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FYI: New 8GB CF Card
Daniel Bersak, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Medford | MA | USA | Posted: 12:13 PM on 02.11.04 |
->> Hey-
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0402/04020910simpletech8gb.asp
Slashdot says the 8GB card will cost $6000. Frankly I'd rather have a 1D Mark II, a 550ex, a 24mm f/1.4, a 512mb card, and an extra battery for the same money, but this might be useful to someone.
--Dan |
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Matt Franz, Photographer
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Vandalia | OH | USA | Posted: 12:31 PM on 02.11.04 |
| ->> Judas, that is a lot of capacity. But I am with you, I'd rather have equipment and a bunch of smaller cards then one gigantic card. I'd also worry about the whole single point of failure thing as well. |
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Richard Orr, Photographer
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Longmeadow | MA | USA | Posted: 12:34 PM on 02.11.04 |
->> My guess is that in 5 years, that will be the same as a 512 MB card today.
Think about it. Remember the first 20 MB hard drives? I do. |
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Matt Franz, Photographer
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Vandalia | OH | USA | Posted: 12:37 PM on 02.11.04 |
->> :-) Hard drives? It was nice NOT to have to boot off of your disk! :)
In any case, six grand is a bit out of control for simple storage right now. But you're right, the photogs in 5 -10 years will be wondering how we were able to take pictures with 512 MB and 1GB cards. I mean, that just one picture on the zillion megapixel setting.
--Matt |
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Carl Schneider, Photographer
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HERMOSA BEACH Los Angeles | CA | USA | Posted: 12:52 PM on 02.11.04 |
| ->> Speaking of that, won't it be fun to reread some of these posts in ten years? I hope the SS guys will archive all of the posts and have a way for us to read them (at least the good ones). By then we will probably access the internet through a chip in our brain or something. |
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Margaret Bowles, Photographer
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Charlotte | NC | | Posted: 1:26 PM on 02.11.04 |
| ->> I lost an entire MNF game (yes, with overtime) because of CF card failure. I will never shoot an entire game on one card again. Even filling a 1GB card makes me nervous now. |
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Andy Mead, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Durham | NC | USA | Posted: 2:25 PM on 02.11.04 |
->> I'm guessing that in some specialty applications, an 8GB card makes sense. I don't, however, expect to seem them on the sidelines for at least a few years.
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Booting from floppy? You *had* a floppy drive? I had to load my OS from an accoustic coupled cassette tape! |
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Debra L Rothenberg, Photographer
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New York | NY | USA | Posted: 2:33 PM on 02.11.04 |
->> Does anyone remember the 384 mb cards? I have one....but have never met anyone else who does, or for that matter even saw one
Debbie |
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Daniel Bersak, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Medford | MA | USA | Posted: 2:53 PM on 02.11.04 |
->> Debbie-
I used to have a set of 384mb cards, but I had to give them back when I changed jobs. In some respects they're the perfect size. If I left some breathing room (a good idea for emergencies anyway), 2 cards fit perfectly on a CD. I wonder if they still sell them and if they're any cheaper than the 512mb ones...
I could see using the 8GB cards in remotes. The other night I shot 2 hockey games back to back at the Fleet Center. I didn't set up any remotes, but if I had (especially up in the rafters) it would have been cool to shoot 2 games straight without worrying about the remote filling its card. For $6000 a pop though, I'll hike up there and dump it every so often. :-)
--Dan |
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Niko Kallianiotis, Photographer
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Coshocton | OH | | Posted: 2:04 PM on 02.12.04 |
| ->> no coments.... what u will shoot with that the entire season? |
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Sam Morris, Photographer
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Henderson (Las Vegas) | NV | USA | Posted: 5:01 PM on 02.12.04 |
| ->> The rep at PMA said he wasn't completely sure, but he thought the 8G card would run about $2200-$2400 on the street. |
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Andrew Sullivan, Photographer
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Kissimmee | FL | USA | Posted: 5:28 PM on 02.12.04 |
| ->> Why don't they just make 700mb cards to transfer over to a CD? Or would that be too simple? |
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Stephen Voss, Photographer
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Portland | OR | USA | Posted: 6:54 PM on 02.12.04 |
| ->> Andrew - Delkin makes a 640MB compact flash card which works great, though it's always been hard to find. |
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Steve Conner, Photographer
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Daniel Tunstall, Photographer
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Pearland | TX | USA | Posted: 7:22 PM on 02.12.04 |
| ->> Along the lines of card size matching CD volume....what about DVD? Everything changes, so must we. |
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