topic Re: DSLR Backup in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

DSLR Backup

JRDailey — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 15:34:37 GMT

Heading out on vacation soon and won't have a computer with me, (not buying a new laptop right now). How can I save / backup my pictures and take them home to load into my PC ??

Thanks , John

Re: DSLR Backup

rs-eos — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 15:48:33 GMT

Does your camera have dual card slots? That makes for a nice backup system.

Do you have an iPad or iPhone? There are adapters/card-readers that allow you to sync images to these devices (though it may be limited to JPEG?)

There are portable drives and other setups where you could offload your cards onto. Though I'm not familiar with these setups or which brand would be best.

Re: DSLR Backup

JRDailey — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 15:59:35 GMT

No IPhone , Android. Also read something else , downloading to a usb drive

Re: DSLR Backup

Stephen — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 16:09:46 GMT

Which camera are you using? Knowing that will make it much easier for the community to make the best recommendations! ☺

Re: DSLR Backup

JRDailey — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 16:43:36 GMT

7D also 6D2

Re: DSLR Backup

Tronhard — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 19:26:17 GMT

Downloading to a USB drive requires you to have a device into which to plug the said USB drive, but you are apparently not taking such a device with you. If you are going on vacation to a place that that has the facility (i.e. not in the wild) you could go to an internet café and plug a USB drive into their computer to download your images from your cards. It might be a good idea to take a USB card reader with you in that case.

To me, the simplest and cheapest way is to get a few spare cards for your cameras, (obviously you need both CF and SD cards, based on your cameras) and cycle them through. You should be taking spare ones with you in any case in the event of a card failure at a critical moment. Then download them to your computer when you get home. You can get a compact, but robust card holder for storing and organizing them. That way you have spare cards for future occasions, so it's an investment in the future!

Re: DSLR Backup

JRDailey — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 20:02:44 GMT

Of course, the solution is additional memory cards. So simple a caveman could figure it out. Which makes me,,,,,,well I don't know. Thanks for the help!

Best regards, John

Re: DSLR Backup

Tronhard — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 20:04:10 GMT

On behalf of all cavemen, you are most welcome! 😁

Re: DSLR Backup

Tintype_18 — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 23:13:23 GMT

Intrigued by the initial question. I might be going down a garden path but, Ricky, is one available for Samsung Android? Would be great for me.

Re: DSLR Backup

jrhoffman75 — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 23:41:49 GMT

Remember that extra SD cards don't give you backup, just increased storage capacity. You need a secure card wallet or storage case that you keep in a safe place.

Since you won't have backup capability on travel you should plan on a number of smaller capacity cards vs larger so that if the rare card malfunction occurs you minimize the loss of images.

Re: DSLR Backup

Tronhard — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 23:48:09 GMT

Well... you could get larger cards (I'm thinking of 32-64GB) cards that will be useful and forwardly compatible to new technology as you upgrade over time, you just don't have to fill them up.

Re: DSLR Backup

jrhoffman75 — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 13:30:16 GMT

In today's world I consider 32 or 64 GB cards small capacity.

Re: DSLR Backup

Tronhard — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 23:53:34 GMT

Fair enough - 'small' can be a very subjective description! 🤔 😏

Re: DSLR Backup

Tronhard — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 00:02:05 GMT

Backup has many nuances. Given the limitations defined by the OP, I think this is the best solution at a reasonable cost. As we both agree (I think) having images stored on multiple cards is at least one way of avoiding losing the whole thing in the event of having a card failure, and does allow added capacity at the least cost.

There are backup drives with SD card reader slots built-in so one can just plug in an SD card and it gets backed up to the drive, but the OP has CF cards and that's not going to work for them. Also, the cost might be fairly steep if one is not going to use this multiple times.

Best Portable External Hard Drive with an SD Card Reader (partitionwizard.com)

Re: DSLR Backup

jrhoffman75 — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 11:31:36 GMT

Will you be staying in locations that may have computers?

You could buy an SSD drive and use the computers to transfer files to the SSD.

Re: DSLR Backup

stevet1 — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 12:53:02 GMT

JRDailey,

Another option is to download photos to a tablet or phone.

If you want to do wired shooting with, or download photos, to your Android phone or tablet, I found an app called Camera Connect and Control that works. You can try it free for 3 days, then it's $9.99 to purchase. You can find it in the Google Play Store.

Check with their web site for a list of supported cameras. I have a T8i and it works, even though it's not on their list yet.

You can shoot. Either still photos or videos.

You'll need an OTG (on the go) cable to connect your Android device to the USB cable, and an IFC-600PCU interface cable to connect the USB cable to the USB port on your camera.

I got the OTG cable off Amazon, and the IFC-600PCU cable from Canon.

Steve Thomas

Re: DSLR Backup

JRDailey — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 13:18:26 GMT

I only buy the smaller cards, 32-63G. Learned from a photographer friend a long time ago, don't put too many eggs in one pot.

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