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05/11/2006 06:24:23 PM · #1 |
I'm using a Panasonic FZ7 and wonder how much video footage I can fit on a 1 GB SD card? Also, what's the minimum speed of SD card I can get away with? I'd like biggest/fastest but at the moment I have to be frugal.
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05/11/2006 06:30:41 PM · #2 |
| I would think the easiest way to figure that out would be to record something for one minute and see what size file it makes. Then do the math to see how many minutes will fit on the card. |
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05/11/2006 06:33:53 PM · #3 |
Shoot a short clip of known length, say 5 seconds, on a smaller card (assuming you do have one) and look at the file size. From that you can figure out how much time it will take to fill the larger card.
I think you are correct in going for a 1GB card, the cost per gig is lowest for either that or 2GB at present. You do NOT need a really fast card. I'd very much recommend staying with name brand, however, and getting something reasonably quick so that your card-to-computer transfer times are not outrageous. I highly recommend the Sandisk Ultra II cards. Very reliable, and reasonably priced.
Do invest in a fast card reader as well, they are pretty cheap.
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05/11/2006 06:34:08 PM · #4 |
Damn...why didn't I think of that :)
Thanks Prism, I'll do that.
There's still the question of what MB/sec card to get. |
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05/11/2006 06:35:53 PM · #5 |
Thanks Kirbic. Why would I need a card reader?
Maybe the card reader is for dumping data from card to portable hard drive or something like that...would that be the way to do it?
Message edited by author 2006-05-11 18:44:01. |
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05/11/2006 06:39:25 PM · #6 |
| I think in a recent Canon review they mentioned that 1GB was about 8-9 minutes of VGA (640x480) video @ 30fps with stereo sound, at least in the format they use -- MPEG4 should be a little smaller if your camera uses that format. |
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05/11/2006 06:47:10 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by gigasquid:
Thanks Kirbic. Why would I need a card reader? |
I think you'll find that transferring from your cam over the USB connection will be quite slow. When you've got a full 1GB card to transfer, it can take quite some time! After doing that a number of times, you'll wish for a faster way... and that's where the card reader comes in. A fast USB-2.0 reader will be far superior to the camera, unless it also fully supports USB 2.0; from what I've read, it doesn't seem to. Make sure you get a reader that fully supports USB 2.0 speeds, not just one that's compatible with 2.0 (all are, even the slower USB 1.1 readers).
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05/11/2006 06:50:28 PM · #8 |
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05/11/2006 06:52:02 PM · #9 |
| I gotta say this...this must be about the fastest forum in the west. The realtime help is awesome. LOL |
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05/11/2006 06:54:36 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by gigasquid:
I gotta say this...this must be about the fastest forum in the west. The realtime help is awesome. LOL |
It's not always that fast, but it often is pretty darn quick. And addictive. It's a great, active community. Did I mention addictive?
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