At 9:46 AM -0700 7/29/05, Kevin J. Colver wrote:
>What does the group think of this device? Would it work in the outback
>to download from the 722 without any laptop or other power source?
>
>http://www.data-recovery-tools.net/prevention/smartdisk.html
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>Kevin Colver
>
Hi Kevin--
Seems like standard 2.5" IDE drive llike you'd find in a laptop in
Iomega's case/card for USB 2.0 and/or FW 1394 connectors. The case
is probably the biggest unknown. Im seeing a lot of external cases
going out these days, big "brand name" or not. The drives themselves
are fairing better. Personally, having tried to get tech support for
Iomega products for a good many years (zips, Jaz's etc.) I'd go with
a place with a proven track record of great support when something
goes bad or you need help with formatting etc. Tom at Other World
Computing usually gets back with email questions within a couple of
hours and he answers his phone. OWC, his company, tracks drive issues
and operation system changes as any vender/source I know of. They
often post problems that Apple and MS have created before anyone else.
You could build up a a portable external drive yourself from this case:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/MOTGPRO/
and one of these 2.5" drives:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-drives/2.5-Notebook/
or buy it made up like ths:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/on-the-go/
I usually buy my cases from OWC and drives using pricewatch.com and
save quite a bit and place the drive in the case and format it
myself. Making sure you have the right driver for your platform is
very important. Tom can help with that if its not on their FAQ site.
At this point,though, you can't yet download directly to such a
portable drive from the 722 in the field. You need a computer as the
interface. Not sure when the firmware upgrade is anticipated. Rob D.
>
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>On Thursday, July 28, 2005, at 01:42 PM, Rob Danielson wrote:
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>> At 5:27 PM +0000 7/28/05, Martin Schiff wrote:
>> >Rob,
>> >
>> >There are a number of "digital wallets" available now with hard
>> >drives up to 100 GB, and card slots for various types of memory
>> >cards. You just insert the card, press a button, and it transfers
>> >your files to the hard drive. Then you can erase and reuse your
>> >memory card. They work great. Some of them will even allow you to
>> >play back audio and view jpg files (they are also used for digital
>> >cameras).
>> >
>> >-- Martin
>>
>> That's cool. Does a "wallet" requite a computer to do its downloading
>> or can you connect it directly to the CF chip?
>>
>> I like to record when I'm out and not have to hike back or spend any
>> more time transferring or downloading than is necessary. I'd rather
>> be recording, sleeping or taking a swim and do the downloads back in
>> the city! Rob D.
>>
>>
>> >
>> >--- In Rob Danielson <>
>> >wrote:
>> >> At 12:08 PM -0400 7/28/05, wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >Let me be a little clearer. If you use an outboard 48v phantom
>> >power
>> >> >supply to power your condenser mikes, rather than using the built-
>> >in
>> >> >phantom power, M-Audio claims the MicroTrack's battery life goes
>> >up
>> >> >from three hours to eight hours record time. Since I already have
>> >an
>> >> >outboard 48v phantom supply, that's a tradeoff I may be willing to
>> >> >make.
>> >> >
>> >> >As for mike pre's: M-Audio products in general have been much more
>> >> >tuned in to the need for decent pre's than Marantz; Marantz has a
>> >> >long history of problems with their field recorders' mike pre's.
>> >But
>> >> >again, I'll wait to hear them in action before I critique them.
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Yes, confirming performance before buying any recorder these days
>> >> would be prudent, unfortunately. It is fortunate, however, that we
>> >> recordists can work together and figure out what works though. I'm
>> >> concerned at M-Audio is not providing key info with all the pro and
> > >> amateur discussion about it. Maybe the unit is still be in late
>> >> stages of design, even. As far as I've read, the M-Audio products,
>> >> (interfaces only? thus far) have had low mic pre gain, 40-45dB.
>> >> Please don't read this as sour grapes, I'm trying to promote use of
>> >> the info we do have.
>> >>
>> >> As for compact flash, do people buy, like, 10-1GB compact flash
>> >chips
>> >> to take on a weekend excursion? The 1GB HiMD, resuable, discs are
>> >$7
>> >> each. CF seems like a lot of dough. I get 3-5 hours on one AA
>> >> battery, rechargeble. I haven't managed to exhaust the two 9 volt
>> >> batteries in my phantom supplies yet. Rob D.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Rob Danielson
>> >> Film Department
>> >> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >"Microphones are not ears,
>> >Loudspeakers are not birds,
>> >A listening room is not nature."
>> >Klas Strandberg
>> >Yahoo! Groups Links
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>> --
>> Rob Danielson
>> Film Department
>> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
>>
>>
>> "Microphones are not ears,
>> Loudspeakers are not birds,
>> A listening room is not nature."
>> Klas Strandberg
>>
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>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
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Rob Danielson
Film Department
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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