SD card to SD card transfer?

[Mark Post]

  Hi All -
For those who want to *work* with a laptop in the field (not just 
backup), and can't lug car batteries around easily, one fairly new 
option is a Solar/Power Gorilla combo 
https://powertraveller.com/iwantsome/primatepower/solargorilla/. This 
isn't as high-powered as the Powerfilm, but I've been testing it over 
the last week and the charge is very efficient. As long as one's laptop 
isn't too powerhungry, one Solar Gorilla and two Power Gorillas should 
give a more or less constant supply for less than AUD$1000, and take up 
very little space and weight. Of course, a car battery would store much 
more power if weight isn't a big deal, and the Powerfilm 60w would be 
much better for mountainous or cloudy locations.
Cheers
Mark



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On 12/10/2010 11:55 AM, John Olstad wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Agree with Ric (Hi Ric!), netbook with solar charger 
> http://www.powerfilmsolar.com/
>
> I'm leaving next month for a between 6 and 9-month fieldwork trip to a 
> remote atoll with no access to electricity whatsoever.  Even this 
> situation is not a no-laptop fieldwork situation.  I'm using the 
> lenovo x201s which is a fully-powered laptop with a 12-hour battery.  
> My electronics are all charged by a car battery that is kept topped up 
> by solar panels.  There are also cheaper laptops by ASUS that have 
> 11-hour batteries.
>
> That might sound like a cumbersome set-up, but I'm telling you it 
> works and I'm not one of the first ones to do it by a longshot:)
>
> Flash cards are pretty resilient (DOA or last forever so make sure to 
> test beforehand), but if you are really worried about it failing, you 
> could record to magnetic tape (i.e. cassette tape).
>
> Good luck,
> John Olstad
>
> On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Xavier Barker 
> <meibitobure.gaunibwe at gmail.com 
> <mailto:meibitobure.gaunibwe at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Did this go through?
>
>     Hi Andrea,
>
>     There are indeed SD card duplicators.  Depending on your volume,
>     you might want to look at http://www.vconsole.com/client/.  If
>     you're only doing 1-to-1 duplication, you might be best off
>     finding a USB bridge which will let you back up SD cards (and
>     other flash memory types) straight onto a USB device.  The USB
>     device might be a series of flash devices or it might be a
>     solid-state HDD in a ruggedised external enclosure.   THe
>     difference is that the duplicator is at about $7000, the USB
>     bridge is about $30.  There was, about 5 years ago, a portable SD
>     cloning device from Panasonic but I'm not sure it made it to
>     market.  You can then get small Pelican cases to weatherproof and
>     shockproof everything.
>
>     Cheers,
>     Xavier
>
>     On 12/10/2010, at 8:28 AM, Andrea L. Berez wrote:
>
>>
>>     Hello list,
>>
>>     I am investigating options for transferring data from one SD card
>>     to another without the use of a computer intermediary (think
>>     no-laptop fieldwork). There must be some small device that can
>>     both read from and write to SD cards. Any recommendations, or
>>     barring such a device, and suggestions for work-arounds?
>>
>>     Best to all,
>>     Andrea
>>     -----------------------------
>>     Andrea Berez
>>     PhD candidate, Dept. of Linguistics
>>     University of California, Santa Barbara
>>     http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~aberez/
>>     <http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/%7Eaberez/>
>>
>>
>

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