Originally posted by pastorbbc Without buying multiple SD cards? I've looked at digital foci items. Other suggestions.
Option 1. Buy enough SD cards. If you fill them all up you can still delete some images and get more space.
Pros: Simple, portable (you dont have to leave the cards in the hotel) and robust (if you lose 1 card out of 10 its not so bad as losing them all), of you bring the cord you can review images on the hotel TV screen.
Cons: Very expensive (10X4GB cards min if you shoot RAW = $500), no backup
Option 2. Take a laptop with DVD burner.
Pros: You can review and even process all you stuff on the go, can backup to DVDs, can do email and surfing while on holiday
Cons: V expensive, heavy, cant take it hiking (have to leave it in hotel/car), fragile.
Option 3. Take an image viewer.
Pros: Smaller and cheaper than a laptop, can take with you in your camera bag, large capacity, can review and zoom in to files
Cons: Still pricey for good ones, fragile, no possibility of backup, frequently cant be upgraded to support RAW files for newer cameras. My P2000 will see imbedded K20 thumbnails but it wont read SDHC cards so its a useless bit of junk now.
Have tried all the above. When my laptop HD crashed in France I luckily had my P2000 as well, but I could only use non-SDHC cards from then on....
My preferred future option? Take 10 or more SD cards of 4GB each and keep used ones safely on my person (separate from the camera). Delete the rubbish as you go and you should have room for 5-6 days shooting. Its helps that I already have 6 of them so for me its just a few more.