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"RJ" wrote in message ... I see plug-in cards sized anywhere from 64meg to 512meg. Any reason to have half-dozen small cards ? ( or any spares at all ? ) I found a 512meg SD card on sale.... When I plugged it in, my camera announced I now had capacity for 800+ pictures. Unless you're taking pics for the high school graduating class, would there be reason for any more ( spare ) cards ? ......so much to learn...... ;o) Much of that depends upon how many megabytes each image taken by your camera consumes. With my Canon 10D, I can only shoot about 127 full resolution RAW files with embedded jpegs. So...what to you is 800-shot overkill, to me wouldn't even be the equivalent of two rolls of film. |
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(Annika1980) wrote in news:20041206223451.21925.00001727
@mb-m06.aol.com: From: Eric Gill Lyra is essentially the same thing, only with a 3.8" viewscreen, TV out, music, video and pic playback, and a (substantially) higher pricetag. For brute-force gobs of portable storage, the X-Drive is a good choice, especially since you can buy your own drive mechanism. Upgradeability is not a feature of any of the players. Also check out Epson's new digital wallet. http://www.luminous-landscape.com/re...s/P-2000.shtml Looks like a very decent option, but it wasn't available when I bought the Lyra. Unfortunately. Lyra doesn't support displaying RAW files, and the battery isn't removeable, plus other spiffy options. Ah, the price of impatience. |
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"Ken Weitzel" wrote in message news:cL5td.427612$Pl.151365@pd7tw1no... wrote: I see plug-in cards sized anywhere from 64meg to 512meg. Any reason to have half-dozen small cards ? ( or any spares at all ? ) I found a 512meg SD card on sale.... When I plugged it in, my camera announced I now had capacity for 800+ pictures. Unless you're taking pics for the high school graduating class, would there be reason for any more ( spare ) cards ? ......so much to learn...... ;o) Hi... The Peter Principle works nicely here - "things will expand to fill the space available for their storage" Yes, have several. Perhaps one large (relatively expensive) one, and a few smaller ones. If you should lose one, as a recent poster did, you haven't lost everything. On the other hand...the more numerous and small the cards...the greater the likelihood of their loss or mishandling. In my opinion, the odds of loss or destruction due to frequent handling in the field far out-weigh the risks associated with data loss. |
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"Ken Weitzel" wrote in message news:cL5td.427612$Pl.151365@pd7tw1no... wrote: I see plug-in cards sized anywhere from 64meg to 512meg. Any reason to have half-dozen small cards ? ( or any spares at all ? ) I found a 512meg SD card on sale.... When I plugged it in, my camera announced I now had capacity for 800+ pictures. Unless you're taking pics for the high school graduating class, would there be reason for any more ( spare ) cards ? ......so much to learn...... ;o) Hi... The Peter Principle works nicely here - "things will expand to fill the space available for their storage" Yes, have several. Perhaps one large (relatively expensive) one, and a few smaller ones. If you should lose one, as a recent poster did, you haven't lost everything. On the other hand...the more numerous and small the cards...the greater the likelihood of their loss or mishandling. In my opinion, the odds of loss or destruction due to frequent handling in the field far out-weigh the risks associated with data loss. |
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"tomcas" wrote in message ... Marcel wrote: You don't want to change cards or worry about the numbers. You take your shots, whatever the number. You cull afterwards, yet you want to review the best shots later and the more shots you have, the better your chances of getting great souvenirs. Marcel You have a good point but it can be risky putting all your souvenirs in one basket. Sometimes it works the other way though... Which is safer to carry?... ....A dozen eggs you must juggle in the air...or a basket that holds them all? Sometimes the basket is precisely what you should use. When shooting wildlife, or at the beach, or in the rain, or on the sidelines, or in the crowds, etc. etc.... Pulling tiny little drives out of sensitive equipment is the LAST things one should have to do with regularity. More often than not, I find security in NOT having to expose lots of little cards to the endless shuffling through the mayh dangerous environments (to cards, at least) we find ourselves shooting in. Keeping my card safe INSIDE my camera often outweighs the "benefit" of lots of little cards I may lose or destroy in teh endless fiddling...not to mention the SHOTS I will inevitably MISS because I've once again run out of space at the critical moment. The BEST solution...is as follows (even if not the most economical): Many LARGE cards. This way, you can shoot non-stop in those fast paced moments where you HAVE to get the shot...but can opt for removing/replacing the card even BEFORE it is full if you're worried about data loss. Personally...when you can buy 1GB sanDisk cards for $69 at costco, I think even the multiple-big solution is even economically sound. -Mark |
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"tomcas" wrote in message ... Marcel wrote: You don't want to change cards or worry about the numbers. You take your shots, whatever the number. You cull afterwards, yet you want to review the best shots later and the more shots you have, the better your chances of getting great souvenirs. Marcel You have a good point but it can be risky putting all your souvenirs in one basket. Sometimes it works the other way though... Which is safer to carry?... ....A dozen eggs you must juggle in the air...or a basket that holds them all? Sometimes the basket is precisely what you should use. When shooting wildlife, or at the beach, or in the rain, or on the sidelines, or in the crowds, etc. etc.... Pulling tiny little drives out of sensitive equipment is the LAST things one should have to do with regularity. More often than not, I find security in NOT having to expose lots of little cards to the endless shuffling through the mayh dangerous environments (to cards, at least) we find ourselves shooting in. Keeping my card safe INSIDE my camera often outweighs the "benefit" of lots of little cards I may lose or destroy in teh endless fiddling...not to mention the SHOTS I will inevitably MISS because I've once again run out of space at the critical moment. The BEST solution...is as follows (even if not the most economical): Many LARGE cards. This way, you can shoot non-stop in those fast paced moments where you HAVE to get the shot...but can opt for removing/replacing the card even BEFORE it is full if you're worried about data loss. Personally...when you can buy 1GB sanDisk cards for $69 at costco, I think even the multiple-big solution is even economically sound. -Mark |
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I see plug-in cards sized anywhere from 64meg to 512meg. Any reason to have half-dozen small cards ? ( or any spares at all ? ) I found a 512meg SD card on sale.... When I plugged it in, my camera announced I now had capacity for 800+ pictures. Unless you're taking pics for the high school graduating class, would there be reason for any more ( spare ) cards ? ......so much to learn...... ;o) rj a small card is handy to transfer image files to a photo finisher, or just to keep you from shooting 800 shots. for me, one 512 card holds some 32 shots with my 14mp kodak. but I still use them so I can copy the entire card to one folder and then burn one back up cd by dragging it over to the drive. eventually I will get a dvd burner and get some 4gb cards |
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I see plug-in cards sized anywhere from 64meg to 512meg. Any reason to have half-dozen small cards ? ( or any spares at all ? ) I found a 512meg SD card on sale.... When I plugged it in, my camera announced I now had capacity for 800+ pictures. Unless you're taking pics for the high school graduating class, would there be reason for any more ( spare ) cards ? ......so much to learn...... ;o) rj a small card is handy to transfer image files to a photo finisher, or just to keep you from shooting 800 shots. for me, one 512 card holds some 32 shots with my 14mp kodak. but I still use them so I can copy the entire card to one folder and then burn one back up cd by dragging it over to the drive. eventually I will get a dvd burner and get some 4gb cards |
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Darrell Larose writes:
My 1 GB CF crad holds 70 Pentax RAW files (* ist D) Or 56 TIFF, or 909 at the lowest JPEG setting. Quite a range. Charlie Self "Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy." Edgar Bergen, (Charlie McCarthy) |
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