The very idea that the police may come up to me and take away my camera, or otherwise impede my taking photos in a public place, fills me with concern and a sense of dread. Given the actions of Transit Police in NY to someone taking photos for an Amtrak Photo Contest and other recent police transgressions there is cause to worry. And it all comes down to a someone thinking that they are authorized to harass and harangue a citizen acting in a manner they think is inappropriate. What do they call them now? “Mall Cops?”
Anyway, I was wondering if anyone has developed a CompactFlash card that can transmit data to a nearby card/flash disk – using bluetooth or something similar – rather than storing the data on the CF card itself. (My camera uses a CF card for memory.) Thus if someone takes my camera (police or thief) the pictures I have been taking will be stored safely somewhere else.
I suppose if a travelling companion had a receiver card as well, we could have redundant backup storage. Probably want to protect the transmission so I don’t recieve someone else’s photos in addition to mine or vice versa.
A quick google of ‘Compact Flash bluetooth’ indicates that there is something out there. Whether it does what I want needs to be seen.