I Gb compact flash vs 512Mb (or even 256) compact flash

David J. Littleboy wrote:
"Ron Hunter" wrote in message
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Rick S. wrote:


I see I can get a 1 Gb compactflash card for 20 or 30 bucks more than
a 512 Mb card.... seems a no brainer to me, I'd like to get a coupla 1
G's rather than 4 512's, (I'm going on a long trip and will not have
any downloading capability).
Is there any reason I should avoid such a big capacity card?
Is it the same technology in both?
Any body have any failures on gigabyte cards?
I'm going to stick with established namebrands, either sandisk or
lexar, and my camera can handle the size.
thanks ahead of time for any input,
Rick

Theoretically, you are more likely to suffer a single failure if you
have 4 cards than if you have one card. However, in practical use,
there is very little chance of a problem with any one card. The reason
many people choose to use smaller cards is that if one of them dies, or
just gets lost or damaged, then the potential for loss is less. I would
rate the chance of loss as the highest probablity, with damage second,
and an actual card failure as least likely.
You pays your money, and you takes your chances...


My concern is with the tiny pins in the CF connector. I've seen too many
bent pins (admittedly in other, but similar, types of connector) to be able
to pop CF cards in and out of sockets and cameras and PC adapters blithly.

I buy the biggest card I can afford and never take it out of the camera.
Sure, download takes an age, but one has to eat and sleep, and it can be
overlapped with one of those.

David J. Littleboy

Tokyo, Japan



The pins are deep within the camera. If the card slot is properly
designed, there can't be a misalignment when inserting the card.
Contamination of the card slot is a remote posibility if reasonable care
is exercised. Of course if you operate in hostile environments, you are
probably doing a wise thing.

David J. Littleboy wrote:
"Ron Hunter" wrote in message
...

Rick S. wrote:


I see I can get a 1 Gb compactflash card for 20 or 30 bucks more than
a 512 Mb card.... seems a no brainer to me, I'd like to get a coupla 1
G's rather than 4 512's, (I'm going on a long trip and will not have
any downloading capability).
Is there any reason I should avoid such a big capacity card?
Is it the same technology in both?
Any body have any failures on gigabyte cards?
I'm going to stick with established namebrands, either sandisk or
lexar, and my camera can handle the size.
thanks ahead of time for any input,
Rick

Theoretically, you are more likely to suffer a single failure if you
have 4 cards than if you have one card. However, in practical use,
there is very little chance of a problem with any one card. The reason
many people choose to use smaller cards is that if one of them dies, or
just gets lost or damaged, then the potential for loss is less. I would
rate the chance of loss as the highest probablity, with damage second,
and an actual card failure as least likely.
You pays your money, and you takes your chances...


My concern is with the tiny pins in the CF connector. I've seen too many
bent pins (admittedly in other, but similar, types of connector) to be able
to pop CF cards in and out of sockets and cameras and PC adapters blithly.

I buy the biggest card I can afford and never take it out of the camera.
Sure, download takes an age, but one has to eat and sleep, and it can be
overlapped with one of those.

David J. Littleboy

Tokyo, Japan



The pins are deep within the camera. If the card slot is properly
designed, there can't be a misalignment when inserting the card.
Contamination of the card slot is a remote posibility if reasonable care
is exercised. Of course if you operate in hostile environments, you are
probably doing a wise thing.

Try these link $88 for 1G Sandisk CF

http://www.buy.com/retail/product.as...47&dcaid=17073
http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10318746&adid=17073&sssdmh=dm5.973 47&dcaid=17073

Rick S. wrote:

I see I can get a 1 Gb compactflash card for 20 or 30 bucks more than
a 512 Mb card.... seems a no brainer to me, I'd like to get a coupla 1
G's rather than 4 512's, (I'm going on a long trip and will not have
any downloading capability).
Is there any reason I should avoid such a big capacity card?
Is it the same technology in both?
Any body have any failures on gigabyte cards?
I'm going to stick with established namebrands, either sandisk or
lexar, and my camera can handle the size.
thanks ahead of time for any input,
Rick

Try these link $88 for 1G Sandisk CF

http://www.buy.com/retail/product.as...47&dcaid=17073
http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10318746&adid=17073&sssdmh=dm5.973 47&dcaid=17073

Rick S. wrote:

I see I can get a 1 Gb compactflash card for 20 or 30 bucks more than
a 512 Mb card.... seems a no brainer to me, I'd like to get a coupla 1
G's rather than 4 512's, (I'm going on a long trip and will not have
any downloading capability).
Is there any reason I should avoid such a big capacity card?
Is it the same technology in both?
Any body have any failures on gigabyte cards?
I'm going to stick with established namebrands, either sandisk or
lexar, and my camera can handle the size.
thanks ahead of time for any input,
Rick

Ken Tough wrote:
Gene Palmiter wrote:

OK....where could a person go for a long trip where they could not empty
their card...but where they can recharge batteries and eat and all that
other stuff.

A long camping trip...might be....you can charge with solar panels.

But, mostly....you can get a CD burned anywhere.

Really? I can think of a lot of places where CD burning is a bit
of a mission. As you get outside Namerica (esp in rural areas),
the capabilities will drop drastically, and prices could be steep.

My wife is going to the Antarctic this December. Anyone
know of a place where she can burn a CD?

With all those penguins you'd think that some of them would
be running Linux...

----- Paul J. Gans

grim wrote:
"Gene Palmiter" wrote
OK....where could a person go for a long trip where they could not empty
their card...but where they can recharge batteries and eat and all that
other stuff.

A long camping trip...might be....you can charge with solar panels.

If he's hiking, he wouldn't want to pack a solar charger in his backpack.
Space is too much at a premium. A couple sets of non-rechargable lithium
batteries should provide plenty of juice (if his camera uses AAs). If he has
to use recharagables, bring along 3 or 4 batteries. He should be able to
shoot over a thousand pictures.

But, mostly....you can get a CD burned anywhere.

Frankly, there are areas in the world where I would not trust handing over
*anything* the least bit expensive (like a CF card) to someone for them to
burn a CD. Many locals are just waiting to rip-off western tourists. The
local cops are in on it, too. Everything is corruption and scams in these
places. Keep your valuables close and hidden, and your wits about you.
(Hey... sounds like good advice for New York as well! lol)

Nah. We have pseudo camera stores on every corner in midtown.
All sorts of exotic out-of-date stuff at higher than list
prices.

We steal legally.

----- Paul J. Gans

grim wrote:
"Gene Palmiter" wrote
OK....where could a person go for a long trip where they could not empty
their card...but where they can recharge batteries and eat and all that
other stuff.

A long camping trip...might be....you can charge with solar panels.

If he's hiking, he wouldn't want to pack a solar charger in his backpack.
Space is too much at a premium. A couple sets of non-rechargable lithium
batteries should provide plenty of juice (if his camera uses AAs). If he has
to use recharagables, bring along 3 or 4 batteries. He should be able to
shoot over a thousand pictures.

But, mostly....you can get a CD burned anywhere.

Frankly, there are areas in the world where I would not trust handing over
*anything* the least bit expensive (like a CF card) to someone for them to
burn a CD. Many locals are just waiting to rip-off western tourists. The
local cops are in on it, too. Everything is corruption and scams in these
places. Keep your valuables close and hidden, and your wits about you.
(Hey... sounds like good advice for New York as well! lol)

Nah. We have pseudo camera stores on every corner in midtown.
All sorts of exotic out-of-date stuff at higher than list
prices.

We steal legally.

----- Paul J. Gans

I prefer 512 cards at the moment, I can fill it up then copy it over to one
folder on my laptop, then drag and drop that folder onto my CD drive and
burn a backup.

now with a 1gb or larger card I would have to stop and select so many
images, then wait for that cd to burn, then copy over the balance of the
folder.

so while its easier to shoot more on one card for less money per mb, its
more efficient for me to get the rest of the work flow going.

Now my kodak only puts about 32 images on a 512 so, while that's not that
much different than shooting film (30 on my 645 with 220, 36 on the nikon)


when I see the 2gb cards come down in price I'll get a DVD drive.


I see I can get a 1 Gb compactflash card for 20 or 30 bucks more than
a 512 Mb card.... seems a no brainer to me, I'd like to get a coupla 1
G's rather than 4 512's, (I'm going on a long trip and will not have
any downloading capability).
Is there any reason I should avoid such a big capacity card?
Is it the same technology in both?
Any body have any failures on gigabyte cards?
I'm going to stick with established namebrands, either sandisk or
lexar, and my camera can handle the size.
thanks ahead of time for any input,
Rick

I prefer 512 cards at the moment, I can fill it up then copy it over to one
folder on my laptop, then drag and drop that folder onto my CD drive and
burn a backup.

now with a 1gb or larger card I would have to stop and select so many
images, then wait for that cd to burn, then copy over the balance of the
folder.

so while its easier to shoot more on one card for less money per mb, its
more efficient for me to get the rest of the work flow going.

Now my kodak only puts about 32 images on a 512 so, while that's not that
much different than shooting film (30 on my 645 with 220, 36 on the nikon)


when I see the 2gb cards come down in price I'll get a DVD drive.


I see I can get a 1 Gb compactflash card for 20 or 30 bucks more than
a 512 Mb card.... seems a no brainer to me, I'd like to get a coupla 1
G's rather than 4 512's, (I'm going on a long trip and will not have
any downloading capability).
Is there any reason I should avoid such a big capacity card?
Is it the same technology in both?
Any body have any failures on gigabyte cards?
I'm going to stick with established namebrands, either sandisk or
lexar, and my camera can handle the size.
thanks ahead of time for any input,
Rick

Really? I can think of a lot of places where CD burning is a bit
of a mission. As you get outside Namerica (esp in rural areas),
the capabilities will drop drastically, and prices could be steep.

My wife is going to the Antarctic this December. Anyone
know of a place where she can burn a CD?

With all those penguins you'd think that some of them would
be running Linux...


I would imagine that those researchers would be the most computer literate
folks of any.