Thank you very much for your very helpful information. You are right in saying that battery life needed paying attention to in the models that I was interested in...based on the reviews I read, poor battery life was indeed a common complaint. We plan on getting some spare batteries and always having one on charge ready to go:)
Of course, the only difficulties I face now are finding some units that are actually IN STOCK. The only places I can find are places that also happen to have the most EXPENSIVE prices alas:( There is quite a range in prices among all the different places I have looked.
If anyone can point me to some places I may not have looked yet (where prices are somewhat reasonable), I would really appreciate it:)
Thanks a lot & best regards, Crissi ___________________________________________
On 25/5/04 10:52 AM, Christine Holzmann wrote
There are some other options available too, but these looked the best from what I saw. Based on everything I have read, we probably will be going with the Flashtrax or the Image Tank G2.
Dear Crissi. So far your choices are in the right direction, but I will strongly invite you to check the battery operation of both units and take good care to also get whatever accesories those devices may have to support prolonged use and recharging.
This comment comes from he fact that both the FlashTrax and the Image Tank have been highly praised by many , with the exception of battery life. As the device runs a small color LCD screen for previeweing images, battery consumption is huge.,
Also make sure to get the fastest ( Firewire if possible) connectivity.
I have just received (as part of a trade) a SuperDigiBin with 20 Gigs of storage. THis unit does not have color screen ( which I consider a smart energy saving strategy) and it comes with the AC adaptor and the cigarrete lighter adaptor for on location recharging.
However, the USB connectivity is basically a fraud in terms of download times.
Version 2.0 of the DigiBin now comes with USB 2.0 and claims to be faster than the staandard USB and I intend to do the upgrade, because this device is SLOOOWW.
The data transfer between a plugged CF card and the DigiBin is normal, not to say fast, so it just takes just a few minutes to transfer one 1 Gb CFCard to the Bin, but the same 1Gb Data may take more than 30 minutes to download from the DigBin to a computer via USB. I am only using it as a redundant Back up and so far( and luckily) I have not had the need to use the data recorded there. I will run to upgrade to USB 2 ASAP.
Regards
Jorge Parra
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