ASKA's 20GB Tripper Light: autonomous HDD for photographers
We're fully aware that digicam sensors are getting incredibly large (sometimes unnecessarily so) these days, and it seems like alternatives to carrying around an assortment of flash cards are popping up everywhere. Even if you aren't shooting with a camera that produces 78MB RAW files with each shutter click, high quality images can churn through megabytes with ease, and ASKA's 20GB Tripper Light is looking to lighten the load on your poor memory card(s). Similar in function to Polaroid's autonomous HDD, Axxen's renditions, and SavitMicro's HyperDrive, this device handles your CF, SD, MMC, MD, MS, and MSPro cards and copies all files to the handy drive with the press of a button. It boasts 20GB of internal space, on / off button, Mac and Windows functionality, USB charging capability, 2.49Mbps transfer rate, and USB 2.0 connectivity. So if you're frustrated with carrying around oodles of half-filled flash cards, you can pick up the Tripper Light for ¥19,950 ($165) and save yourself the trouble.[Via AkihabaraNews]
Filed under: Digital Cameras, Storage
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
rautiocination @ Jan 27th 2007 3:16AM
They already have usb enclosures with this functionality selling for like 20 bucks without a HDD. Am i missing something here?
Andy @ Jan 27th 2007 5:20AM
Anyone know if iPod can serve the same function? Which 3rd party device is best to connect it?
orijinal @ Jan 27th 2007 10:07AM
I'm gonna take a wild guess and say the "iPod camera connector."
barry @ Jan 29th 2007 3:29PM
The problem with the IPOD is that it takes almost a full charge to transfer a 2 gig card. Not bad if you can charge it, but not great for constant usage.
zyzzyvas @ Jan 28th 2007 8:55PM
How about flipping the image right-side-up?
Patrick @ Feb 9th 2007 12:31PM
You could buy a USB bridge and back up to an ipod or any device that supports USB Mass Storage (UMS). I have a device from Delkin that can do this and used it for a trip to Morocco. Plug in a cardreader on one side, an iriver on the other, press the "copy" button and wait for it to finish. It runs about $40. The downside is that USB on-the-go is (or was) way slow compared to USB 2, but it comes at a fraction of the cost and lets you dump to a multifunction device like your music player.