How to connect digital camera to harddisk

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Hi!

Is it possible to use an old harddisk to store pictures from a digital
camera without using af computer?
If so - what is the cheapest way to do this?

regards

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"Morten L.Pedersen" <mlp@melped.dk> wrote in message
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> Hi!
>
> Is it possible to use an old harddisk to store pictures from a digital
> camera without using af computer?
> If so - what is the cheapest way to do this?
>
You will need a power supply, I/O that supports USB and and operating
system. On most of the portable digital storage devices a 40 GB harddrive is
reduced to around 36 MB.

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> I've seen ads for devices that can accept a media card and automagically
> save the files to an internal hard drive.

The Vosonic VP2160 is one of those devices. It can be found for around
$80 without a hard disk. Drop in the 2.5" disk of your choice.

It's not glamorous, but does the job at USB 2.0 speed.

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On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 20:49:48 GMT, "Tom Scales" <tomtoo@softhome.net>
wrote:

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>"jb" <jb@aol.com> wrote in message
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>>> I've seen ads for devices that can accept a media card and automagically
>>> save the files to an internal hard drive.
>>
>> The Vosonic VP2160 is one of those devices. It can be found for around
>> $80 without a hard disk. Drop in the 2.5" disk of your choice.
>>
>> It's not glamorous, but does the job at USB 2.0 speed.
>
>It does it, but not at USB 2.0's highest speed. They finally admitted to me
>that it is not a true USB2 device.
>

The first part of this page explains how some are describing their USB
devices to make them seem faster than they are:
http://www.everythingusb.com/usb2/faq.htm

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Bill Funk
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"Morten L.Pedersen" <mlp@melped.dk> writes:

> Hi!
>
> Is it possible to use an old harddisk to store pictures from a digital
> camera without using af computer?
> If so - what is the cheapest way to do this?

There are devices that have two USB ports, and when you press a button, it
copies from the first device to the second (first device can be many digital
cameras, or a flash card reader if your camera is not supported, second device
is a disk). You could get a cheap USB enclosure for the disk, and the device.
Note, the copying is fairly slow, and you will require AC power to power the
disk.

If the disk is a laptop drive, you can get a housing that has card readers, and
copies to the disk. There are many different such devices. One place to look
in mydigitaldiscount.com and look at portable storage devices.

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Michael Meissner
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mike wrote:
> Morten L.Pedersen wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> Is it possible to use an old harddisk to store pictures from a digital
>> camera without using af computer?
>> If so - what is the cheapest way to do this?
>>
>> regards
>>
>>
>>
>
> I've seen ads for devices that can accept a media card and automagically
> save the files to an internal hard drive.
> No, I can't remember, probably in computer shopper...
One such device is the FotoChute;
http://www.smartdisk.com/eWeb/smar [...] Chute.asp. A list of the
cameras it will work with is on the Web site.

It is advertised today at $149 by J&R.

> But they have a computer inside. And they cost more than a garage sale
> laptop with a card reader.
> Cheapest way is to get an old computer.
> Sometimes you can get people to pay you to haul 'em away.
> mike
>