Hi,
Being an ''oldie'' and not really 'up' with digital cameras, is it very difficult to have the photos on the memory card put onto a disc in Europe,also where would I go to have this done.?Are there convenient places to do this as we are on a fairly full-on tour[European Supreme]and time may be against us.
Thanks
Hannah .

Hi Hannah 1

am not a boffin on digital or photography.
However, I have a Sony P93, and for my recent "Glimpse of Europe" tour and about 5 days in London, I took about 650 photos.

Firstly I have 2 x 128 Meg Memory sticks.
I set my camera on 1.2 Mega Pixels, which allows about 200 photos on one memory stick.

The reason for 1.2 mega pixels settings, is you are able to print very high resolution Jumbo post card size photos. The size of the pic in your camera is �580 KB.

Once full, put in the spare stick, and at the first opportunity, get your photos (from the stick which is full) cut onto a CD. This is really not an issue. I found that in Amsterdam, Paris, Koln, Lucern, Heidelberg, (everywhere) there are hundreds of shops that burn CDs from your memory stick.

In Heidelberg, I was charged 5 Euros for the Process including price of the CD and it only took 5 minutes.

Also, if in doubt, ask the person who cut the CD to put the CD into his PC and allow you to quickly view the contents of the CD to ensure all your photos are there. (Before you erase from the Memory stick)

So, for what it's worth, I suggest at least 2 x 128 memory sticks, and cut onto CD. This way you can take 1000's of pics. (Don't forget, when you get home and want to print the lot, that costs a fortune.

Again, I can assure you it is very easy throughout Europe to get the CDs cut. It is new technology and every body is doing it.

Have a look at the following link to the Webshots website where I have displayed some of my Pics.
The qualtity is not bad, and all came off a CD cut (where ever I could) in Europe.

http://community.webshots.com/user/bruzzz

Cheers
Bruno S

We did Europe Supreme in Sept/Oct with a digital camera. During the tour I used around 1200 MB taking photos in max resolution on my 4MB Canon. Cards are cheap (check out ebay) so I had 2000MB of cards with me. I had cards backed up onto CD for a few dollars as each was filled up and stored them in a separate bag in case my camera was lost/stolen, while I had the cards in my camera bag/day bag in case my suit case went missing.

Others had significantly less memory, but also had little trouble finding places to get cards copied onto CD. Camera shops will usually do this, but I found that generally internet cafes were cheaper where they had the equipment. (Romania and Bulgaria are hard to find camera shops/internet cafes though, so make sure you have spare memory before you leave Hungary)

SInce yout tour isn't until next year, I would recommend the extra cards solution - but memory prices seem to be falling quickly at the moment, so might want to hold off until closer to your departure date.

PS definitely do the StAndrews excursion if it is offered in Budapest, it was one of the highlights of the trip!

Hannah, it cost us about 8 or 9 euro to get a card dumped to a CD. In Killarney Ireleand we had to wait about an hour at an internet cafe, in Lucerne Switzerland we waited about 10 minutes in a photo shop. There were places all over. I was dubious about leaving them on the CF cards - I just wasn't sure about the effect of the luggage scanners on them. They assure you that they're o.k., but I just was sure that for me, it'd mess 'em up!

Get extra cards, they're coming down so cheap (look in the Green Guide or at a swap meet, even Dick Smith has them).

Hannah:

It is easy to get your photos from a memory card to a cd. Photo shops all over Europe will be glad to do it for you. Ignore the internet cafes: their role in life is different than providing photo services.

You did not say the size of your memory card. If you have only the one that came with your card, you are way undersupplied. Let us know your camera manufacturer and model and there are many on this board ready to help you as to what you might want to get.

Bruno:

You do yourself a diservice. Why limit a 5 megapixel camera to only 1.2 megapixels? The result is not "high resolution," only small size. Your image of the Louvre Pyramid 2 would look great at 8.5X11 or 11X14, matted and framed on your wall. At 1.2 megapixels, 3X5 is about all you can get in "high quality." Buy more sticks!! or even better, get a Personal Storage Device (you can use an I-Pod, if you like) an offload high resolution images.

Glenn
www.pbase.com/gsrunyan

Hi

This won't be for everyone....just yet.

I recently did 3 TTs through Europe, Greek Islands and USA/ Canada and took around 5,000 photos at 5.0 megapixel quality (about 2-3 MBs each). Digital memory cards are expensive and do not hold many photos unless you lower the size and therefore the quality. I found a portable hard drive/ MP3 player on Ebay called the Terapin Mine but there are now many more of these type of units becoming available. Each night (or during the day when you are visiting such photographic wonders as Paris, Venice and Rome) I downloaded my photos from a 256Mb card to the hard drive through a cardreader attachment which is readily available. With some units you would be able to go directly from camera to hard drive. The cost of the hard drive/ MP3 player with reader was all up about $320Aust. Compared to the number of cards I would have needed for 5,000 photos and the cost of CD burning (and finding time to do this), it was a winner for me. I am not a great technical wiz, though I do have a reasonable understanding of digital photography and computers. Anyone with a little practise should be able to do this. The hard drive was not heavy and was easy to carry around. I now have 5,000 photos in perfect high quality format which are capable of being printed to A3 size paper or copied and resized for postcards, emailing etc. Believe me, if you go to a place like the Island of Burano in Venice where you can take absolutely gorgeous photos of the multi coloured housing, you'll want to have the best quality digital photos!

Hi and thanks everyone for your helpful suggestions.I bought myself A Kodak Easy share camera and printer dock package[ it was on special ]. Am having second thoughts about the printer dock as paper is expensive and I can get photos printed from a disk probably cheaper, but anyway now have a second camera! Also bought a San Disk 512MB, and will also get a 128MB in case I can't find somewhere quickly enough to get the card put onto a disk.Still have to wade through all the instructions re the package!
It as all a learning experience for me.
Are the memory cards of similar quality or should I only go for a particular brand.?If so, which one is recommended?
Thanks again,
Hannah

Quality wise, there's really no difference between them. They are all - branded and "no name" - made in the same few factories in the far east!

More expensive cards are generally faster at writing information than cheaper cards, but for use in a camera that's not normally of any significance.

I must have bought literally dozens of memory cards over the years. None has ever gone wrong.

Regards,

Chris

Chris,
You are evidently an experienced traveller. We will be having a stopover in Kuala Lumpur on our way to Europe, do you know if memory cards would be cheaper there than in Australia?
Thanks
Hannah

Sorry, I've no idea. Unfortunately I've never travelled in that part of the world.

Regards,

Chris

Hannah, would be wise to spend the extra and get another battery too. That one has special batteries? I bought the canon recently coz it takes AA's. My pentax 35 mm was a pain to buy batteries for in Europe last year (cost about 8 euro in Rome!)

We found compact flash cards to be a little cheaper in Singapore, not sure about KL. Duty free at Tulla was no better than what we got it for on sale at Harvey Norman.

Hi Elaine,
I have spare batteries, so that is covered.
Have just looked on ebay, plenty of memory cards there, so that maybe the way the go.
Thanks
Hannah

quote:

Originally posted by Elaine2:
[qb] We found compact flash cards to be a little cheaper in Singapore, not sure about KL. Duty free at Tulla was no better than what we got it for on sale at Harvey Norman. [/qb]

Duty Free anywhere in the world is by far MORE EXPENSIVE than in a retail shop for camera accessories. As stated in other posts re Duty Free, the only thing they sell cheap is booze & fags!!!

Certainly in this country, by far the cheapest way to buy memory cards is on-line. I can order a memory card from my favourite on-line "gadgets" web site today and it'll drop through my letter box tomorrow morning. Something like half the price of buying one in a camera shop.

Regards,

Chris

quote:

Originally posted by Guy H:
[qb] Duty Free anywhere in the world is by far MORE EXPENSIVE than in a retail shop for camera accessories. As stated in other posts re Duty Free, the only thing they sell cheap is booze & fags!!! [/qb]

And perfume.

And none of the three interest me in the slightest .

Regards,

Chris