[Hampshire] [OT] USB mass storage device camera

On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:57:36 +0100
"James Ogden" <james@???> wrote:

> 2008/4/29 Stephen Davies <stephen.davies@???>:
> > The simple reason is that the battery drain during this file
> > transfer can be quite horrific. This can be very important with
> > Point & Shoot Cameras where sometimes the battery has a pretty
> > small capacity(watts).
>
> I find that I'm only worried about reading the pictures when I'm
> done taking them - I'm really unlikely to fill 2G in a single trip
> (unless it's a _proper_ holiday. The supplied USB lead works
> really well for me (the battery load doesn't seem to have a
> significant effect)
>
> That said, my last camera would take 40 photos _or_ copy 40 photos
> to the computer on a single set of batteries. I moved the card
> around for that one.

The batteries in my previous camera (Olympus C-990 ZOOM) didn't last
any time at all. It didn't have a usb interface so I _had_ to use a
card reader to copy pics off the card.

The fuji is much more economical with batteries and I might even
try using rechargeables with it.

I have a 10 uniross 1300 and 8 uniross 2500 that discharged in no
time at all in the Olympus when it wasn't even being used. The
charger is a 'uniross sprint' used according to their instructions

Like James I doubt I'll ever fill the 1Gb xd card I have in one
session even at high res. If we ever get to go on holiday* again I'd
probably take the laptop and copy pictures off the camera onto that
each day.

*it certainly won't be a photo shoot trip to somewhere like
madagascar. Exotic places these days is a day trip to Bristol.

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John Lewis
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John Lewis
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