Computer advice

[Simbo]

After buying a DSLR for the first time a few months ago I now have hundreds of photos on the memory card on it.
My current iPad is full and has no storage space, so I can't upload my camera pics to it, ideally I'd like to replace it with an iPad Pro with a lot more memory space. Been looking at the 128gb version in Argos. Given the fact the my current iPad is generally ok I'm kinda baulking at paying £750 for a new one simply so I can store my photos on it.
I don't own a laptop or desktop, cloud storage is no good because I want to be able to see my photos at any given time and show them to friends etc.
So question is would a laptop be a more suitable buy? I'd only really like to pay £300 or something for one as apart from the odd downloading of music I never really need one.
Any advice.

 

[ScienceBoy]

Seagate personal cloud or WD MyCloud.

4tb cost under £150. If hooked up to the network you can access it from anywhere.

I have a Seagate personal cloud and its ace!

 

[Digger]

Laptop is fine unless you want to do any serious photo editing. Laptop screens are just not up to the job. If so your best bet is a desktop with decent monitor. If you're not too fussed and just want storage, why not think about external hard drives?

 

[Hobbit]

£720 for the 256gb 10.5" iPad Pro @ PCworld. I'm well chuffed with it.

 

[Simbo]

Seagate personal cloud or WD MyCloud.

4tb cost under £150. If hooked up to the network you can access it from anywhere.

I have a Seagate personal cloud and its ace!

How do i get the photos from th camera to the cloud account though??

Laptop is fine unless you want to do any serious photo editing. Laptop screens are just not up to the job. If so your best bet is a desktop with decent monitor. If you're not too fussed and just want storage, why not think about external hard drives?

A desktop is out of the question, to space consuming. I have an external hard rice but how do I get the photos from the camera to the external hardrive without a laptop or iPad? I don't really do any major photo editing on my photos tbh. Don't know how to.

 

[guest100718]

you can access photos instantly from the cloud.

 

[bobmac]

Could you not get a cheapo laptop/tablet with access to the internet and a USB connection/card reader slot

Take the card out of the camera, plug it into your laptop/tablet and upload the photos to a cloud account, then you can access them from anywhere.
I think

 

[brendy]

Buy yourself an HP pavillion laptop, 300-340 should get you a reasonable spec one and also buy an external USB drive for backup.
Anyone that pays more than a hundred or two for a tablet us crazy in my experience (23 years in IT).
With a laptop or android tablet you can increase storage easily and still work out hundreds cheaper than the one off apple cost.

 

[ScienceBoy]

Getting media onto it is always the issue. It has a USB connector for external media, never tried moving files from an external to it but it might be possible.

 

[Foxholer]

Plenty of options! Laptop is actually one of the more expensive (and less versatile) ones, but if space/footprint is an over-riding issue, then the trade off is probably worthwhile.

There are some pretty good deals available if you (can be bothered to) do some searching! You don't need to spend more than about £200 for a pretty reasonable performing laptop thet will last for several years. Plenty of Cloud storage available for quite reasonable rates and I have a 1 Terabyte 'backup' device that only cost £40 - though I'd be slightly stuffed if that completely failed!

Storage is getting seriously cheaper these days, but remember to consider the potential loss if your choice 'catastrophically fails'!

 

[jim8flog]

The first thing I would say as keen photographer myself is learn how to use the delete button. If you are lie me a shoot lots of the same or similar scene teach yourself to delete all but the best shots.



What you are really after is extra storage and by the sound of it do not want cloud storage which always requires an internet connection of some sort.

I would go for a cheap laptop or note book with an extra external hard drive and/or additional memory cards. Given that a 64gb memory card will store 10000 plus photos how much extra storage do you really need.

 

[Simbo]

Ok gents my apologies I think Iv kinda made a pigs ear of exposing my issue.
I’m looking at the actual transferral of photos from the camera to storage. I can’t actually get the photos off the camera and into a cloud or onto an external drive because the method Iv been using canera>iPad>Flickr. The iPad is now full so it can’t accept anymore photos for the tranferal procedure. Iv deleted everything that can be deleted but it will still only allow me to upload about 30 photos at a time.

 

[Digger]

Ok gents my apologies I think Iv kinda made a pigs ear of exposing my issue.
I’m looking at the actual transferral of photos from the camera to storage. I can’t actually get the photos off the camera and into a cloud or onto an external drive because the method Iv been using canera>iPad>Flickr. The iPad is now full so it can’t accept anymore photos for the tranferal procedure. Iv deleted everything that can be deleted but it will still only allow me to upload about 30 photos at a time.

The images are on an SD card in your camera, so you could take the card out and use a card reader to transfer the images to another drive. Or alternately, fill the card up, remove it and put a new one in, then you have all your images stored on SD Cards.

 

[Simbo]

Aye but if I do that then I won’t actually be able to see the photos will I?

 

[Digger]

Aye but if I do that then I won’t actually be able to see the photos will I?

You're obviously going to need a device of some sort to view them. I was just responding to the storage issue. Laptop and card reader. A quick question. Do you shoot your images in RAW or Jpeg with your DSLR? I ask because if you're not doing any editing, you might as well shoot in Jpeg mode, as the files are massively smaller than a RAW file.

 

[Old Skier]

After buying a DSLR for the first time a few months ago I now have hundreds of photos on the memory card on it.
My current iPad is full.

Chuck all your photos and other data up to the iCloud, I think you get about 5gb free so it looks like you don't have to spend a penny.

 

[Simbo]

You're obviously going to need a device of some sort to view them. I was just responding to the storage issue. Laptop and card reader. A quick question. Do you shoot your images in RAW or Jpeg with your DSLR? I ask because if you're not doing any editing, you might as well shoot in Jpeg mode, as the files are massively smaller than a RAW file.

Aye I just shoot in jpeg mode.

 

[Simbo]

Chuck all your photos and other data up to the iCloud, I think you get about 5gb free so it looks like you don't have to spend a penny.

The camera can’t upload load to cloud storage, that’s the whole issue. I need a go between, I.e a laptop or iPad.
I have iCloud which incidentally is half full but Iv no idea what’s on it because I can’t see what’s in there.

 

[bobmac]

Did post no.7 not help?

 

[Simbo]

Yes mate sorry, that’s the kind of something I’m looking for I think