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08/25/2004 12:49:59 PM · #1 |
i've always been leary about large cards for fear of losing too many images if i lost a card or if one went bad (and i've had both happen).
what about the rest of you? |
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08/25/2004 12:52:50 PM · #2 |
For whatever my budget is, I always get 2 smaller cards vs. one larger one.
I just got a couple of 256MB cards, so with a 3MP camera I get over 150 shots each (best quality JPEG). With my 2MP camera, I use a couple 64MB cards which give my 50-80 shots each. |
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08/25/2004 12:56:44 PM · #3 |
| I use a 256MB card with my 4 mp camera and empty it after each photo session. That leaves me with tons of space in case i need to take 200 pics of whatever im shooting. However i rarely use more than a quarter of the room on the card. |
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08/25/2004 12:59:07 PM · #4 |
| Well, I've personally wanted to start shooting in RAW and, given the file size from the Rebel, I opted for a 1GB Ultra II (amazon.com for $162 right now). As far as I'm concerned, if the card doesn't let me take more than 100 shots at a time, it's too small. At around 7MB per RAW image, I'll be able to take about 142 shots before I need to swap to my older 512 (which currently maxes out at about 132 Large JPGs). |
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08/25/2004 01:29:11 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by bledford:
As far as I'm concerned, if the card doesn't let me take more than 100 shots at a time, it's too small. |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
For whatever my budget is, I always get 2 smaller cards vs. one larger one. |
I think that these are the best advice. I have 8 memory sticks that spreads out into 1GB and my older camera will not support larger then 128mb cards(ala MS Pro). For Sony users the Sony branded sticks are extremely reliable.
With more memory to take pictures don't forget you need enough juice to take those pictures. |
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08/25/2004 02:00:01 PM · #6 |
I use a 1 gig, a 512, and two 256 CF cards. I have a few 128mb but they don't hold many shots. I only have lexar cards and I've never lost a photo. (except by me erasing individual shots on accident, always use the lock option!)
Message edited by author 2004-08-25 18:01:44.
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08/25/2004 02:16:26 PM · #7 |
| the thing i find sorta funny is that many people on here will recommend using 2 smaller cards over one large card of equal size due to fears of loosing pictures. then they transfer them all over to some sort of portable hard drive, eliminating the advantage of having two smaller cards. |
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08/25/2004 02:46:07 PM · #8 |
I would generally go with 2, not because of the failure business (I've never had a card go bad on me in the 4 or 5 years of digital photography I've done), but the flash type cards, which is most of them except for the microdrives, all take a certain amount of power per memory unit - so 128MB card will take twice as much juice to read as a 64MB.
It isn't much, but on the smaller cameras I've had (with correspondingly small batteries), I've noticed a difference - maybe about 5 minutes of battery life (out of 50-60 minutes).
I don't know how the power consuption works out on micro-drives, but by comparison to every other digital I've had - the D70 (with 2GB microdrive) battery life is incredible. |
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08/25/2004 03:27:03 PM · #9 |
I have TWO - 1gig cards for my D70 1 sandisk Extreme because it came with recovery software (that I have never had to use) and 1 sandisk Ultra II that was $40 bucks cheaper. I shoot RAW 95% of the time that give me only 100-160 shots per card. So to me bigger is better... If I had the cash they would be 4gig MDs....some day....aaaaaauuuuuuhhhhh.... OK I̢۪m better now...lol
For my Fuji (xD cards) I have 5-256mb, 3-128mb, and 1-16mb (came with the cam)...I would have got 512 cards but they were NEVER in stock when I went looking for them. I also use my xD cards with the Fuji USB drive.
I say BIGger is betterâ€Â¦..go BIG or go homeâ€Â¦..BIG toys for BIG boys (girls too, but it didn’t rhyme)
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08/25/2004 03:40:45 PM · #10 |
I use 4 or 5 of the 1 GB Extreme cards. They are fast and reliable. I also have a couple of the IBM 1 GB hard drives. They work well, but not as well as the Extreme due mainly to the speed of the transfers after shooting.
My wife laundered one of the IBM hard drives in our Maytag. When I tried it in the Zoi! reader after its trip around in the spin cycle and one hour cooking in the dryer, it sounded just like a tiny, weenie, miniature symphony orchestra - great sounds afterwards, but no pictures!
They just don't build stuff like they use too....
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08/25/2004 03:48:22 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by Morgan:
I use 4 or 5 of the 1 GB Extreme cards. They are fast and reliable. I also have a couple of the IBM 1 GB hard drives. They work well, but not as well as the Extreme due mainly to the speed of the transfers after shooting.
My wife laundered one of the IBM hard drives in our Maytag. When I tried it in the Zoi! reader after its trip around in the spin cycle and one hour cooking in the dryer, it sounded just like a tiny, weenie, miniature symphony orchestra - great sounds afterwards, but no pictures!
They just don't build stuff like they use too.... |
I ran a 64MB CF card through the washer once. Found it before it got to the dryer. Still works.
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08/25/2004 03:51:45 PM · #12 |
I use one 128mb SD card right now.. which gives me approx. 70 shots with 5MP. I'd love to have a 256MB or a 512MB for travelling, to go with the 128, but my budget just doesn't allow that for the moment. Fortunately, my budget doesn't allow *travelling* either.. so I can clear off the card at the end of every day and not worry about it.. and, if worse comes to worst, I can always switch down to 3.2MP and there's always the 32MB internal memory to fall back on.
The true crime is that my old camera took CF cards, so I have two 64MB CF cards laying around useless. But I have a friend that has slobbered over wanting them, so it's not a total loss.
Message edited by author 2004-08-25 19:53:17. |
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08/25/2004 04:13:53 PM · #13 |
| I have a 256mb sandisk Ultra II, just ordered a 512mb Ultra II card from //www.zipzoomfly.com ($76) with free shipping. I also have a 20gig digital photo library that holds lots of photos when I go to a race or out hiking for the day or on vacation. |
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08/25/2004 05:02:38 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by nborton:
the thing i find sorta funny is that many people on here will recommend using 2 smaller cards over one large card of equal size due to fears of loosing pictures. then they transfer them all over to some sort of portable hard drive, eliminating the advantage of having two smaller cards. |
I try to not erase them from the card until they've been copied to two other media (HD and CD or two HD's).
If you have one card in the camera and one in the bag, and one or the other gets damaged, you may still have the other with some photos on it. If you mangle a smaller card you can replace it less expensively, and not be out of cards in the meantime.
And if you have multiple cards you can lend one out in an "emergency."
I usually used the smaller cards which come with the cameras for transporting print files or real emergency backup. |
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08/25/2004 05:25:48 PM · #15 |
Found this if ya want a 1gb Kingston card for cheap
Or Viking 256mb for $16. I know Viking is good through experience, not sure on Kingston.
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08/25/2004 05:53:23 PM · #16 |
I currently own two 16MB CF cards that NEVER get used, two 128MB CF cards one of which I keep in the Kodak DX4900, one 512MB CF card that I usually keep in the Minolta DiMage7i, and one 1GB Microdrive that I keep in the Digital Rebel. I've never had any problems with any of the cards, knock on wood and I'm planning on gettng a second 1GB card, either a CF or a Microdrive, I have no preference.
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08/25/2004 05:53:36 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by dacrazyrn:
Or Viking 256mb for $16. I know Viking is good through experience, not sure on Kingston. |
You realize that with a nice compact card-reader these form a supremelyviable alternative to those little "keychain" USB flash memory drives for all kinds of portable file storage/backups ... |
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08/26/2004 04:47:14 AM · #18 |
personally i use 512's. i usually shoot RAW, so a 512 gets me on average 90 shots. i find it to be a good compromise between having multiple cards, and not having to change them too many times. If you're shooting JPG's, and can obviously get many more shots to a card, then 256's should be fine... but i'd rather be able to get 50+ to a card before having to change cards.
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