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Anyone using large CF cards e.g. 16GB??
Martin McNeil, Photographer
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East Kilbride | South Lanarkshi | United Kingdom | Posted: 10:45 PM on 04.24.08 |
->> A vendor here in the UK is doing a great price on Sandisk Extreme III 16GB CF cards - £78.99 including shipping.
I was in the market for anywhere between four (minimum) and eight (maximum) of the 4GB variants, which retail at £27.99 each from the same vendor.
Going with 2x 16GB cards will save me just over £69... I know there's the old adage about having all your eggs in one basket but, with image recovery software being so good at what it does, is this a moot point these days? |
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Ian L. Sitren, Photographer
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Palm Springs | CA | USA | Posted: 12:05 AM on 04.25.08 |
->> Just because you have bigger cards does not mean you have to fill them to capacity with images. With 12mpx and even 21mpx cameras cards do fill up faster so the added room is becoming the need.
And also larger cards gives you a little more space to get that one more shot and wait for a convenient time to swap cards.
I expect there are also plenty of lost images from dropped and lost cards during swapping too. So less card swapping may also mean less chance for error.
I am now using 4, 8 and 12's. Have not used a 2 in a long time. |
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Martin McNeil, Photographer
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East Kilbride | South Lanarkshi | United Kingdom | Posted: 8:21 AM on 04.25.08 |
->> Ian
I shoot RAW + JPG on my D2X bodies, primarily as a "belt & braces" approach just in case I foul a setting. I hadn't considered the benefits of keeping just one card in the camera with respect to dropping or losing cards during a swap-out... it's a great point which I shall take on board.
At this point, I'm likely to opt for 2 x 16GB cards to supplement my 6 x 4GB ones, switiching down to the smaller cards in the event that the 16GB ones become full. That's unlikely to happen since, at the last four UFC events, I've shot an average of 1200 frames between two bodies, so I guess it's a no-brainer for me now. |
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Chris Russick, Photographer, Photo Editor
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St. Petersburg | FL | USA | Posted: 9:20 AM on 04.25.08 |
->> I shoot with a 16gb card and love it. I know there is the argument for not having all your eggs in one basket but honestly, I have not had any problems with the Sandisk cards (touch wood). I agree with Ian about losing cards. I simply pack the gear bag and when I get where I'm going I unload the cameras. This way they're in a safe location where I'm not going to drop or lose them.
These cards are lasting longer than the old ones and the cameras are not shooting smaller file sizes. I think the 16gb will have a longer shelf life as a result. |
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Walter Calahan, Photographer
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Westminster | MD | USA | Posted: 9:42 AM on 04.25.08 |
->> Sure, they're fabulous if you don't mind getting more than 700 images per card on a D300. HA!!!!!!
I've got 4. |
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Daniel Brayack, Photographer
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Charleston | WV | USA | Posted: 9:52 AM on 04.25.08 |
->> I'm shooting 4GB cards - I found that 2gb run out too fast for my application...
I carry a portable hard drive unit and back up my shots after every round of shots...so I have my photos both on the chips and on the hard drive.
Do a lot of you use portable hard drive units?
-Dan |
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Martin McNeil, Photographer
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East Kilbride | South Lanarkshi | United Kingdom | Posted: 11:23 AM on 04.25.08 |
->> Daniel,
I've looked at devices such as the GigaVue and similar, yet I've always preferred to use my laptop in the field.
When I'm shooting an event in-the-field, the contents of my cards get transferred to my laptop and then the cards are stowed safely until they can be backed up on my desktop PC and an external HDD.
What I'd like to see in the future are devices simiar to the GigaVue that use high-capacity solid state drives as opposed to shockproof mechanical ones; sure, they'd be pricey at first, but it's a product that I'd be more inclined towards because of the inherent robustness of SSD technology. |
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Ian L. Sitren, Photographer
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Palm Springs | CA | USA | Posted: 11:32 AM on 04.25.08 |
->> I sometimes use a portable hard drive in the "field". It just depends on the circumstances.
Last year at the Olympia Bodybuilding competitions, my cards were handed off during shooting for immediate upload. But as it turned out the concept of editing and uploading was not really as well understood by the company as they thought. So not only did they "screw up" but to help me out they also re-formatted my cards for me before they gave them back.
I was able to recover those cards without any problem but it cost me a long night doing the recovery and re-doing their edits and uploads. So on the following day I downloaded my cards as I shot to my portable drive before handing them over. They still "screwed up" the edits and uploads but I had everything intact to fix it up for them. |
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Kevin Batchelor, Photographer
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Southampton | Hampshire | England | Posted: 12:09 PM on 04.26.08 |
| ->> Where in the UK are you getting them at that price? Please lt me know |
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Martin McNeil, Photographer
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East Kilbride | South Lanarkshi | United Kingdom | Posted: 6:45 PM on 04.26.08 |
| ->> Kevin, they're on Play.com at that price; 100% legit and free shipping... what more could you ask for? |
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Kevin Batchelor, Photographer
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Southampton | Hampshire | England | Posted: 4:46 PM on 04.27.08 |
->> Hi Martin
Only found 4 gig ones on the site. Maybe they're sold out |
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Kevin Batchelor, Photographer
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Southampton | Hampshire | England | Posted: 4:58 PM on 04.28.08 |
| ->> Martin bought two 4 gigs for 16.99 each on Ebay today. Could be cheaper than buying big cards and they seem to have plenty |
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Daniel Brayack, Photographer
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Charleston | WV | USA | Posted: 5:39 PM on 04.28.08 |
->> I've tried my laptop, but its just too cumbersome - often I have a good bit of other gear for the particular activity I'm shooting (outdoor stuff)
I'm considering just using my laptop for a weddings though....
I've really come to love my little portable HD - its definitely a nice piece of mind in a nice little package...
Put the chip in - hit the button, in 10 minutes (with a full 4GB) I get a smiley face and that's it... |
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Max Gersh, Student/Intern, Photo Editor
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St. Louis | MO | USA | Posted: 6:02 PM on 04.28.08 |
->> Kevin,
FYI, if you search the boards for "Sandisk" + "ebay" you will run into many threads talking about fake Sandisk cards on ebay.
That being said, I have bought two on ebay and they are fine.
Martin,
In terms of 16gig cards, I would love to get one and toss all my 1 and 2 gig cards aside. I haven't had any failures with any of my Sandisk cards or any issues that couldn't be fixed with a rescue and a reformat (which rarely occurred.)
I have been told time after time having all my images on one card is bad. Yea. But so is running out of space and losing cards. Anyways, we are all going to have to get bigger cards as file sizes go up. |
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Kevin Batchelor, Photographer
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Southampton | Hampshire | England | Posted: 2:55 AM on 05.02.08 |
| ->> Got both cards through today Seem fine certainly work OK. Guess i was lucky |
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Seung-Chul Baik, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Toronto | ON | Canada | Posted: 3:42 AM on 05.02.08 |
| ->> Avoid buying memory cards on ebay. Especially bulk ones from China and Hong Kong. Their powerseller icon and positive feedbacks are useless. If your card wasn't in the original sealed box, you can pretty much assume that it's a fake. AND why the hell would they sell them so cheap and free shipped to overseas? |
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Max Simbron, Photographer, Assistant
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Phoenix | AZ | USA | Posted: 11:09 AM on 05.02.08 |
->> I've been using Ridata and Transcend 8gb and 16gb cards for well over a year now. Probably ran them through 100k photos each. Never a problem
I own cards of all types, from Sandisk to Lexar, to Kingston, to Ridata, to Transcend. I've had two cards failed
The first failed upon loading in a camera. I checked it in a computer and nothing. It was a Sandisk.
The second failed about 200 shots into a basketball game. The files were viewable both on camera and on my computer. I lost 1 files (the one that couldn't write to the camera, as the write took well over 2 minutes, and failed). I was able to copy over all my files except for that 1 last one. That was a Lexar.
So, maybe I'm unlucky in that the two name brands failed me while the off brands have done ok for me.
Max |
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