iPad for travelling

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Is anyone using an iPad to back up their images when away from base (especially with Photosmith)? I currently use a laptop, up could do with cutting down on weight for a few trips I've got planned in the next 12 months, so was thinking an iPad with Photosmith would be a good bet.

The main shortfall I can see, other than a few with the initial version of Photosmith, is the difficulty backing up images on the road.
 
I haven't tried to use it with Photosmith, but iPad certainly is a great travel companion. It's not that much help with backing up (unless you are using 64gb version), but it is very usefull when reviewing you day's work. Also the battery life is great, you don't have to worry to often about it.
 
Thanks for your post.

I've managed to borrow my Mum's iPad and tried importing 100 raw files to it, it took ages, then having to delete them by selecting them individually was a bit of a hassle too, so I think I'll need to reassess the situation when iOS 5 comes out. Also Photosmith seems to be a very early product too, so I'll keep an eye on that.

The iPad looks good for general surfing, but it just doesn't seem to be quite there for the photo work that I'll want to be using it for, so it looks like I'll be keeping my MacBook for a bit.
 
The iPad is not a good option for backing up images while travelling because it's too slow and too small. Transferring images takes a long time and you can't fit a lot of images on there - especially if you're using the iPad for the things it is good at while travelling (movies, games, music, books).

Get a Nexto ND2700 - it's cheaper than an iPad, can store 10 times as many images and copies them from the card about 10 times faster.
 
It is slow for backing up Raw files, but you can backup jpegs for showing off your photos or as last resort if anything happens to your cards...

Otherwise awesome for surfing on hotel free wifi and in flight movies etc...

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Great for travelling, movies, books (not in the sun!) travel documents and if you use dropbox you can store anything you need when you're away. It is however very slow for image transfer, even jpegs never mind raw files, so wouldn't recommend it for that use.
 
I think the general opinion is that it's good, but not for the serious stuff I really want it for. Thanks for the opinions, but I'd still like to hear people's experiences with photosmith.
 
Well, Santa accidentally dropped an iPad down my chimney, so I've downloaded Photosmith and it is much as I thought, generally useful, but with a few flaws, the main ones being the lack of bulk updating of meta data, both within the app and on importing into Lightroom.

After a quick test today it will fit into my workflow, with a few work arounds and I'm looking forward to trying it more and maybe retiring my MacBook.
 
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