SmartDisk FCD20 FotoChute 20 GB Portable Digital Storage Device

Average customer rating:

Portable Digital Storage Device with file and folders copy

20 GB of Heaven

Wow, this is a great product at a great price.

Works fairly well with firmware update

Simple to use, reliable and VERY useful in the field

SmartDisk FCD20 FotoChute 20 GB Portable Digital Storage Device

Manufacturer: SmartDisk Corporation
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

Hard Drives | Drives & Storage | Computer Add-Ons | Computers & Add-Ons | Categories | Electronics | External Hard Drives | Internal Hard Drives | Micro Drives
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Product Features:

Can operate as a master or slave device, when connected to your camera or PC

Holds over 20,000 photos (when stored in 800Kb file size)

Can be connected to flash disks, card readers and other USB devices for selective file copy

Works with both Mac and PC - Windows ME, 2000 or XP; Mac OS 9.2, Mac OS X 10.1 or higher

Hi-Speed USB 2.0 connection(1.1 compatible) transfers data between camera and computer, or between two computers

ASIN: B0007XGORI

Product Description

The FotoChute 20GB Portable Digital Storage Device is a pocket-sized drive for easier transfer of your digital photographs. Once you've filled up a memory card, you can simply transfer the files into this portable drive and free it up for more pictures. FotoChute also connects directly to a PC to offload photos for sharing with family and friends. The LCD screen allows confirmation of storage, plus easy selective file transfer to other USB devices. Also great as a portable drive for storing other files from your PC. Fast USB 2.0 interface

Customer Reviews:

Portable Digital Storage Device with file and folders copy.......2007-11-08

I purchased this device for $60 here on amazon. Unfortunately, this product is not in production anymore. No support either. I had to replace first one because battery was bad and device did not boot up. Second one was OK. The product is amazing. I attached small card reader and can copy files AND FOLDERS(!!!) FROM SD/memory stick and TO SD card/memory stick. You can keep games,e-books, mp3 on this PhotoChute and copy them to your card/memory stick, so you can use that with PSP, MP3 player or PDA Smart Phone. ONE Little problem - cannot see long file/folder names - indicator is too small. But it does copy long named files without changing them.

20 GB of Heaven.......2007-02-17

I usally take my laptop on trips to hold my daily pictures - Yes I take hundreds on pictures - the Fotocube holds all.

I found this product very easy to use.
The Twoway USB connection is "Priceless".
Not sure how long the battery lasts but I only charged it once - two or three weeks ago - used it a couple of times. The battery is still at full.

The best $70 dollars spent - Great Value. Perfect for vacation - the charger works great.

Wow, this is a great product at a great price........2007-01-09

Carry this device with you and you won't need 10 or 12 memory cards. I shoot everything and sort the pictures later on the computer. This device allows me to offload my cards and re-use them rather than carry a bunch of cards with me. I carry two cards and rotate them with the SmartDisk. It has a belt loop to carry it everywhere. It also has many other uses as a 20 gig hard drive. Highly recommend it.

Works fairly well with firmware update.......2006-12-21

There is a firmware update at the manufacturer's web site which seems to make it work better.

It works well with my Nikon D70s in both P2P and mass storage mode, though mass storage is faster. It is a bit picky with flash readers. Some of the billion and one readers have problems, I suspect because they require too much power.

Also, the power cable does not stay in very well, which may cause problems.

The display is useful, though it only displays filenames in the 8.3 format, any longer names look like the funny names from Win9x in DOS mode.

It is not limited to backing up just pictures. It will back up any files it sees, including video. I even plugged in an external 300GB hard drive and it attempted to back it up as if it were flash.

Simple to use, reliable and VERY useful in the field.......2006-10-31

I have had the FCD20 for nearly a year now and I HIGHLY recommend this device. I use it in conjunction with my 20D and 1 4GB and 2x 1 GB cards when I am out shooting in the field for a couple of days.

Its basically very simple to use. Once its charged (and it doesnt seem to loose charge that often*) and your primary in-camera memory card is pretty much used up, you can connect it to the FCD20 using the USB interface provided by your camera's mfg and press just ONE button to start back up.

MAKE SURE you take your camera off powersaving mode (or keep pressing the shutter button to prevent it from going into powersaving mode) during the 1-2 min it takes to transfer 1GB of data. Now if you have a LOT MORE than 1GB its better to do two things:

1) Make sure your camera is NOT in power saving mode (i.e turns off in 30 sec or 1 min or whatever...coz that would inturrupt transfer)

2) Get a 3 ft USB extension cord (male at one end and female at the other). I have one of thos retractable USB cords that is pretty compact. The main reason you need this is coz the you will find that your camera's USB cord may be too short if your camera is mounted on on a tripod and you will have to hold the FCD20 in your hand while the transfer is taking place. With an extension cord the combined length of the Camera's USB cord plus the 3ft extension code it should reach the ground comfortably (or at least give you more options)

The extension cord also solves the ONLY limitation that I found with this device. The USB male cord that is on the FCD20 is designed to conveniently tucked into its body. The FCD has two USB connections: 1) Female USB port (like you have in your computers) where you plug in the male USB that comes with your camera and is used ONLY for backing up data from camera to FCD20 and 2) Male USB plug that allows you to plug the FCD20 into your computer to transfer data from FCD20 to computer or use FCD20 as a USB hard drive and store/carry any and every files.

The Male USB cord is VERY short for any practical use besides connecting the FCD20 to a laptop, it hardly 3-4 inches in length. If you have a desktop like I do and the desktop happens to be on the floor then your FCD20 will precariously dangle from the USB port. This is why you need an extension cord to let it rest safely on a table.

I usually shoot about 1-2GB per day (including a lot of bracketing) when I am out in the field (RAW + JPEG Small). I trust it enough to actually erase my CF cards (if I need the space) once its backed up (I am not a pro so the stuff I take is not mission critical nor do I play football with my FCD20, its handled with care and always stored away safely)

If you use only JPEG Large and have a pretty decent sized primary card like a 2-4GB and dont go all papparazi (drive mode) when you take pics. You will find it very hard to fill up the FCD20.

Oh and before I sign off, you may find that the transfer rate from FCD20 to your computers maybe slower than when you transferred from your camera to FCD20. This could be a limitation if you care about such things and expect to find a perfect solution for $60 bucks.
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* It has never lost charge coz I often use it as additional file storage when I am not out taking pics, it sure beats carrying a USB flash drive around. So I carry MP3s and even larger datafiles (its formatted to NTFS) So its often connected to a USB port on computers and hence gets charged.

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