Digital BW, The Print

I don't think the problem is as bad as you make out. You can download your 
cards to a Flashtrax, Imagebank, Xdrive, etc, gadget (with 20-80GB disks) 
while running on their batteries. Then you switch the thing off and recharge 
the batteries, either from the mains using a TravelSmart plug adapter which 
has surge-protection built in, or from a car. You really need two of these 
things in case of disaster striking one. I've just come back from Thailand 
with 5000 images (30GB) on a Phototainer(Flashtrax), backed up on an Xdrive. 
No problems. I left my laptop at home - too heavy.

Bob Frost.

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From: "The Wogster" <wogsterca@...>

With digital you need to either have a computer, or one of those
download-to-CD machines with you, or you need to carry a lot of memory
cards.  Then you need power, while North Americans enjoy relatively
clean, trouble free power and Western Europe is just as good.  In many
other countries, power that varies wildly in quality and quantity, can
be considered good, because it's better then nothing at all, which is
what they get most of the time.  Fine for lights, okay for a hair-dryer
or an electric shaver, but not for a computer or digital camera.