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I can certainly carry a lot of SD cards, but I would still like to make backup copies. I just had a CF Express card fail on me in Death Valley, so I'm a little wary of relying on a single media. And the bigger the card the more I lose in a failure.
More cards…and if you are taking an iPad or iPhone then a small usb hub and a card reader and external SSD. Move shots to iPad/iPhone then to SSD, delete from iPad/iPhone and rinse and repeat Based on iPhone/ipad free space. Can do similar with Android I suppose but never thought about that. Depending on how many shots per day…not an overly long process and you will be done in an hour or the end of ypur second cocktail. I’m using my laptop on upcoming Africa trip with Steve…and in addition to that I won’t format cards unless I have to…but with a couple of 1.3TB cards there’s a good chance I won’t need to, and I’m taking extra cards as well although none are that large, but there are 6 (or 8, haven’t counted) of them as well.
That's what I'm leaning towards - more SD cards (but smaller, since otherwise a single card failure could wipe out thousands of images), keep and file as 'used', and also copy to an SSD using something like FileHub (check it out. looks interesting).
Have you used it? It's a piece of junk.I have an earlier 3TB version of this with a ‘regular’ HDD. (You can still buy them on Amazon.)I see capacities for the SSD of 1TB for under $100 from third-party vendors. (Edit: Pretty sure those offers are scams…)
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Has built in wi-fi, so you can pair with your phone to verify the images, run a Plesk server, etc. I looked far and wide for a device that included a built-in LCD like the Gnarbox, but came up empty-handed. Every once-in-awhile, one comes to market, but doesn’t last. BH has a couple currently, but they’re mucho expensivo…
Another edit… Btw, I’ve seen concerns about WD customer service, but I originally had a 1TB version that failed on me after a couple of years (don’t recall what the fail was, I’m thinking the battery wouldn’t hold a charge). I threw it into a drawer for another couple of years before fishing it out and contacting WD. They asked me to send it in and sent me a new 3TB version almost immediately, no further questions or $$.
There is a new product on the market twice a year, from companies you'd think would know how, and somehow they all fail technically. I think Panny now has direct to SSD, and it's common on all cine camera which traditionally had external storage.
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Thanks for the tip re the Anker USB-C hub. I've been searching for a solution to this transfer conundrum for years, and tried many of the solutions here. On my last trip I was using the 'SD Card-to-iPad then iPad-to-SSD' approach and while a bit clunky, it worked well. Certainly better than any of the wireless methods I've tried in the past.
