Opt,

I'm going to have to go off line in a mo'.

I'll need to re-read what you have suggested but I really would prefer some WiFi solution so that I can put my Asus somewhere safe and not have cable anywhere anyone can trip over it.

I presume that means getting the contact with the camera using USB to something almost dumb that can be hung on the tripod or my belt and then using that device to transmit by WiFi to my Asus on safe and solid table, maybe 20 feet/yards away.

Let's see what we can come up with - but maybe not this evening if you don't mind.

TP

TP

The USB over IP server to a wireless base station would be completely dumb and your Asus laptop would do all of the work. If you decided to put a small computer next to you camera, then that wold do all of the proessing with your Asus providing the screen, keyboard and mouse over WiFi.

Have a good evening.

someone said about SD card for mem,
i just got a couple of THESE for my dig camera,i can now take 700 photos at 7m,
looks good value and fast taking shots,

There is nothing wrong with SD RAM for cameras, the ones that you have bought are amongst the best but they have a transfer rate of 20MB/Sec The DDR2-400 memory that is in the device TP was looking at has a max transfer rate of 3.2GB/sec - 160 times faster.

Even the 20GB claim seems fast, that implies a continuous shooting rate of around 4 pics a second with your camera and transfering the entire contents of the card to your computer in under 2 minutes.

Can anyone help with this...?

I have a 120GB SATA hard disk which I can see in the control panel > system > devices list. The problem is that I cannot see it in Windows Explorer so can't copy any data to it. What do I need to do?

VM,

I'm not one of the experts around here. But until they surface I suggest that you look for ways of 'mapping' the drive.

Don't worry. The others will know the fix.

TP

VM

Try this: http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/hard-drive-support/28409-windows-explorer-can-not-see-external-hdd.html

Optimist,

Back on line. Can we carry on the conversation, please.

Do you want to point me to a URL for the sort of kit you are suggesting.

EDIT. Ah now I realise you were suggesting the top item in that list as part of the kit. Isn't it mains powered?

And then we need to add on a WiFi transmitter I guess. And that would also need to be battery powered.

Ready to investigate when you are.

TP

VM

On XP Start Button - Control Panel - Administrative tools - Computer Management. Then click on Disk management.

Control panel has to be in Classic View for the above to work but there are several alternative ways to get there. You must be logged in with Administrator rights.

Be careful.

TP

Battery power is more of a problem. You could get a uninteruptable power supply and bolt everything to a board but that will be getting bulky and heavy.

The more I think of it, your best bet is a cheap laptop. Best to get a 2nd hand one with WiFi, USB2 and XP Pro. If you fix it so that it will run with the lid closed then it should not get in the way, will be fairly sturdy and battery life should be better because the screen would cut off. It will essentially do what the Cannon WiFi link will do but should do it better because all the processing will be done close to the camera.

The only problem that I can see is if your camera software requires a better display driver than remote desktop can provide. That is easy to check, set your laptop to allow remote desktop, log into it from another computer and see if it will run.

Opt,

OK, I think I can do the test.

My studio computer is not normally on WiFi but I have a little USB WiFi add-on.

I could take the Asus into the studio and see if they can communicate via WiFi.

Assuming that I get that far I could set up remote desktop on the studio machine and see if the Asus can take over control.

I can then plug the camera into the studio machine and see what happens.

My one concern at the moment is that, if it does work, if I follow your suggestion of having a second hand laptop attached to the camera and the Asus viewing at a distance I would then have to take two laptops to the assignment.

Yes it would save a few hundred pounds but it is one more thing to carry, drop or go wrong. I'd feel happier using one of those lovely old Librettos at the camera end, but all the new generation laptops seem much more delicate these days.

Any suggestions?

TP

TP

I guess that only you can balance the cost / risks / conveinience. It makes you appreciate the Cannon device but they are still in rip off territory. Would another option be to upgrade your camera to one that has built in WiFi?

Opt,

None of the pro quality DSLR's have built in WiFi, sadly.

So can we go back to the original question which was how to add more memory to that Samsung.

Clearly not with a camera card!!!

TP

Out taking some autumn shots whilst we have this lovely light. Back in 30 mins.

TP

Not so good news on that, check out this link to Crucial. They say that it will only take 1GB.

Of course, that device would also serve as the laptop in the RD option that I suggested.

Opt,

Thanks for that pointer. It seems that people have added more memory, but only by taking the machine apart.

Still window shopping.

Any view on this Asus.

Bearing in mind my needs. Primarly something that I can display pictures on and a possible secondary benefit of a travellable mail and web site reader.

I see it is Linux but it says it is XP compatible. Presumably that means it would handle the camera download software.

TP

I've taken a quick look at it.

It says that the hardware is XP compatible, so you would have to trash th O/S and install Win XP but it will be tight on disk space. In theory, you could run XP in VMWare on the existing O/S but I doubt that it has the power, memory or disk space for that.

Thanks Opt,

I did not realise that XP compatible meant you could not run Windows XP type software.

Thank goodness for people like you!

TP

The important bit is hardware is XP compatible.

Optimist - thanks. The disk manager sorted it out.

Opt,

"Hardware is"

So I read that as it would run XP if one took the Linux off and loaded XP. Not my scene.....

TP