Photo Viewer and HDD - eg EPSON P-7000

lokey · 26th December 2008

Have anyone used a Portable Photo Viewer / HDD?
Can anyone recommend a good one? ie. the largest possible screen.

syte88 · 2nd January 2009

lokey,

I have the P-5000. I use it regularly on vacations and also to just take some favourite photos with me all the time. I have not used any other units to compare with; basically screen is pretty good, battery life is good for at least a weeks use - i download only at the end of day, about 200MB to 500MB each time only. Tranfer rate is good enough for me.

Interface and usage needs a little time to get used to - i don't know if the P-7000 has changed it, but selecting individual files for copy/move takes quite a few steps. there is no mass selection of individual photos available, say you wanted to delete anything taken after 8pm or realise that you have duplicates photos in another directory (happens if you forget to erase the card and continued to shoot on the same card, and downloaded the whole lot the day after). You could manipultate the files directly from your computer (Vista e.g.) as a USB device. it works but remember to clean out the recycle bin as the files do sit in there somehow.

I upgraded the internal drive from 80GB to a 120GB PATA drive (can search for the hack on the web) and it works, only that the supplied software doesn't recognise the bigger drive after that, and music aren't so easy to copy over anymore. movies are still okay but i rarely use that feature.

hope that helps

Randius · 2nd January 2009

I also have the older Epson P-5000 and it is a life-saver on trips as I only shoot RAW. With the P-5000, I am able to re-use the 4 CF cards I brought along for the trips. The large screen is brilliant and the viewer is very easy to use.

One of the inconvenience will be that the battery has no seperate charger and requires to be charged while within the unit. Additional original battery is also pretty expensive at about $100. The battery life is average, probably due to the longer transfer time required for the much larger RAW files. It is a little bulky but I leave it in hotel and only back up at the end of the day.

lokey · 5th January 2009

thanks guys

26th December 2008	#1
lokey Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Queens Posts: 54	Photo Viewer and HDD - eg EPSON P-7000 Have anyone used a Portable Photo Viewer / HDD? Can anyone recommend a good one? ie. the largest possible screen.

2nd January 2009	#2
syte88 New Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 19	Re: Photo Viewer and HDD - eg EPSON P-7000 lokey, I have the P-5000. I use it regularly on vacations and also to just take some favourite photos with me all the time. I have not used any other units to compare with; basically screen is pretty good, battery life is good for at least a weeks use - i download only at the end of day, about 200MB to 500MB each time only. Tranfer rate is good enough for me. Interface and usage needs a little time to get used to - i don't know if the P-7000 has changed it, but selecting individual files for copy/move takes quite a few steps. there is no mass selection of individual photos available, say you wanted to delete anything taken after 8pm or realise that you have duplicates photos in another directory (happens if you forget to erase the card and continued to shoot on the same card, and downloaded the whole lot the day after). You could manipultate the files directly from your computer (Vista e.g.) as a USB device. it works but remember to clean out the recycle bin as the files do sit in there somehow. I upgraded the internal drive from 80GB to a 120GB PATA drive (can search for the hack on the web) and it works, only that the supplied software doesn't recognise the bigger drive after that, and music aren't so easy to copy over anymore. movies are still okay but i rarely use that feature. hope that helps

2nd January 2009	#3
Randius Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,745	Re: Photo Viewer and HDD - eg EPSON P-7000 I also have the older Epson P-5000 and it is a life-saver on trips as I only shoot RAW. With the P-5000, I am able to re-use the 4 CF cards I brought along for the trips. The large screen is brilliant and the viewer is very easy to use. One of the inconvenience will be that the battery has no seperate charger and requires to be charged while within the unit. Additional original battery is also pretty expensive at about $100. The battery life is average, probably due to the longer transfer time required for the much larger RAW files. It is a little bulky but I leave it in hotel and only back up at the end of the day. __________________ a photoGRaph a Day

5th January 2009	#4
lokey Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Queens Posts: 54	Re: Photo Viewer and HDD - eg EPSON P-7000 thanks guys