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Very nice, but here for just 150 euro you can get a special 40 GB device
dedicated only to storing photos.If I had money for an ipod then I certainly
would not be getting one but a better camera than the Kodak CX 7300 I have
now.

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Tzortzakakis Dimitrios
major in electrical engineering, freelance electrician
FH von Iraklion-Kreta, freiberuflicher Elektriker
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Ï "Juliana L Holm" <jholm@osf1.gmu.edu> Ýãñáøå óôï ìÞíõìá
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> I posted here that I was trying to find a solution for carrying my
pictures when
> on my upcoming Germany trip. After much advice from you all I ordered an
iPod
> camera connector, which came yesterday.
>
> I have an Olympus Camedia C765 Ultra Zoom, a 4 megapixel point and shoot
with
> a 10x optical zoom. The camer uses the xD picture card which is not
supported
> by the independent hard drive my husband has. It does, however, have a
USB
> connector for PC.
>
> Hooking it up was fairly easy. I do have to remove my iPod from the case
I keep
> it in, and the small (1 by 1 by 1/8 inch) adapter fits right into the
docking
> socket on the bottom of the iPod. Then the USB from the camera fits on
the
> bottom of the adapter. I have to turn both iPod and camera on, and I have
to
> select the PC upload on the camera. At that point the iPod recognizes the
> camera and provides the option to import photos.
>
> Photo import is kind of slow. I uploaded 70 plus 4 megapixel images, and
it
> took about 5 minutes, maybe less. I wasn't timing it. The images are
> immediately viewable on the iPod, and I was able to then synch the iPod,
which
> transferred all of the pictures to the Macintosh photo library easily.
The
> iPod then allowed me to delete the files from it, and I deleted the files
from
> the camera.
>
> Mission accomplished. I can store about 12,000 photos on the 20+ GB left
on
> my 30 GB iPod photo, which should cover me for 9 weeks. Thanks all for
your
> advice, and I hope this feedback is useful to someone.
>
> Julie
>
>
> --
> Julie
> **********
> Check out the blog of my 9 week Germany adventure at
www.blurty.com/users/jholm
> Check out my Travel Pages (non-commercial) at
> http://www.dragonsholm.org/travel.htm

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if you already have an iPod then spending 30Euros seems like a better
proposition than spending 150 to me.

So thanks for that update Juliana. Think I'll get one and give it a go,
because even if I buy more memory cards, its a useful backup device whilst
away.

[Juliana, a review I read said it really used a lot of the iPod battery
...did you notice this?]
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"Dimitrios Tzortzakakis" <dimtzort@otenet.gr> wrote in message
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> Very nice, but here for just 150 euro you can get a special 40 GB device
> dedicated only to storing photos.If I had money for an ipod then I
> certainly
> would not be getting one but a better camera than the Kodak CX 7300 I have
> now.
>
> --
> Tzortzakakis Dimitrios
> major in electrical engineering, freelance electrician
> FH von Iraklion-Kreta, freiberuflicher Elektriker
> dimtzort AT otenet DOT gr
> Ï "Juliana L Holm" <jholm@osf1.gmu.edu> Ýãñáøå óôï ìÞíõìá
> newsbo41g$5mbq$1@osf1.gmu.edu...
>> I posted here that I was trying to find a solution for carrying my
> pictures when
>> on my upcoming Germany trip. After much advice from you all I ordered an
> iPod
>> camera connector, which came yesterday.
>>
>> I have an Olympus Camedia C765 Ultra Zoom, a 4 megapixel point and shoot
> with
>> a 10x optical zoom. The camer uses the xD picture card which is not
> supported
>> by the independent hard drive my husband has. It does, however, have a
> USB
>> connector for PC.
>>
>> Hooking it up was fairly easy. I do have to remove my iPod from the case
> I keep
>> it in, and the small (1 by 1 by 1/8 inch) adapter fits right into the
> docking
>> socket on the bottom of the iPod. Then the USB from the camera fits on
> the
>> bottom of the adapter. I have to turn both iPod and camera on, and I
>> have
> to
>> select the PC upload on the camera. At that point the iPod recognizes
>> the
>> camera and provides the option to import photos.
>>
>> Photo import is kind of slow. I uploaded 70 plus 4 megapixel images, and
> it
>> took about 5 minutes, maybe less. I wasn't timing it. The images are
>> immediately viewable on the iPod, and I was able to then synch the iPod,
> which
>> transferred all of the pictures to the Macintosh photo library easily.
> The
>> iPod then allowed me to delete the files from it, and I deleted the files
> from
>> the camera.
>>
>> Mission accomplished. I can store about 12,000 photos on the 20+ GB left
> on
>> my 30 GB iPod photo, which should cover me for 9 weeks. Thanks all for
> your
>> advice, and I hope this feedback is useful to someone.
>>
>> Julie
>>
>>
>> --
>> Julie
>> **********
>> Check out the blog of my 9 week Germany adventure at
> www.blurty.com/users/jholm
>> Check out my Travel Pages (non-commercial) at
>> http://www.dragonsholm.org/travel.htm
>
>

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On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 12:22:08 +0000 (UTC), Juliana L Holm wrote:

> I have an Olympus Camedia C765 Ultra Zoom, a 4 megapixel point and shoot
> with a 10x optical zoom. The camer uses the xD picture card which is not
> supported by the independent hard drive my husband has. It does, however,
> have a USB connector for PC.

I may not be worth the extra expense now, but with an xD <> CF
adapter the independent hard drive would be able to use xD cards.

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Robert L. Haar <rlhaar@comcast.net> wrote:
> On 2005/7/21 8:51 AM, "Dimitrios Tzortzakakis" <dimtzort@otenet.gr> wrote:

>> Very nice, but here for just 150 euro you can get a special 40 GB device
>> dedicated only to storing photos. If I had money for an ipod then I certainly
>> would not be getting one but a better camera than the Kodak CX 7300 I have
>> now.

> That makes sense if the reason to have the iPod is just to storage photos
> from a digital camera. If you also want a portable music player, the
> equation changes. Also, the low cost portable photo storage devices that I
> have seen don't have an image display capability. I like the ability to see
> the images, even on a small screen, so that I can verify the transfer
> before erasing the camera card.

Yes, indeed the reason for having the iPod was for a portable audio device.
The photo use was an afterthought; my husband wanted to get me a really nice
one, so he got me the Photo one. I was glad that I could use it this way.

Being able to verify the transfer is nice.
--
Julie
**********
Check out the blog of my 9 week Germany adventure at www.blurty.com/users/jholm
Check out my Travel Pages (non-commercial) at
http://www.dragonsholm.org/travel.htm