The iPOD Thread: where's best to Buy? iTunes Library, MP3s, Applications etc.

[Helen F H]

Got an ipod shuffle (the cheapo one) since this is probably the last opportunity i will get to buy one for a while!

[D.D.J]

there really cool, my friend has one of them and he thinks its awesome. the ipod tune store is a bit addictive, i ve done a search for all my favourite tunes ever-and then when you hear them you end up thinking...awh i want to hear the rest. addictive for sure. i can't wait for mine t come, i bet your the same...it's exciting(how young am i)hahaha.

[gus904]

Originally Posted by StuartC

is anybody using an iPod Photo Camera Connector to transfer pictures from their camera/memory card?

I have the following setup and need some advice

iPod photo 60Gb
iPod camera connector
Sea&Sea DX5000G camera & housing

I wanted to use the iPod and camera connector to transfer photos off my memory card onto the iPod HDD and save having to buy a load of memory cards for when I travel.

Unfortunately, the camera connector has a limited compatibility list published by Apple.
The camera doesn't seem to operate in a normal way, requiring supplied software to be installed onto a PC before the images can be transferred off it via USB cable.

Connecting the camera to the iPod via the connector results in errors, saying "unsupported device".

Removing the card from the camera and plugging it into a memory card reader and then directly into the camera connector USB port has the same result = "unsupported device"

I even went to Dixons and tried one of the cool SanDisk SD plus cards (with a built-in USB connector http://www.sandisk.com/retail/ultraii-sdplus.asp). This has the same error "unsupported device".

My iPod is patched up to v1.2 firmware for the camera connector to work, so that's not the problem.

Has anybody got the iPod and camera connector to work with a memory card reader device (i.e. outside of the camera)? and if yes, what card reader did you use?

thanks

Did you ever get this to work? I would like to do this same.

[StuartC]

as per my PM, nope.

I've now resorted to the Belkin Media Reader, which is a battery powered memory card reader that plugs into the dock port.

It chews through the 4x AAA batteries (use rechargeables instead) and has fairly slow data transfer if you've got a lot of data on the card.

I've heard of other portable storage devices that are infinitely better for photo backup if you will be taking a gigabytes of photos over the course of a trip.

Although the DX5000g can take RAW images at 10mb each, the time it takes to write the data means I take very few shots at this resolution and so don't have massive amounts of data to backup each night.

My backups are more for security in case of a problem with the card, as well as to reduce the number of cards I need to have.