In-field / in-car backups?

Back in the days of celluloid, at one point I bought a half-plate camera.
So expensive (relative to 35mm) and such a setup fiddle and faff … it had the desired effect … to think “Is it really worth it?”
I still TRY to apply the same thought process with digital, but I’m not sure I manage all that often. :rofl:

I took the compact out last week on a dog walk and shot over 500 frames, ridiculous (although the Sony A6000 is a brilliant tool at 11fps)

I’ve seen one in Kalashnikov mode! :stuck_out_tongue:

Have you tried re-formatting the USB to NTFS instead of FAT32, there is a file size limit when any drive is formatted as FAT or FAT32

Steve

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Hmmm, didn’t think of that.

FAT32 has a single file size cap of 4GB and as the CS is reporting both the USB pen drive and the USB HDD to be double what they are, maybe it’s not handling things too well in general.

To confirm, I can put a MicroSD card in each slot and copy and size file in any direction.

The file size limit only presents itself when copying to a device plugged in to the USB port.

I’ll format the pen drive and the hard drive to NTFS tonight and see if the CS can read them still.

Will report back later!

Perhaps this is related to the capacity miss-read problem.

I think it very well could be Dave!

CS warranty job if it proves to be the faulty component?

Well, what do you know? Problem solved!!

I formatted both the pen drive and the hard drive to NTFS using a Windows 7 pc.

Plugged them in to the CS and not only did it happily read the NTFS disks, but it also displayed them both at their correct sizes and freely let me copy any size file I like in any direction!

Thanks @SteveM - trying NTFS just wouldn’t have crossed my mind…

I’m now off to shop Amazon for a 1TB USB HDD :smiley:

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Go bigger … the extra size is cheap.
I bought a 4TB portable for £90 the other day.

Edit: I fibbed about the £90 …

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Bloody hell the price of hard drives has fallen through the floor! :open_mouth:

Result :slight_smile:

This one Dave?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Maxtor-4TB-portable-hard-drive/dp/B01AJWNWWQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1527362228&sr=1-1&keywords=USB+4tb#productDetails

Damned similar. Mine was Seagate for a couple of quid less.

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Looks like mine has gone up in price a tad. I might have got it on a Lightning Deal.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B017KE8OG0/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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Cheers mate.

Having seen the price of these drives now, I think it’s time to upgrade my Plex media server too :rofl:

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Storage has got so cheap! I wish copying speeds had increased at the same rate. LOL!

You need a Thunderbolt drive :o)

Not Android/USB compatible.

My CrystalSky Ultra now has more storage space than my desktop pc :rofl:

I bought this one in the end:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0196J3UZ2/

First thing I did when it arrived was format it to NTFS ( @SteveM ) :wink:

It came with a load of pre-loaded Seagate backup utilities too, no use to me though.

The CS powers the external drive with no issues. Reports its size correctly too. I put the MicroSD card from the Mavic in to one slot on the CS and copied all manner of files (large and small) directly to the hard drive. Sorted :+1:

Thanks everyone :blush:

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Size IS everything! :stuck_out_tongue:

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