Wanting a physical method of backing up sd camera card without the use of a computer

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Bob1956

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#311184 21-Dec-2023 12:34

While traveling I need a way to backup SD camera cards without the use of a computer ie a powered SSD with built in card reader. Anyone know of such a beast?

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#3174032 21-Dec-2023 12:37

Western Digital seem to do such a thing

https://www.westerndigital.com/en-se/products/portable-drives/wd-my-passport-wireless-ssd?sku=WDBAMJ2500AGY-EESN

(Although it may have been discontinued)

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#3174036 21-Dec-2023 12:56

I'd consider getting a card reader for my phone, copying the images to me phone, then sending them to the cloud.

Bob1956

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#3174038 21-Dec-2023 13:04

Have you looked into this, I will see if I can find anything. Thanks.

Bob1956

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#3174040 21-Dec-2023 13:06

Thanks Stuartcharters, looks good but I can't find it here in New Zealand.

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#3174042 21-Dec-2023 13:16

I had an earlier version of the WD My Passport Wireless. It was slow. I upgraded the internal drive to SSD, but that didn't make a huge difference since the card reader was still slow. The new model (above) was always too expensive and the honest reviews weren't great. More recent requirements for the same have been handled using my phone and a USB-C dock to copy to an SSD drive or just uploaded to OneDrive (or both).

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#3174048 21-Dec-2023 13:32

Thanks for that reply. That tells me not to go searching for it overseas. I will look at card reader and / or dock+ssd.

Bob

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#3174051 21-Dec-2023 13:49

Personally I picked up a Lexar USB C SD card reader originally for my current choice of laptop that travels with me (USB C and micro SD only) but it works awesome with my android phone as well for accessing the SD card, just have to remember to toggle the write switch so my phone does not create all the android folders on my SD card.

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#3174054 21-Dec-2023 13:52

I use my iPad for this. Having iCloud storage certainly helps. As soon as I am in wifi range, it uploads to the cloud, freeing up space on the iPad.

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#3174058 21-Dec-2023 14:02

I have an older version of this: https://www.amazon.com.au/NewQ-Filehub-AC750-Travel-Router/dp/B09T9QKQH7/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=EXPPP3DSXVHX&keywords=filehub+pro&qid=1703120244&sprefix=filehub+pro%2Caps%2C206&sr=8-1

Mine doesn't have the router function, so i take a separate travel router. This combines everything you need for travelling connectivity and backup

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#3174063 21-Dec-2023 14:22

My son's Canon camera can connect to his iPhone with the Canon app and download the photos over wifi.

He can then sync those to iCloud and free up storage space on the iPhone as needed.

No extra equipment needed.

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Bob1956

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#3174071 21-Dec-2023 14:44

Hi guys, appreciate all your replies. I will go through all your options and come back to you.

Thanks, Bob

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#3174132 21-Dec-2023 18:03

What make of camera? I have a Cannon and suggest you do what @CYaBro suggests.

The app is called Camera Connect. As well as downloading over WiFi you can download directly to a device like a phone or tablet which has the app installed.

I suspect other brands have something similar.

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#3174133 21-Dec-2023 18:08

Iphone method here...

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#3174175 21-Dec-2023 21:38

SD cards might mean RAW files. I'm not sure how many cameras are doing RAW transfers to phones wirelessly?
I know mine doesn't (Sony to Samsung), JPEGs only.

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#3175040 23-Dec-2023 15:32

I have done wireless transfer from my camera to a tablet using bluetooth and then you can send the photos to the cloud. If the camera is reasonably modern it should have an app to do this.

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