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iPod as Digital Photographer's Best Friend | |
| Subject: | Awsome! | |
| Date: | 2003-12-03 10:17:20 | |
| From: | anonymous2 | |
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Response to: Awsome!
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"This is exactly the justification for a decent color screen on the iPod. You could then transfer your pictures to the iPod to store them, or preview the pictures, or watch a slide show (with music or narration of course). It wouldn't cost much more, but everyone with a digital camera is going to want one."
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RE: Awesome!
2003-12-03 10:48:21 Derrick Story |
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Awsome!
2003-12-03 11:10:19 anonymous2 [Reply | View]
"Most cameras already have this functionality!"
Sure, but what we're talking about here is really MASS storage, like being away on an extended trip. I took film on my last trip because it was not economically feasible to store mass 5MP+ images digitally without a laptop. These new devices change that. Besides, you might want to save your camera battery for shooting, not image management.
Occasional point-and-shoot people with 3MP cameras should be real happy with a few memory cards, but if you need to shoot the digital equivalent of many rolls of film in a short time period, you gotta have one of these massive hard drives.
Digital cameras are great input devices. But I think there is a need for intermediate storage devices that also have other useful functions. An iPod or FlashTrax fits much better in my digital camera bag than a 15" TiBook.
And like the early stages of any new technology, we're seeing a few bumps in the road. As some readers have noted, the Belkin isn't the fastest gun in the west. But, personally, I find this all very interesting, and it adds to my fascination with digital photography.