06-14-2019 12:30 AM
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06-15-2019 08:55 PM
If you read Amazon reviews looking for the perfect product, it doesn't exist 🙂 There will always be product failures AND some users are simply absolute morons! Choose a drive with an overwhelming number of positive reviews and you should be fine.
I have used both WD and Seagate external drives with various systems for years and never had a problem. But I would still always go with two redundant drives with a second one stored offsite (your office, bank, relative, etc.) which greatly reduces the possibility of data loss due to equipment failure, fire, or theft.
I did a lot of enterprise risk management consulting over the years and driving risk down to absolute zero is impossible and extremely close to zero isn't practical but a pair of redundant drives in separate locations provides a very good probability of safety for your important files. The most important thing is you must follow a regular schedule in creating these redundant copies and if a problem occurs with one drive, make a backup of it using another system before trying it on the system where the other drive failed.
Many people never make any sort of backup and get away with it but risk management is like buying insurance; by the time you realize you need it then it is too late to do anything about the problem.
Rodger
06-14-2019 06:01 AM - edited 06-14-2019 06:04 AM
For future downloads you could use the Apple SD Card Adapter, but how much memory do you have on your iPhone?
There is no way to recover all your RAW images since you have written new images to the card. With file recovery siftware you might be able to recover some (the ones that weren't written over).
You really should be downloading from the SD card to your computer.
06-14-2019 11:10 AM
I agree with John that the computer is where those memory card contents need to go. High performance SD cards are quite inexpensive now (but get them from someone reputable like B&H because the online market is full of dubious counterfeit cards) so that you don't have to worry about transferring data until you get home from a trip.
There are dedicated transfer devices that allow you to save AND view the files like the Sanho Hyperdrive but it isn't something that most people need and although the price is reasonable for what it does, it isn't cheap.
Smartphones can accomplish a wide variety of tasks and do some of them well but transfer/storage of high resolution image files isn't something that the vast majority of the target market needs so not surprisingly that isn't a task at which they excel.
Rodger
06-14-2019 10:08 PM
06-15-2019 01:19 PM
If you don't need to transfer photos in the field, the cheapest storage is to use an external hard drive with your current PC. I have a bunch of 5 terabyte drives, cost around $100 each, and I use them for longer term storage of photos ( two drives per data set so I have a separately located backup just in case).
5 Tb will hold a LOT of RAW files. 8 Terabyte external drives are in the $150 range as SSD prices continue to drive down the cost of mechanical/magnetic storage which is plenty fast for long-term storage of files. I have two internal regular hard drives and two solid state drives in my HP workstation and I use one of the SS drives when working with RAW files. Transfer via USB 3 is fast enough for me with these long term storage files and avoids the additional price premium of using Thunderbolt external drives when that level of transfer speed isn't necessary.
Rodger
06-15-2019 08:25 PM
06-15-2019 08:55 PM
If you read Amazon reviews looking for the perfect product, it doesn't exist 🙂 There will always be product failures AND some users are simply absolute morons! Choose a drive with an overwhelming number of positive reviews and you should be fine.
I have used both WD and Seagate external drives with various systems for years and never had a problem. But I would still always go with two redundant drives with a second one stored offsite (your office, bank, relative, etc.) which greatly reduces the possibility of data loss due to equipment failure, fire, or theft.
I did a lot of enterprise risk management consulting over the years and driving risk down to absolute zero is impossible and extremely close to zero isn't practical but a pair of redundant drives in separate locations provides a very good probability of safety for your important files. The most important thing is you must follow a regular schedule in creating these redundant copies and if a problem occurs with one drive, make a backup of it using another system before trying it on the system where the other drive failed.
Many people never make any sort of backup and get away with it but risk management is like buying insurance; by the time you realize you need it then it is too late to do anything about the problem.
Rodger
06-15-2019 09:10 PM
06-17-2019 05:01 PM
External HDs are the only way to go. It is a really bad idea to use a iphone as a storage device. Icloud or one of the others is really good, too.
06-17-2019 05:03 PM
What exactly are you shooting or what for? It sounds like a big deal so I am curious why you choose a M100?
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