 "Excelente Compra, no debe faltar entre tus accesorios" | 2009-09-01 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2IGBD3KIXR63L |
este pequeño aparatico nos salvo las vacaciones, no habia tiempo ni espacio para cargar y bajar nuestras fotos en un pc asi que solo con el ipod y este accesorio pudimos bajar mas de 3 mil fotos de nuestro viaje con total comodidad, es un poco lento pero sencillo practico y seguro.
lo recomiendo 1000%!!!! ademas es muy economico |
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 "I have decent hopes for a 2nd generation version, this one falls short." | 2008-12-24 |
| - Reviewed By User: AGYWV100437RK |
I bought an ipod classic 120GB and the Apple Camera Connector before going to India. I didn't feel comfortable bringing my laptop with me on the trip, and the other harddrive photo devices were a bit beyond what I wanted to spend for a specialty device. I thought I would be better off buying an MP3 player that can store photos rather than a photo harddrive that can do little else. In the end, it worked, but I feel I made the wrong decision.
As mentioned by others, technically, the camera connector works, but oh so slowly. I shot about 2GB of photos each day (RAW+jpeg) and backed them up to the ipod each night. It seems I must have been lucky. Hearing about how others were barely able to finish a 1GB card, I found that I was JUST able to copy the 2GB card before the battery on the ipod died about an hour and 20 minutes after the file transfer began. This was problematic for two reasons. First, I had to make sure to find enough time to complete the transfer and second I then had to recharge both the camera and ipod. I made another strategic mistake here. I didn't realize at the time I purchased the ipod (the day before my trip) that it didn't come with an AC adapter for charging. In order to charge it I had to find an internet cafe each day to recharge it. If you are forced to travel with this device as a means to back up your camera, make sure to also buy an AC adapter for your ipod!
So why do I say in my review above that there is some hope for a second generation camera connector? I say it because the ipod's usb port supports the USB 2.0 standard, which allows for sustained transfer speeds up to 60MBps. While it is unlikely that apple would engineer a connector that would actually come close to that speed, the current seems to be a USB 1.0 or 1.1 device, which tops out at 1.5MBps. If apple engineers a USB 2.0 product, it should grossly improve the performance and thus usefulness of the device. Another possible bottleneck of the device is the generation of the preview image on the ipod's screen. The increased processing power of the ipod touch and iphone should improve this, however with their limited onboard flash memory, the advantages over just carrying a few extra memory cards is greatly reduced.
All in all, I really can't recommend this product unless you have no other options. If you really need a dedicated back up device consider something like the Epson P-3000. It will serve your needs much better. Oh, this looks like a fantastic value if you don't need a good screen to preview the images, but I can't personally vouch for it: Wolverine FlashPac/7160 160 GB Portable Digital Pictures and Data Storage |
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 "nice option to a pocket full of memory" | 2008-07-04 |
| - Reviewed By cobrapilot |
| I bought this for my iPod Photo just before a trip to Italy in September 2006. We were gone for three weeks and took photos everyday (100-200 each day). Each night we downloaded the photos onto the iPod without problems. Yes, it took a bit of time but it was done while we were in the shower and dressing. Later in the evening we enjoyed the photos played back on the TV (if we had one available). We are now preparing for another trip to Italy (wine buying in Tuscany and Piedmont) for three weeks and looking forward to the same experience with the iPod Photo and the photo connector. Oh, yes, bring two iPods. One for the music in the car while experiencing Tuscany, Piedmont and Italian Riviera and the other to hold those precious photos. CIAO! |
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 "Possible power issue fix!!!" | 2008-05-08 |
| - Reviewed By User: AS8BQSLKM42X7 |
I have been racking my brain trying to solve the power issue of trying to transfer large amounts of pictures to the iPod without it dying. Here is an idea that I haven't seen anyone mention yet, that involves not buying this camera connector at all: Apple sells a Y cable (or "splitter" cable) that has a male usb connector on one half, and a male firewire on the other. The intention of this cable is to allow charging of the iPod (by connecting the firewire half to a wall AC Adapter) and transfering to a computer (by connecting the USB half to a computer) at the same time.
If you can charge and transfer at the same time in this situation, couldn't you also, in theory, connect a female to female usb gender changer to the male USB half of the Y cable, and then plug in your camera or a USB card reader to the resulting female USB plug, allowing full AC powered transfer? |
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 "Not nano compatible" | 2007-12-10 |
| - Reviewed By testshootcom |
#1 it is slower than a USB 1.1 synch.
#2 it eats battery fast.
#3 not for a pro photographer or digital point and shoot cameras over 7 megapixel.
#4 does not synch to nano 1st or 2nd generation. |
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| "Photos moved to iPod" | 2007-06-17 |
| - Reviewed By marg16943 |
I bought the iPod Camera Connector before going overseas, and used it many times to download pictures to my iPod. I did notice that the iPod battery was being consumed at what looked to be an alarming rate, but when the pictures were downloaded, and I turned off the iPod, the battery seemed to bounce back. Not once did I ever have the battery die on me during a download, and I downloaded 300+ high resolution pictures on multiple occasions. I was thankful to have it as I didn't want to take my laptop with me.
I always recharged the iPod in the evening after getting back to the hotel.
Perhaps it's camera dependent. I do know that my Olympus camera takes about twice as long to download as my Canon when downloading to the computer. I'm sure that would have an effect on an iPod battery. |
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