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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dave Williams" data-source="post: 1881887" data-attributes="member: 53820">Having been through the same thought process I arrived at the conclusion that photo specific storage devices were too expensive and the best option was to buy more camera cards. Many DSLRs have a dual card facility so if you are really concerned about backing the pictures you can use the camera to transer and save onto a back up card. You needn't copy everything either, just the very best.My D300s takes an Sd card and a Compact flash card. I buy faster writing Compact Flash cards as my primary in-camera card but the cheaper SD cards work just as well and speed isn't so important when you do transfers later.The biggest problem with buying too many camera cards is that they may well be redundant if camera bodies keep on producing more and more MP's per picture in RAW format (I have some 10mb compact cards for my first digital point and shoot camera) but having said that the same applies to storage devices too.On my last trip which lasted a month I took 40gb in camera cards and a 500gb external  portable hard drive which is useful at home as well as "in the field". I waited until I stayed at an hotel that would let me use their computer and copied everything then. I also think that the biggest mistake is to not delete obviously bad photo's or duplicates. It's all vey well taking 300 shots of an obliging bird sat on a branch for 20 minutes but once you have selected the best, be ruthless and delete the rest. I find ploughing through 40gb's worth of pictures takes days and days. You end up bored and never looking at some. I still have hundreds from my last trip that I have yet to edit.Mind you, on a day like today ( it's pouring down) it's given me an idea of something to do !</blockquote>

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