Karen

Hi! Am planning a trip that includes Kona, Maui, Oahu--have no laptop computer for transferring. Short of buying lots more in CF cards that will not be used after we return home, is there any place that one could have pictures transferred to a CD so that I could free up more space on the cards I do have? I take so many pictures between digital, conventional film and video that I was once asked if I worked for the Associated Press! Many thanks for your ideas!

Wendy

Karen, I use one 256MB card that on the highest resolution will hold over 300 pictures. That way I never have to bring multiple cards, a laptop or worry about downloading until I get home.

fred

Buy.com has flash cards 256mb for 128 bucks. 128 for 72. I bet you can find one for even less on line. IMHO its worth getting an extra or larger card and get tons of pics rather than having to ration them because your concerned about space. I brought my 35mm last year and took 10-12 rolls of film

jenny

If you buy more cards you can also get a personal digital player (mine's an RCA Lyra). Works like an MP3 player. I put books on tape and music on my CF cards--listen to them--erase them and use them for photos. Having something "good" to listen to during a long plane flight is really nice and the Lyra player is small so it's easy to carry in a purse.

a

You can try a digital wallet. Expensive though. Maybe Kinko's might let you burn a CD?

the boss

I bought a 256MB card just before Christmas time and it was less than $100 online. It was a no name brand but it works perfectly fine as all CF cards are essentially the same by conforming to the CF specification.

It holds about 300 pictures on the "high" setting and literally thousands on some of the lower settings.

I also have a 8 and a 16MB card, and before my upcoming two week honeymoon to Hawaii I'm going to buy another big MB CF card just in case. I love taking TONS of pictures!

Gretchen

Get more cards. If your camera is more than a 1.1 MP you can reduce your resolution slightly and triple your available space (as the previous poster said also) without too much compromise on picture quality. I have a PhotoShow zip drive--you can transfer pictures to it without a PC, edit, crop, store in albums, show on a TV. It is a little larger than a VHS cassette plus its power cord--not too large.