I want to take pictures in Europe and upload them to Internet site. Looking for a device that will upload?

Question

I will be going to Europe and wanted to upload the pictures without going to a cafe or going to the hotel lobby to do so. In the past, I have not had time to do either so, it would be convenient to have a device that can do this. I do not want to bring my laptop to upload but, was hoping that there was a hard drive or camera that would allow me to upload.

Answer 1

If you don't want to go through the trouble of going to a place with internet access, I suggest the following:

Just get a bunch of extra memory cards for your camera.  An awful lot will fit on one card, and you can always selectively delete pictures from your camera if needed.  We took a 2-week trip, and barely overflowed a 512 MB card.  If you bring two or three 1 GB or larger cards, that should be fine.  If your camera takes ordinary SD cards, they should be really cheap.  The proprietary cards like xD cost more, but are still a bargain compared with waiting for upload at an internet cafe or lugging around a laptop.

Or, alternative 2, bring just a single large card, and in the unlikely event you fill it up, you can take it to a camera store, and they will transfer all the pictures to a CD or DVD.

Don't forget to bring your charger, and maybe even extra batteries.