Bo_Lorentzen Posted March 16, 2011 Share #1 Posted March 16, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Lexar starts shipping 128GB & 64GB SDXC memory cards: Digital Photography Review Just upgraded my Macbook with a 1TB HDD, now Lexar start shipping SD cards totalling 13% of my new drive... Seriously, what is next..? M10 with 100meg raw files.? and exactly how will that further improve my already somewhat fuzzy images.? Guess at least I will know there are lots of data to document my poor focus and exposure. Though, it is a interesting though, I could go on a extended trip with 3 128gig cards. shoot to one, and each day dump the main card to each of the two backup cards, keep one in my zipper pocket and one in the backpack. one of these would easily keep me photographing for weeks, and must be the answer to every hiker of the pacific divide trail.. (in its entirety) Thoughts anyone.? . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest stnami Posted March 16, 2011 Share #2 Posted March 16, 2011 easily washed in the tub lost in the wine glass crumpled in the chocolate wrappings................... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigelb Posted March 16, 2011 Share #3 Posted March 16, 2011 My how times change. The first hard drive storage system I used was back in early 80's on a Gen-Rad system for developing automatic test programs for complex printed circuit boards. It was a CDC 9766-300 300Mb drive the size of a washing machine using a removable cartridge that held (I think) 11 x 14 inch platters. Similar to the one in the picture below. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! The lights in the department used to dim when it was powered up. Now you can lose something with over 400x the capacity amongst your chocolate wrappings . Guess I'm feeling my age!! We are witnessing the death of the mechanical drive. Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! The lights in the department used to dim when it was powered up. Now you can lose something with over 400x the capacity amongst your chocolate wrappings . Guess I'm feeling my age!! We are witnessing the death of the mechanical drive. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/146434-128gb-hold-on-to-had-and-glasses/?do=findComment&comment=1616899'>More sharing options...
jaapv Posted March 16, 2011 Share #4 Posted March 16, 2011 Lexar starts shipping 128GB & 64GB SDXC memory cards: Digital Photography Review Just upgraded my Macbook with a 1TB HDD, now Lexar start shipping SD cards totalling 13% of my new drive... Seriously, what is next..? M10 with 100meg raw files.? and exactly how will that further improve my already somewhat fuzzy images.? Guess at least I will know there are lots of data to document my poor focus and exposure. Though, it is a interesting though, I could go on a extended trip with 3 128gig cards. shoot to one, and each day dump the main card to each of the two backup cards, keep one in my zipper pocket and one in the backpack. one of these would easily keep me photographing for weeks, and must be the answer to every hiker of the pacific divide trail.. (in its entirety) Thoughts anyone.? . 128Gb. That will hold about 5000 uncompressed M9 images if I calculate correctly. :eek:Typically what one would shoot in one day when travelling.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted March 16, 2011 Share #5 Posted March 16, 2011 In a 10 hour shoot, one image every 7 seconds. Cool! K-H. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted March 16, 2011 Share #6 Posted March 16, 2011 Best way to loose thousands of pics in case of problem to the card. I prefer multiple small cards personally. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overgaard Posted March 16, 2011 Share #7 Posted March 16, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) As far as I've been told, you can't format a 32GB card fully in the M9 on one battery. So 16GB is advisable as the maximum. Bo, it's not a 1TB SSD disk, is it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted March 16, 2011 Share #8 Posted March 16, 2011 Only if you use overwrite, Thorsten. Normal format is in seconds. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
waileong Posted March 16, 2011 Share #9 Posted March 16, 2011 Lexar starts shipping 128GB & 64GB SDXC memory cards: Digital Photography Review Just upgraded my Macbook with a 1TB HDD, now Lexar start shipping SD cards totalling 13% of my new drive... Seriously, what is next..? M10 with 100meg raw files.? and exactly how will that further improve my already somewhat fuzzy images.? Guess at least I will know there are lots of data to document my poor focus and exposure. Though, it is a interesting though, I could go on a extended trip with 3 128gig cards. shoot to one, and each day dump the main card to each of the two backup cards, keep one in my zipper pocket and one in the backpack. one of these would easily keep me photographing for weeks, and must be the answer to every hiker of the pacific divide trail.. (in its entirety) Thoughts anyone.? . It's possible to show that, given the known resolution of a lens in lpm, a certain pixel count would be enough to capture its image quality, and beyond that additional MP's add no value. And that would be theoretical-- assuming tripod, perfect focus, stationary subject, perfect exposure, etc. For practical purposes, 20 MP seems enough. Hence the use of higher capacity memory cards would be to take more and more pix per card, rather than more MP per pix. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted March 16, 2011 Share #10 Posted March 16, 2011 My how times change. The first hard drive storage system I used was back in early 80's on a Gen-Rad system for developing automatic test programs for complex printed circuit boards. It was a CDC 9766-300 300Mb drive the size of a washing machine using a removable cartridge that held (I think) 11 x 14 inch platters. Similar to the one in the picture below. Courtesy Gene Hirschel & TechRepublic A DEC RP-04 drive along similar devices. Our whole disk farm had a capacity maybe 1 gb. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo_Lorentzen Posted March 16, 2011 Author Share #11 Posted March 16, 2011 stnami, yup, tend to agree with you on this. LOL Nigel, good thing I remember those drives, and even better it was in the corner of my fathers office. Jaap, 5000 DNG files... or roughly 150 rolls of film.. sized to fit under a large stamp. Hey, one could do a back up, postcard, stick a couple of large stamps on there and mail the SD card home from where-ever... waileong TOTALLY AGREE, Quite interesting on that account, thom found the nikon d3x to be only superior to the d3 when used on heavy tripods and with critical focusing. for a handheld travel camera like the M, we are getting close to maxing out the resolving power I can handhold, from here it is going to have to be increased dynamic range and maybe from a in-camera stabilized sensor... that might make room for more rez but mot much. Nikon D3x Review by Thom Hogan Thorsten. Nope, that was a mechanical 1TB drive.... still I have owned 1TB drives which would not fit comfortably in a backpack. . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpitt Posted March 17, 2011 Share #12 Posted March 17, 2011 So you wonder how to fill a 128 GB card? A lot of forum members have more knowledge about sensors and stuff than I do. It seems to me that it does not make much sense to increase the number of pixels beyond 36MP for 35 mm format. I think more visible effect could be gained from an increase of dynamic range. So maybe 20 or 24 bit per channel? That would make the files 16x or 256x larger with current compression. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted March 17, 2011 Share #13 Posted March 17, 2011 So you wonder how to fill a 128 GB card? A lot of forum members have more knowledge about sensors and stuff than I do. It seems to me that it does not make much sense to increase the number of pixels beyond 36MP for 35 mm format. I think more visible effect could be gained from an increase of dynamic range. So maybe 20 or 24 bit per channel? That would make the files 16x or 256x larger with current compression. Another option to fill the card: HD video. K-H. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdtrick Posted March 17, 2011 Share #14 Posted March 17, 2011 My how times change. The first hard drive storage system I used was back in early 80's on a Gen-Rad system for developing automatic test programs for complex printed circuit boards. It was a CDC 9766-300 300Mb drive the size of a washing machine using a removable cartridge that held (I think) 11 x 14 inch platters. Similar to the one in the picture below. [ATTACH]247833[/ATTACH] The lights in the department used to dim when it was powered up. Now you can lose something with over 400x the capacity amongst your chocolate wrappings . Guess I'm feeling my age!! We are witnessing the death of the mechanical drive. Who remembers using an Oscilloscope to align the heads??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
waileong Posted March 17, 2011 Share #15 Posted March 17, 2011 More dynamic range will have to wait for more sensitive sensors. I think more visible effect could be gained from an increase of dynamic range. So maybe 20 or 24 bit per channel? That would make the files 16x or 256x larger with current compression. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted March 17, 2011 Share #16 Posted March 17, 2011 Indeed, and current types are very close to the theoretical limit. So we have to wait for a completely new technology. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo_Lorentzen Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share #17 Posted March 17, 2011 Well, top on my wish list is naturally a new trick to improve the dynamic range, and probably second a stabilized sensor. (in another 20-30 years I will be needing that badly, that give them a bit of time to get it worked out.) Resolution currently really is not that high on my want list.. but naturally a S2 is not a bad thing either. - BTW. no im not looking for a way to fill the card, just reflecting on the fact that these cards are quickly reaching capacities which is simply mind-boggling. - Maybe also reflecting on the degree "shooting more" frames will in fact help me capture more meaningful images, I am not sure I am always generating meaningful quality with todays ability to create huge amounts of content. but do 200 frames of the same sunset make me happier.. ;-) . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
prk60091 Posted March 17, 2011 Share #18 Posted March 17, 2011 Best way to loose thousands of pics in case of problem to the card. I prefer multiple small cards personally. i lost a day of shooting in hawaii with 1 large card and no small one's with me.... i now use 2GB cards and take 1 for each day of shooting while on vacation- i upload to the ipad every night and keep the card until i get home and can back it up to the HD which then gets backed up to the time capsule and elsewhere automagically.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfarkas Posted March 17, 2011 Share #19 Posted March 17, 2011 I use 64GB CF cards on the S2 and seem to have no trouble filling them up. Of course, with compressed DNG files now, this gets just a little more challenging - 64GB holds about 1400 shots. But, since the battery can last for around 2000 shots, the combo of one battery and one 64GB CF is good for least a weekend's worth of shooting without worry. As memory capacity has increased and memory prices have decreased, I've actually taken to just using media cards once on the M9 and D-Lux 5. I now have a growing collection of 16GB SD cards that serve as another layer of backup. Why not? The equivalent in film was far more expensive. As far as larger cards go, I say "bring it." I just wish that SSD capacity would ramp up as quickly. What I wouldn't give for two 1TB SSDs in my laptop. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dopey Posted March 18, 2011 Share #20 Posted March 18, 2011 128Gb. That will hold about 5000 uncompressed M9 images if I calculate correctly. :eek:Typically what one would shoot in one day when travelling.. In a 10 hour shoot, one image every 7 seconds. Snap & Pray ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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