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We are all looking forward to going to Orlando in December we are counting the days now!!
We are just discussing what to do about our digital photos- My daughter and I both have new cameras and wondered if we exceed our camera memory wether we can save the photos to a usb port via computer in the villa or would it be just as convenient cheap etc to buy lots of memory cards. We have internet access in the villa too- but that would take for ever to send them home.. Can we get them put onto discs at walmart or somewhere like that at a reasonable cost?
Any suggestions?
You can get them put onto a CD at Walmart and Walgreens, I think Walgreens were slightly cheaper :)
If you want more memory then look at 7dayshop and Ebuyer, both are usually cheaper than buying elsewhere even in the USA.
http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/default.php?cPath=777_4_401
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=2592662597&action=c2hvd3N1YmNhdGVnb3J5X3NlYXJjaA==&cat_uid=36&stid=7
ctgirlscout
25-10-2004, 17:21
If you have a computer at the villa, you should be able to download the pictures directly to a CD, as long as you have the camera software with you. I download all my pictures to disk at home.
floridadreamvilla.co.uk
25-10-2004, 17:32
I think you will find most (if not all) villa PC's are locked down so guests cannot install software or save files so I do not think a villa PC would be viable for this.
I know our own villa PC's will not allow this as we have to ensure the PC's are available to all guests and allowing guests to install or save files would compromise the PC in this regard as someone could install files that cause the PC to stop functioning.
Somewhere like Wal-Mart is definitely the best way of getting your files to CD.
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by ctgirlscout
If you have a computer at the villa, you should be able to download the pictures directly to a CD, as long as you have the camera software with you. I download all my pictures to disk at home.
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I always take a few memory cards when we go away. Then download them when we get home. Also
think its a good idea to have your holiday piccies spread over a few cards in case a card goes
wrong
As mentioned above, the cheapest place ive found is 7dayshop.com
How much does it cost to get the memory card saved to disc? US and UK?
Havent done it in Uk as I save to hard drive and use photos in powerpoint-
Also I have just read a bit about gameboys and chargers...
and how th echargers dont work in US - will my battery recharger work in US?
Check the power input on it. If needs to be something like 110-240v.
If it is just 240v then it won't work.
I had this problem, I just went to Walmart and picked up a US charger pretty cheap with 4 batteries.
I've recently bought a rapid charger from 7dayshop.com which works here and in the US.
Brizzle.
Nostromo
25-10-2004, 20:58
Personally, I prefer some sort of portable storage device since too many Memory Cards are easy to lose or get damaged. I bought a Flashtrax device with a portable 20GB Hard Drive and think it is one of the best investments that I ever made. It can work off mains or a rechargeable battery, downloads pictures from your camera very fast, has a colour preview screen and an MP3 player as a bonus. It is also small - slightly larger than a deck of playing cards. Very handy.
So tell me about this flash track device... hwo much? where from ? will it work with a canonn Powershot A80 ?
Nostromo
26-10-2004, 00:26
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Joolz
So tell me about this flash track device... hwo much? where from ? will it work with a canonn Powershot A80 ?
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Right. The best UK price that I found is £279 including VAT for a 20Gb device - at Digital First. Easy to find them through Google; then click on the search menu and type Flashtrax - you'll be there. Digital First are very good with extra 12 months no-cost warranty, good customer service etc.
It works with any modern digital camera.
I don't think it is expensive to download photographs to CD's in Walmart or Walgreens - less than $10? The other thing is that with the power on X-ray machines turned right back up in the US there may be issues of memory cards being corrupted by going through them. I don't know how much of an urban legend this is, but I have a shielded case for my CF cards just in case. I think that CD Rom would be a more stable medium in this case. Here is a link for the Flashtrax, quite cool looking:
http://www.smartdisk.com/Products/DigitalMultimedia/FlashTrax.asp
However it could again be a case of all your eggs in one basket if you downloaded all your photos to it and its hard disk failed.
heathercobbett
26-10-2004, 11:49
Please look after yor photographs.We have just had guests who threw their films in the rubbish by mistake.They rang me as soon as they got back,but the trash collectors had been.
As this was their first visit,they were distraught! The only good thing is that they are now saving like mad to go again.
We also took friends who took masses of photos and not one came out.This was also their first time ,but they had such a good time that they have been yearly since
Madabouttigger
26-10-2004, 12:27
When we were in Orlando last, everytime I got a full memory card, we poped into Walgreens on the way to Denny for breakfast, and had a set of pictures printed off and a set burned to disk to bring home.
All came out and fine and if I remember correctly at a very good price too. By the time we finshed breakfast the photos were ready and I had them in albums before we flew home!
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Nostromo has the right idea :)
I use an Archos 20Gb GMini 220, about 1/3 the size of the Smartdisk with a greyscale screen, around £200 from most places.
http://www.shop.bt.com/invt/l060114
Good points are small size, built in mp3 player/recorder (over 300 hours!) and a built-in compact flash card socket to read my microdrives directly to it's hard disk, very handy as my next camcorder will be one of the new JVC's which use 4Gb microdrives instead of tape :)
Bad points, battery life is around 5 to 6 hours MP3 playback so not enough for the flight to Florida :( and the greyscale screen isn't much use for viewing photos but it's good enough to make sure they're OK.
As for the X-Ray scanners, the ones which can be a problem are the hold luggage scanners, these have had their output power increased at least twice since 9/11 making sensitive EEProm & flash memory more prone to damage, this is the memory which holds the operating software for your camera/laptop/gameboy etc. rather than removeable storage like SD, MMC, Memory Stick or CF cards.
Best place for anything like this is in your hand luggage, there's no way I would put our cameras & camcorder in our hold luggage, even if they're X-Ray safe the amount of posts about baggage theft is enough to put me off the idea!.
christina
26-10-2004, 14:43
I always save mine on memory card and bring them home but it is certainly a good idea to have a few cards and swop them around a bit so you are sure of some good piccies. I dropped my camera down the loo in Memphis - whoops !!but was pleased that the memory card was ok plus I had photos on another
card.
Nostromo
26-10-2004, 17:41
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by phaedra
Nostromo has the right idea :)
I use an Archos 20Gb GMini 220, about 1/3 the size of the Smartdisk with a greyscale screen, around £200 from most places.
http://www.shop.bt.com/invt/l060114
Good points are small size, built in mp3 player/recorder (over 300 hours!) and a built-in compact flash card socket to read my microdrives directly to it's hard disk, very handy as my next camcorder will be one of the new JVC's which use 4Gb microdrives instead of tape :)
Bad points, battery life is around 5 to 6 hours MP3 playback so not enough for the flight to Florida :( and the greyscale screen isn't much use for viewing photos but it's good enough to make sure they're OK.
Best place for anything like this is in your hand luggage, [/quote]
Thanks Phaedra. The colour screen of the Flashtrax gives brilliant previews, much better than my camera's LCD monitor. Also, it is very compact (as I said, not much bigger than a pack of cards) and comes in its own case. It can be very easily carried in one's hand luggage, a lady's handbag or even in one's jacket pocket. The battery life seems to be good too, but since it is more often than not used in the privacy of one's home or hotel to download or upload pictures, you can use the handy mains cable.
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by phaedra
Nostromo has the right idea :)
As for the X-Ray scanners, the ones which can be a problem are the hold luggage scanners, these have had their output power increased at least twice since 9/11 making sensitive EEProm & flash memory more prone to damage, this is the memory which holds the operating software for your camera/laptop/gameboy etc. rather than removeable storage like SD, MMC, Memory Stick or CF cards.
Best place for anything like this is in your hand luggage, there's no way I would put our cameras & camcorder in our hold luggage, even if they're X-Ray safe the amount of posts about baggage theft is enough to put me off the idea!.
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Thanks for clarifying that point, I can't remember where I had heard or read of the problem so I didn't know how reliable the info was.
If anyone is worried about memory cards etc, I always put them inside a film bag. Something
I always did with my films anyway. Never had a problem