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Safer on person or safer in hotel?
Question:
Hi, I haven’t been to Europe yet and will probably go sometime this year. Don’t know where yet, but as an avid photographer with a digital camera, I’m trying to decide whether to get more memory for my camera or bring a small subnotebook (less than 5 lbs weight). I have enough memory (72Mb) for a day’s worth of shooting, but definitely not enough for, say, a week. If I bring my laptop, I can download pics every night and won’t need to buy more memory. HOWEVER, if my laptop, which I plan to leave at the hotel, gets stolen, I’ll lose my laptop plus all the pics I had taken. OTOH, if I get more memory and lose my camera, I lose all the pics in the camera and that may be a lot since I haven’t downloaded anything to a safe place. Also, the laptop is "cheaper" since I don’t have to buy more memory. Let me know what you think. Thanks Tai
Response:
Unless your hotel room has a safe that is large enough to hold your laptop, or you have some sort of locking system (as in cables and padlocks), there is no guaranty. I had a camera stolen in Rome from a locked cupboard. The desk might be able to take your laptop, but probably they will want to lock it up in the safe and usually it will not then be available unless the manager is in the hotel (so not after normal work hours probably). Larger, business oriented hotels would probably be more accomodating than small, less expensive ones, solely because they don’t have the room to store it and can’t accept the responsbility.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi, > I haven’t been to Europe yet and will probably go sometime this year. > Don’t know where yet, but as an avid photographer with a digital camera, > I’m trying to decide whether to get more memory for my camera or bring a > small subnotebook (less than 5 lbs weight). I have enough memory (72Mb) > for a day’s worth of shooting, but definitely not enough for, say, a > week. If I bring my laptop, I can download pics every night and won’t > need to buy more memory. HOWEVER, if my laptop, which I plan to leave > at the hotel, gets stolen, I’ll lose my laptop plus all the pics I had > taken. > OTOH, if I get more memory and lose my camera, I lose all the pics in > the camera and that may be a lot since I haven’t downloaded anything > to a safe place. > Also, the laptop is "cheaper" since I don’t have to buy more memory. > Let me know what you think. Thanks > Tai
Response:
Youknow, I haven’t looked to see if they do this here, but in the States you can take your digital into certain photo shops and they will extract the pictures and make a diskette, for a fee, of course. I find I can keep a lot of pictures in mine if I keep the resolution at a reasonable size. Even at a reasonable resolution, the photos are larger than my 17" screen. Before I work on them I reduce them to 60%. I use mine professionally, and I can do a month on the road without downloading them. Maybe it is a matter of good sized memory. I wouldn’t like to cart a laptop around Europe. They are compact, but heavy. I’d get the memory, it will always be useful.
> Hi,
snip digital camera, – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I’m trying to decide whether to get more memory for my camera or bring a > small subnotebook (less than 5 lbs weight). I have enough memory (72Mb) > for a day’s worth of shooting, but definitely not enough for, say, a > week. If I bring my laptop, I can download pics every night and won’t > need to buy more memory. HOWEVER, if my laptop, which I plan to leave > at the hotel, gets stolen, I’ll lose my laptop plus all the pics I had > taken. > OTOH, if I get more memory and lose my camera, I lose all the pics in > the camera and that may be a lot since I haven’t downloaded anything > to a safe place. > Also, the laptop is "cheaper" since I don’t have to buy more memory. > Let me know what you think. Thanks > Tai
Response:
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi, > I haven’t been to Europe yet and will probably go sometime this year. > Don’t know where yet, but as an avid photographer with a digital camera, > I’m trying to decide whether to get more memory for my camera or bring a > small subnotebook (less than 5 lbs weight). I have enough memory (72Mb) > for a day’s worth of shooting, but definitely not enough for, say, a > week. If I bring my laptop, I can download pics every night and won’t > need to buy more memory. HOWEVER, if my laptop, which I plan to leave > at the hotel, gets stolen, I’ll lose my laptop plus all the pics I had > taken. > OTOH, if I get more memory and lose my camera, I lose all the pics in > the camera and that may be a lot since I haven’t downloaded anything > to a safe place. > Also, the laptop is "cheaper" since I don’t have to buy more memory.
In Britain, the laptop would be a more attractive item to a thief than the camera. It is unlikely that you will be able to lock the laptop away securely in the hotel, while the security of the camera is under your direct control at all times. I would go for the extra memory. Colin Bignell
Response:
Well, the consensus seems to be that I should get more memory. My wife is against my bringing a laptop along anyway. 
Thanks for all the input. Tai – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > In Britain, the laptop would be a more attractive item to a thief than the > camera. It is unlikely that you will be able to lock the laptop away > securely in the hotel, while the security of the camera is under your direct > control at all times. I would go for the extra memory. > Colin Bignell
Response:
Tai: Keep the extra memory cards stored away from your camera. The cards are small, and don’t look valuable and are easily hidden. Thus if you have your camera stolen, the pictures on the secreted-away cards will be safe. Barry – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Well, the consensus seems to be that I should get more memory. My wife is against > my bringing a laptop along anyway. > Thanks for all the input. > Tai > In Britain, the laptop would be a more attractive item to a thief than the > camera. It is unlikely that you will be able to lock the laptop away > securely in the hotel, while the security of the camera is under your direct > control at all times. I would go for the extra memory. > Colin Bignell
Response:
On our Alaska trip, I took the laptop and even a card reader. Each evening, I would download the day’s pictures. However, on the trip to England (next Monday), I will carry 3 cards each 128MB. (I borrowed 2 from friends). I just think that I don’t want to haul the laptop around. Bob – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Well, the consensus seems to be that I should get more memory. My wife is against >my bringing a laptop along anyway. >Thanks for all the input. >Tai > In Britain, the laptop would be a more attractive item to a thief than the > camera. It is unlikely that you will be able to lock the laptop away > securely in the hotel, while the security of the camera is under your direct > control at all times. I would go for the extra memory. > Colin Bignell
Response:
Hi, I haven’t been to Europe yet and will probably go sometime this year. Don’t know where yet, but as an avid photographer with a digital camera, I’m trying to decide whether to get more memory for my camera or bring a small subnotebook (less than 5 lbs weight). I have enough memory (72Mb) for a day’s worth of shooting, but definitely not enough for, say, a week. If I bring my laptop, I can download pics every night and won’t need to buy more memory. HOWEVER, if my laptop, which I plan to leave at the hotel, gets stolen, I’ll lose my laptop plus all the pics I had taken. OTOH, if I get more memory and lose my camera, I lose all the pics in the camera and that may be a lot since I haven’t downloaded anything to a safe place. Also, the laptop is "cheaper" since I don’t have to buy more memory. Let me know what you think. Thanks Tai
Response:
Unless your hotel room has a safe that is large enough to hold your laptop, or you have some sort of locking system (as in cables and padlocks), there is no guaranty. I had a camera stolen in Rome from a locked cupboard. The desk might be able to take your laptop, but probably they will want to lock it up in the safe and usually it will not then be available unless the manager is in the hotel (so not after normal work hours probably). Larger, business oriented hotels would probably be more accomodating than small, less expensive ones, solely because they don’t have the room to store it and can’t accept the responsbility.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi, > I haven’t been to Europe yet and will probably go sometime this year. > Don’t know where yet, but as an avid photographer with a digital camera, > I’m trying to decide whether to get more memory for my camera or bring a > small subnotebook (less than 5 lbs weight). I have enough memory (72Mb) > for a day’s worth of shooting, but definitely not enough for, say, a > week. If I bring my laptop, I can download pics every night and won’t > need to buy more memory. HOWEVER, if my laptop, which I plan to leave > at the hotel, gets stolen, I’ll lose my laptop plus all the pics I had > taken. > OTOH, if I get more memory and lose my camera, I lose all the pics in > the camera and that may be a lot since I haven’t downloaded anything > to a safe place. > Also, the laptop is "cheaper" since I don’t have to buy more memory. > Let me know what you think. Thanks > Tai
Response:
Youknow, I haven’t looked to see if they do this here, but in the States you can take your digital into certain photo shops and they will extract the pictures and make a diskette, for a fee, of course. I find I can keep a lot of pictures in mine if I keep the resolution at a reasonable size. Even at a reasonable resolution, the photos are larger than my 17" screen. Before I work on them I reduce them to 60%. I use mine professionally, and I can do a month on the road without downloading them. Maybe it is a matter of good sized memory. I wouldn’t like to cart a laptop around Europe. They are compact, but heavy. I’d get the memory, it will always be useful.
> Hi,
snip digital camera, – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I’m trying to decide whether to get more memory for my camera or bring a > small subnotebook (less than 5 lbs weight). I have enough memory (72Mb) > for a day’s worth of shooting, but definitely not enough for, say, a > week. If I bring my laptop, I can download pics every night and won’t > need to buy more memory. HOWEVER, if my laptop, which I plan to leave > at the hotel, gets stolen, I’ll lose my laptop plus all the pics I had > taken. > OTOH, if I get more memory and lose my camera, I lose all the pics in > the camera and that may be a lot since I haven’t downloaded anything > to a safe place. > Also, the laptop is "cheaper" since I don’t have to buy more memory. > Let me know what you think. Thanks > Tai
Response:
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi, > I haven’t been to Europe yet and will probably go sometime this year. > Don’t know where yet, but as an avid photographer with a digital camera, > I’m trying to decide whether to get more memory for my camera or bring a > small subnotebook (less than 5 lbs weight). I have enough memory (72Mb) > for a day’s worth of shooting, but definitely not enough for, say, a > week. If I bring my laptop, I can download pics every night and won’t > need to buy more memory. HOWEVER, if my laptop, which I plan to leave > at the hotel, gets stolen, I’ll lose my laptop plus all the pics I had > taken. > OTOH, if I get more memory and lose my camera, I lose all the pics in > the camera and that may be a lot since I haven’t downloaded anything > to a safe place. > Also, the laptop is "cheaper" since I don’t have to buy more memory.
In Britain, the laptop would be a more attractive item to a thief than the camera. It is unlikely that you will be able to lock the laptop away securely in the hotel, while the security of the camera is under your direct control at all times. I would go for the extra memory. Colin Bignell
Response:
Well, the consensus seems to be that I should get more memory. My wife is against my bringing a laptop along anyway. Thanks for all the input. Tai – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > In Britain, the laptop would be a more attractive item to a thief than the > camera. It is unlikely that you will be able to lock the laptop away > securely in the hotel, while the security of the camera is under your direct > control at all times. I would go for the extra memory. > Colin Bignell
Response:
Tai: Keep the extra memory cards stored away from your camera. The cards are small, and don’t look valuable and are easily hidden. Thus if you have your camera stolen, the pictures on the secreted-away cards will be safe. Barry – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Well, the consensus seems to be that I should get more memory. My wife is against > my bringing a laptop along anyway. > Thanks for all the input. > Tai > In Britain, the laptop would be a more attractive item to a thief than the > camera. It is unlikely that you will be able to lock the laptop away > securely in the hotel, while the security of the camera is under your direct > control at all times. I would go for the extra memory. > Colin Bignell
Response:
On our Alaska trip, I took the laptop and even a card reader. Each evening, I would download the day’s pictures. However, on the trip to England (next Monday), I will carry 3 cards each 128MB. (I borrowed 2 from friends). I just think that I don’t want to haul the laptop around. Bob – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Well, the consensus seems to be that I should get more memory. My wife is against >my bringing a laptop along anyway. >Thanks for all the input. >Tai > In Britain, the laptop would be a more attractive item to a thief than the > camera. It is unlikely that you will be able to lock the laptop away > securely in the hotel, while the security of the camera is under your direct > control at all times. I would go for the extra memory. > Colin Bignell