digital camera in Europe
 

Could anyone tell me if I will find a location, (here in the US it is any drugstore, supermarket, etc), that I would be able to slip my camera card into and load the photos onto a disc, thereby allowing me to free up my card for more pictures? Would I readily find such a place in London, Amsterdam, Paris, Italy, & in most cities - I am assuming there are, but would in be in similar stores as here? Thanks for the advice-youall are always so wonerfully helpful - less than 3 weeks til we leave, I am so excited.
Leslie

We saw places that burned photo CDs in small towns in Croatia and the Greek Isles.

Assuming you have the SD format, prices for 256 mb camera cards are pretty darn cheap and hold about 100 pictures or so.

Buy 2-3 of these chips and don't worry about running out of pictures.

We buy extra cards too. Memory is cheap these days. My husband took 1500+ pictures on a 2 week trip and had enough memory to hold it all.

Camera card media is much more reliable than CD's. And, the prices keep going down. Shop the web or go to pricegrabber.com

512mb for $5.74 ecost.com/detail.aspx?edp=2175331

I took a bit different approach on the camera question. I am more worried about carrying the charger and the adaptor need to re charge and take a camera that runs on AA batteries which are easily replaceable anywhere. Last trip I ended up with 517 pix on my card and still had room for more.

LESLIE - I always do as you suggest and have found that any photo store is able to do this.(about €5-10)
I have also had success in Internet cafes. They are usually willing if there is a computer available.

Hi Mom,

I also suggest buying more memory cards. You can get 2 GB for about $30.

If you do decide to transfer to CD, make sure that your CD works before you erase the SD.

((I))

In London - we took our cards to a store called Jessops. Burned our pics onto a CD. (I can't remember the name of the shop we found in Paris.) But the cost in London was only cheap, I'm thinking under 5 pounds.

Thanks to all, good suggeston, Ira, I will make sure, thanks - and weber, I too will carry the one that works w/AA batteries-and thanks for the links, a lot cheaper than my Wal-Mart.
Hey, and happy mother's day to all you other mothers out there.
Leslie

A CD holds 700MB. You can buy a 1GB card, for US$10 (or sometimes free after rebate) at ecost or other merchants, which you can use over and over again.

And you don't waste time looking for the shop or waiting to get the CD burned.

A memory card is also smaller, more durable and less likely to break than a CD when traveling.

Burning CDs on the road is so 2004.

Two 2gb on ecost.com countdown - one for $12.99, the other $13.

So what happens if you keep all your photos on your Sd card and something happens to mess it up? Wouldn't you be glad you had a backup?

<i>&quot;So what happens if you keep all your photos on your Sd card and something happens to mess it up? Wouldn't you be glad you had a backup?&quot;</i>

So, what do you suggest? Burn a CD? What if that breaks too? Burn 2 CD copies? What if you lose them on the train? How about burning 5 copies and put one in each luggage of yours?

Well, one way to do it is to upload your photos from an internet cafe to a storage site. For example, I can upload high quality JPEGs to Zenfolio.com with a paid account and then download the original whenever, wherever I want. But that means finding internet access to upload them, which takes time, and they won't accept RAW files.

How about going back to film?

Should you still want to burn CDs then any Dixons in Amsterdam will have a Kodak machine you can use. Other shops which may have them, or something similar will be Hema and the drugstores called Kruidvat, plus most photographic shops. The Kodak machines are multi-lingual, but an assistant will be happy to help you.

cranky today rk?
I think that the backup CD is an excellent idea. Pop the card into any photo shop, go sit at a cafe and enjoy an espresso and the sights for an hour and you've got cheap peace of mind.
You add the CD to your archives at home as well as uploading the pics to your favorite sight (far too costly and time consuming to do this in a European Internet cafe).

Yes, I am cranky today. :)

Anyways, I have no problem with people backing stuff up. That's optional and is nice to do if you don't mind the little extra and money.

But burning CDs along the way should not be the main way to store your primary picture files when traveling. That's my point.

Good advice!

<b>Yet Another Reason To Travel With A Laptop:</b>

Back up your pictures to the hard drive during evening &quot;down time.&quot; Review them before erasing your camera memory.

<i>p.s.</i> Smaller memories are better than large, as a hedge against the camera being lost, stolen, or run over by a Paris taxi.