Hello jens,

Yeah, I'm looking at those right now.  That is probably a better route
to go.  I guess some issues would be how fast the card can be downloaded
and how long the batteries last on those units.

-- 
Best regards,
Bruce



Monday, January 19, 2004, 4:20:48 AM, you wrote:

jbwd> Thanks Bruce
jbwd> That sounds resonable enough.
jbwd> By the way: A portable card reader & harddrive is VERY
jbwd> much cheeper pr. MB tham memory cards - i.e.
jbwd> Flash Trax, Vosonic X's Drive or Image Tank.

jbwd> All the best
jbwd> Jens

jbwd> Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Hello Jens,
>> 
>> I suspect part of the answer lies in what you are shooting. 
>> For
>> landscape/scenic stuff you need to eke out every last bit of
>> detail
>> that the camera can capture.  For that, raw is most likely
>> the best
>> way to go.
>> 
>> For portraiture/weddings it may not be quite as important. 
>> I don't
>> have enough storage space in cards yet to consider doing a
>> wedding or
>> a big session in raw.  I remember Tom V saying he had about
>> 9gb in
>> cards when he shoots a wedding.
>> 
>> So for the time being, I am shooting best quality jpegs.
>> 
>> HTH,
>> 
>> Bruce
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Sunday, January 18, 2004, 11:14:20 PM, you wrote:
>> 
>> JB> Hi Rob and other *ist D owners.
>> JB> I'm having a dicussion with my brother: Will I loose
>> (visible) data when
>> JB> shooting/saving files in camera as JPEG's.
>> JB> I think I will prefere to shoot RAW. Then edit, compress
>> etc. later in the
>> JB> computer. The discussion comes from limited storing
>> capacity/the high cost
>> JB> of RAM cards compared to i.e. the X-drive. My question
>> to you is (I dont
>> JB> have the *ist D yet. My brother has a Canon G5):
>> JB> Is ther a visible difference betwen RAW shots, converted
>> to TIF and a low
>> JB> compression (best) JPEG shot. Your answer will be highly
>> appreciated.
>> 
>> JB> Regards
>> JB> Jens
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 



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