 4K120 is a really good option at a total of just under $250 (less than an 8GB CF card). The 4K120 has the best combination of space (120GB), power consumption, and shock resistance of any PATA drive out there. Some folks on dpreview.com’s forums have reported 60GB worth of transfer on a single battery charge due to the low power consumption of the 4K120.
I’d love to buy the top-of-the-line Epson P-4000
References:
- Review of the Nexto OTG (ND-2300) and comparison to Nexto CF (ND-2500)
- EastGear has the best price I’ve seen, and free shipping
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Unless you’re a professional photographer who does take 14K photos on a single trip, you might want to consider using the iPod Video as the temporary storage mechanism.
There’s a camera adapter for the iPod which only costs HK$220 (about US$30) that allows you to use the iPod as temporary HD storage.
This is exactly what I did before I started having problems while on vacation this past June.? The first time I tried to download a 2GB CF card to my iPod I ended up with an error halfway through. The iPod crashed and wouldn’t even play music properly until I rebooted it. It happened again a few weeks later. So much for that.
Thanks so much for the suggestion of the Hitachi TravelStar 4K120! I just bought a Nexto OTG and was looking for the best value in a hard drive! Best Wishes!