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01/09/2008 06:05:19 PM · #1 |
Soon in a store near you 48GB Pretec CF Card...
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01/09/2008 06:08:04 PM · #2 |
Why would anybody want want of these?? |
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01/09/2008 06:11:43 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by Ecce Signum:
Why would anybody want want of these?? |
removable hard drive for a solid state laptop. Easily stored back-up storage, less fragile than a magnetic hard disk.
I'll take a couple of the price is right. |
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01/09/2008 06:17:47 PM · #4 |
| How big is a RAW file for the Mark II series? |
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01/09/2008 06:20:40 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by strangeghost:
How big is a RAW file for the Mark II series? |
It's for that 160 MP panoramic camera post last year! |
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01/09/2008 06:20:44 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by strangeghost:
How big is a RAW file for the Mark II series? |
Pretty small compared to those coming out of cameras like the 1Ds and no doubt smaller still than the next round of sensors. |
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01/09/2008 06:32:40 PM · #7 |
hmmm ~800 raw D200 images in an 8 gig card
so my guess is 4800 in 48gig ...
that is a 4week holiday ;)
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01/09/2008 06:36:05 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by ralph:
hmmm ~800 raw D200 images in an 8 gig card
so my guess is 4800 in 48gig ...
that is a 4week holiday ;) |
eggs and baskets spring to mind ;) |
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01/09/2008 06:39:37 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by Ecce Signum:
Originally posted by ralph:
hmmm ~800 raw D200 images in an 8 gig card
so my guess is 4800 in 48gig ...
that is a 4week holiday ;) |
eggs and baskets spring to mind ;) |
That's one big basket!lol |
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01/09/2008 06:43:38 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by Ecce Signum:
Originally posted by ralph:
hmmm ~800 raw D200 images in an 8 gig card
so my guess is 4800 in 48gig ...
that is a 4week holiday ;) |
eggs and baskets spring to mind ;) |
How big's your hard drive ? :) When did you last back it all up... (in the collective 'you' sense) |
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01/09/2008 06:45:06 PM · #11 |
| Heh, those are some fast cards if they live up to their speeds... 50MB/s. But transferring 48GB at 50MB/s still means over 16 minutes to transfer! |
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01/09/2008 09:28:23 PM · #12 |
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01/09/2008 10:02:11 PM · #13 |
You gotta remember, CF cards ain't just for cameras. Think of it as portable storage. I use a CF card to transfer files for work, for instance. They take forever to transfer online.
R.
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01/09/2008 10:15:53 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by Ecce Signum:
Why would anybody want want of these?? |
Why would anyone want a 1 gig card for $800? |
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01/09/2008 10:29:31 PM · #15 |
Interesting historical data from dpreview:
From 2002:
"Pretec recently announced 1.5, 2.0 and 3.0 GB Type II CF cards...At this stage we do not have pricing for these cards, sufficient to say that they're likely to be fairly pricey."
From 2008:
"Pretec, which has quite a history of pushing forward flash media capacities, has announced new CompactFlash cards available in sizes up to 48 GB...Release dates and pricing are yet to be announced but don't expect the largest cards to be cheap..."
Nothing ever changes except our appetites for storage. :-) |
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01/10/2008 07:39:10 AM · #16 |
Originally posted by Gordon:
Originally posted by Ecce Signum:
Originally posted by ralph:
hmmm ~800 raw D200 images in an 8 gig card
so my guess is 4800 in 48gig ...
that is a 4week holiday ;) |
eggs and baskets spring to mind ;) |
How big's your hard drive ? :) When did you last back it all up... (in the collective 'you' sense) |
800gig in 3 drives active swapped weekly to 500x2 gig usb drives
1 500gig off site
eyeing terabyte drives now..
providing you have a good cf card there is no need to worry about it's longevity
ive been using 8 gig cards for +1 year & have had no issues
(did have issues with a 48meg card & a 2gig card in the past .. )
and as other have mentioed other uses than cameras .. thnk of mp4 video direct to card
-that would hold hours, if not days of video..
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