Backup photos to the cloud while traveling?

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I agree with the comments that backup to the cloud in China will be problematic. Backing up GBs per day will be unrealistic. If you don't wish to take a laptop with you, I'd suggest buying a memory card backup device.

Nextodi make multiple models of backup/storage devices such as this one on Amazon which is battery powered, has video preview, and contains 500GB of storage. Alternative models back up to USB drives.

Searching online for "portable photo storage" produces many similar devices from multiple manufacturers.

I would suggest asking on photo.SE as this has been asked previously over there:

https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/924/how-can-i-backup-my-raw-photos-while-travelling-without-internet-access

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The easiest solution is to simply take several SD cards on the trip. Assuming you will take 10GB of pictures per day for 3 weeks, you will need 210GB of storage. This can be easily covered by taking four 64GB SD cards. This is what professional photographers do since no hard drive can compare in terms of reliability to a simple SD card.

A single 64GB SD card is around 20$, so it shouldn't be expensive compared to the overall cost of traveling to China.

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Edit: The below solution is not uploading for cloud, but making multiple copies of photos while traveling. Reason being internet connection, data limits, power availability etc..

I solved this dilemma few months ago, of making multiple backups of photos while traveling, by buying a Western Digital My Passport Wireless hard drive. Some features:

  • Comes in 1Tb & 2 Tb versions.
  • Has a SD Card Slot.
  • All automated SD Card copy operation. No need of any phone, laptop, tablet etc.
  • Can be configured via WiFi from phone.
  • Has internal battery.
  • No wires required, except for charging cable (USB 3.0)
  • Can be connected to computers with USB 3.0 cable as normal external hard drive.
  • All wireless access can be protected with stron WiFi password.

The way it works, is you buy the hard drive. Connect to your laptop, install the software. Then configure the drive to auto copy/cut every SD card you insert.

Now you could go out and shoot photos, videos, anything. Anytime you insert an SD Card, it will automatically save it in a dated folder without any further action from you, and all backups will be incremental. It means if you shoot 200 photos on day 1, and copy, next day you shoot 30 photos, and again put the card in drive, it will not re-copy yesterday's photos, only new 30 photos. Dont delete the photos from SD Card, so that now you have two copies of each photo, one on hard drive, one on card. Works as multiple backups.

Obviously because it is a hard disk, and has moving internal parts, you need to be careful as you will be with any hard disk.

It has two multicolour led status lights, showing battery level, current operation, wifi status etc and you sure need the manual handy to decode what those light colour means.

Battery life is good, as I fully charged it before trip, then copied all my four cameras one time daily, and was charging it only like twice a week. Ofcourse it will copy all SD card content; photos or otherwise.

Its android and iphone app lets you change settings, preview the photos, download, and other file managing operations.

Disclaimer: I have no official connection with WD, except just as a happy buyer/user from last few months.

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