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February 13, 2006
Epson P-2000 looks like a neat toy
The Epson P-2000 looks like a pretty neat gadget.
Enjoy the freedom of multimedia portability with the Epson® P-2000, featuring a 40GB hard drive and 3.8" LCD to view, store and playback photos, videos and music–all without a computer. Review images easily, or share and enjoy them at your convenience. Exclusive Epson Photo Fine™ LCD technology ensures brilliant color and vivid detail.
A perfect companion to any digital camera, the Epson® P-2000 makes it easy to download files to and from any CompactFlash™ or Secure Digital™ memory card through its built-in card slots. And, with an optional third-party adapter, it supports additional memory cards. Designed with a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 interface, this portable device transfers photos, video and audio files in a snap. It supports JPEG and select RAW image files, MPEG4 and Motion JPEG video files, plus MP3 and AAC audio files.
DP Review reviews it here. The basic idea is that you're shooting out in the field, say on an extended vacation to Europe. With my Canon EOS 20D, I've got a 4 Gig CF flash card, which is pretty outrageous, but it only holds about 500 photos. So, normally I download the images onto my laptop, and then burn them onto DVD if I run out of space. But, that means you have to lug around a laptop. And there are plenty of places you wouldn't necessarily want to take your laptop, like the Black Rock Desert, or the continental divide, or crossing the open ocean on a 35 foot boat during hurricane season, etc.
Initially, I was thinking of getting a 60 gig video iPod and connecting it to my EOS 20D digital camera with the Apple iPod Camera Connector. But, this guy didn't seem to excited by the Video iPod/iPod Camera Connector setup.
The Apple Ipod Camera Connector screams intelligence on the part of Apple, but falls far short. DO NOT think of using this for any real photography purposes or with pictures above 3MP in size. To transfer 1gb Sandisk II ultra CF card takes roughly 45 minutes, and kills almost all your Ipod's battery (not to mention the impact on your cameras battery for that 45 minutes).
Its a great idea, but the ipod battery is not originally engineered to support such a power supply, and does not stand up to heat...
Look elsewhere for a portable harddrive to store pictures, such as Epson P-2000.
Posted by Peenie Wallie on February 13, 2006 at 9:41 PM
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