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A/B
12-03-2013, 14:44
Looking for suggestions/techniques for storing photos taken from a camera on the trail. Any website recommendations? I'd like to back up my SD card every couple of weeks in town, as well as making some available for family to view. I suppose I could mail a card home, but that seems cumbersome and risky... I'm considering bringing a tablet for blogging, photo backup, and uploads to the internet.


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Tennessee Viking
12-03-2013, 17:54
If you are camera snapper, it will be better to have a stock of memory cards. Uploading on the trail is a pain and expensive if you paying per minute for Internet.

Flicker, Google Photos, Dropbox (non-installation methods): http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-ways-send-files-dropbox-dropbox/)

SD cards are getting cheaper and cheaper. You can carry maybe 3-4 16 or more Gig cards (only being ounces) for your entire trip (depending on your camera and settings). Just plastic bag your unused cards. Mail them home inside folded paper. Nothing risky about that.

I have ruined a couple cameras due to water. But the memory cards survived.

Or use a microSD card w/ adapter for your camera. Then about once a week, you switch the microSD card to your smartphone, and upload your pictures from that. Depending on your data plan.

Or there is a line of EyeFi wireless memory cards. All you need is this, and your photos get uploaded to their service site. http://www.eye.fi/products/mobi#camera_compat_widget



1. Camera

Digital camera with SDHC card slot.
Check compatibility ▸ (http://www.eye.fi/products/mobi#camera_compat_widget)

2. Device

WiFi enabled smartphone or tablet with either iOS or Android.

3. App

Free Eye-Fi app installed on your mobile device. App Store (http://itunes.apple.com/app/eye-fi/id306011124?mt=8),Google Play (https://market.android.com/details?id=fi.eye.android) or Kindle Fire (http://www.amazon.com/Eye-Fi-Inc/dp/B006KZ7SKO/).

4. Code

10-digit activation code found on back of Mobi card case.

ChuckT
12-03-2013, 20:06
I would NOT trust any Photo site. Look for a discussion on which sites respect your copyright on the Internet ... I was disgusted. (When I'm shooting for self or wife I D/L my cards to a laptop and burn CD as well as store on an external.) With film on my LD hikes I bought mailers, crossed finger and dropped in the mail. Not as easy to do with memory cards. If U will have access to Internet and can D/L on a terminal (not always allowed on "public" machines) I'd get a subscription to an FTP site. You can try one of the dedicated and hardened HD but you'll have extra gear to tote that way. Best bet? Get a dozen cards, name brand(!), and the fastest you can a$$ord; enlist a kind soul to make multiple copy D/L's for you and cross fingers. Wish I could offer better opinion.
Cvt

A/B
12-04-2013, 13:35
Sounds like you both think SD cards are the way to go. I just have to trust the wife not to lose them on return! Thanks.


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ChuckT
12-05-2013, 16:04
Wish they'd make the things in International Orange instead on black! PS - you can get a "rubbery" shock proof or a Pelican case for them but be careful in dry air -static loves some rubber cases. PPS - sent you PM about Tapatalk.

cvt

Derf
12-05-2013, 20:47
will use google drive to store some files others will be kept on cards until I upload them via FTP or just store them on a Ipad or what ever device we decide to take.

Siarl
12-06-2013, 05:20
I would purchase as many SD cards as possible. That's what I will be doing on my first AT hike coming up. I plan on sending the full ones home when I arrive at a town. I would seriously hesitate about sending them in a letter wrapped in paper. I once worked for the USPS and they use machines to sort letters. Something that has edges such as SD cards, coins, or anything not paper or photos can catch in the machines. Mail them using a padded small manila envelope with the SD card inside folded paper. Again, it is what I will be doing. It may be overkill but when you arrive home after the trail, chances are that you will still have your happy memories waiting for you instead of entrusted to a flimsy paper letter envelope, a middle server site on the web etc. Good Luck.