From: Bipin Gupta
Hello Bruce and PDMLer Friends, That is the question: why buy 16 GB
Cards when you can't fill it up in a shoot??
I use mostly 8 GB + 4 GB extreme Sandisk Cards - agree they are the
best, reliable and safer too as Bruce puts it.
While in Cologne, Germany, I visited Media Mart,
Simple: I use a 16 GB because I repeatedly filled-up my 8 GB cards
during shoots. :-)
I dislike finding I have to change cards in normal shooting. I
invariably lose a couple of shots before discovering that the card is
full, and it's distracting. But stopping to fiddle with the camera is
On 31 January 2013 21:27, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
Simple: I use a 16 GB because I repeatedly filled-up my 8 GB cards
during shoots. :-)
I dislike finding I have to change cards in normal shooting. I
invariably lose a couple of shots before discovering that the card is
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 1:59 AM, Bipin Gupta bip...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Bruce and PDMLer Friends, That is the question: why buy 16 GB
Cards when you can't fill it up in a shoot??
1) I don't like to delete files from cards during a vacation, even
after I've copied them to the laptop. So
On Jan 31, 2013, at 7:30 AM, Matthew Hunt wrote:
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 1:59 AM, Bipin Gupta bip...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Bruce and PDMLer Friends, That is the question: why buy 16 GB
Cards when you can't fill it up in a shoot??
1) I don't like to delete files from cards during a
Your going to get all kinds of advice.
On Name brand vs. generic brands. You'll hear people swear by one
or the other. There are not enough photographers here that buy enough
cards for any of their experience to be statically valid. So, most
people are really working on gut feel and
In truth, there are a number of web sites that have tested and rated cards, and
the Sandisk Extreme is most frequently recommended. That is in synch with what
most of the photographers here have said and my own experience. Here's one
review: http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-sd-card/
On
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013, Stan Halpin wrote:
People have mentioned a concern with losing cards as a reason to go
with smaller cards, thereby minimizing the quantity of images that
might be lost. I have two thoughts about that. First, if it is a 32GB
or 64GB card in the camera and I almost
Losing cards is a problem but a card can also becoming non functional,
I've had a few physically fall apart making them unusable, but I was
able to recover the data from them. However as a cautionary tail a
friend of mine, went on a once in a lifetime vacation to southern
Africa, intending to
Take a laptop along and download when returning to your abode.
With the bigger cards, you can go 2 or 3 days before downloading.
And the laptop is good for editing, review of the day.
Lightroom is free (loading on Desktop + Laptop is SOP).
And you've got your first backup copy set, another on the
On those big trips, it's foolish not to have a test of all your
equipment and components.
He might have found the problem card a bit sooner.
And bring the wife along with a PS digital, as a failsafe.
Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 1:31 PM, P. J. Alling
webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
On Jan 31, 2013, at 1:51 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013, Stan Halpin wrote:
People have mentioned a concern with losing cards as a reason to go
with smaller cards, thereby minimizing the quantity of images that
might be lost. I have two thoughts about that. First, if it is a
His wife divorced him a couple of years ago, so that wasn't a
particularly attractive option.
On 1/31/2013 3:12 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
On those big trips, it's foolish not to have a test of all your
equipment and components.
He might have found the problem card a bit sooner.
And bring the
On Jan 31, 2013, at 2:31 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
Losing cards is a problem but a card can also becoming non functional, I've
had a few physically fall apart making them unusable, but I was able to
recover the data from them. However as a cautionary tail a friend of mine,
went on a once in
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013, Stan Halpin wrote:
On Jan 31, 2013, at 1:51 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013, Stan Halpin wrote:
People have mentioned a concern with losing cards as a reason to go
with smaller cards, thereby minimizing the quantity of images that
might be lost. I have two
You could always buy the new Bimbo a digital PS and take her along,
Especially for those long winter nights.
Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 2:21 PM, P. J. Alling
webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
His wife divorced him a couple of years ago, so that wasn't a particularly
attractive
Like Stan and Bob S I back up the cards on a daily basis. It doesn't
take exotic equipment to do it - I use a 4 yer old netbook w/an SD card
slot and a 360 gig external drive and just copy the images from the
card. Both Irfanview and Faststone Image Viewer do an adequate job if I
want to
Stan,
I do much the same, but no external drive and no international trips either.
Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Stan Halpin
s...@stans-photography.info wrote:
On Jan 31, 2013, at 1:51 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013, Stan Halpin wrote:
People have mentioned
on 2013-01-31 10:11 Paul Stenquist wrote
In truth, there are a number of web sites that have tested and rated cards, and
the Sandisk Extreme is most frequently recommended. That is in synch with what
most of the photographers here have said and my own experience. Here's one
on 2013-01-30 23:59 Bipin Gupta wrote
Hello Bruce and PDMLer Friends, That is the question: why buy 16 GB
Cards when you can't fill it up in a shoot??
i answered elsewhere but here it is again — for possible video use and for ad
hoc sneakernet (copying large files from one computer to another
I havent yet had a sandisk card fall apart.
All of my patriot cards have.
steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote:
on 2013-01-31 10:11 Paul Stenquist wrote
In truth, there are a number of web sites that have tested and rated
cards, and the Sandisk Extreme is most frequently recommended. That is
I've had a Sandisk and another manufactures cards fall apart, case split
on the seam, first indication of a mechanical failure was the write
protect tab falling off and getting lost, (they're just impossible to
find). They were still readable and fit in the *ist-Ds memory slot with
tape over
On Jan 31, 2013, at 3:23 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013, Stan Halpin wrote:
On Jan 31, 2013, at 1:51 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013, Stan Halpin wrote:
People have mentioned a concern with losing cards as a reason to go
with smaller cards, thereby minimizing the
Didn't the pz-1p have a titanium vertical shutter? I think it would be pretty
hard to get to 1/8000 with a cloth shutter
Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote:
On Jan 31, 2013, at 3:23 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013, Stan Halpin wrote:
On Jan 31, 2013, at 1:51 PM,
I think you are right Zos. All I can recall clearly is that my thumb severely
mangled the moving part of the shutter mechanism. The damaged cloth shutter I
was thinking of was in the Leica I inherited and had to have repaired. Still
haven't put any film through that paper weight!
stan
On Jan
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 07:32:39PM -0500, Stan Halpin wrote:
Don't change recording media in the heat of the moment; wait for a quiet time
and place, thus avoiding potential disasters that might befall media and/or
camera.
One of the nice things about digital media is that you can actually
I cannot possibly imagin having a working leica and not at least trying a roll.
I'm not a huge rangefinder fan but there is something nice about the pure
manual operation. Its why I like my k1000 so much, though I must admit I found
a zx-7 for $15 (with an fa 28-80 no less) in a thrift store
John Francis wrote:
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 07:32:39PM -0500, Stan Halpin wrote:
Don't change recording media in the heat of the moment; wait for a quiet
time and place, thus avoiding potential disasters that might befall media
and/or camera.
One of the nice things about digital media is
Howdy,
Larry Colen made me join this list (I used to be a Pentax SLR person
decades ago, currently have a Nikon P7100, Larry's giving me advice on
kit to rent for a mid-May Alaska cruise, which will of course be Pentax).
So I checked the archives and don't see any recent threads about SD
cards,
Welcome aboard, Aahz!
SanDisk Extreme 16GB is my choice. You can't get any safer and
reliable than that.
I also have some older 8 GB and 4 GB Extremes but they mostly just
gather kit-bag lint as I've never filled-up the 16 GB on a shoot.
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Aahz Maruch
I use class 10 8gb cards. They are dirt cheap. On a k-5 I get like 230 shots
or so. When one runs full I just pop another in. If one fails I lost 10 bux
and some pictures. That's almost the equivalent of 10 rolls of film so that
should be enough for a lot of people.
Aahz Maruch
I've have Patriot and Kingston 16gb plus some Patriot LX 32gb cards,
speed class 10 if possible.
I buy cheap stuff, less than $1 per gb, sometimes $.50 per gb at Frys.
The cards hold a lot of pictures (300+ each), and are tiny.
I get nervous having so many per card.
Take a laptop and download to
On 1/30/2013 1:57 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
Howdy,
Larry Colen made me join this list (I used to be a Pentax SLR person
decades ago, currently have a Nikon P7100, Larry's giving me advice on
kit to rent for a mid-May Alaska cruise, which will of course be Pentax).
So I checked the archives and
Welcome, Aahz!
Galia (my daughter) is using 16GB SanDisk card. I think it is SD Extreme
or whatever. I am using Patriot LX 64GB SDXC card (which is total
accident, really, as it was bought for a very different purpose). In
order to use it reliably, I had to upgrade firmware of both our K-5 to
,
Rick
http://photo.net/photos/RickW
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From: Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com
To: pdml@pdml.net
Cc:
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 1:57 PM
Subject: SD Card Survey
Howdy,
Larry Colen made me join this list (I used to be a Pentax SLR person
decades ago, currently have
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote:
It's terrible that Larry has forced you into this. We'll try to be merciful
(maybe!).
I assume that anyone who associates with Larry can deal with the rest of us.
I mostly use a Sandisk Extreme 16 GB and a HP 32 GB card
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 02:05:42PM -0500, Bruce Walker wrote:
Welcome aboard, Aahz!
SanDisk Extreme 16GB is my choice. You can't get any safer and
reliable than that.
I've only got the Ultras, not the Extreme. I started off with 8GBs
when I bought my K-5, but when I was in Texas in November
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 02:45:37PM -0500, Matthew Hunt wrote:
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote:
It's terrible that Larry has forced you into this. We'll try to be
merciful (maybe!).
I assume that anyone who associates with Larry can deal with the
Camera gear investment: a few thousand bucks
Once in a lifetime cruise: many thousands of bucks
I use class 10 8gb cards. They are dirt cheap. [...] If one fails I lost 10
bux and some pictures.
Priceless!
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote:
I use class
Better to lose 8gb worth of pictures than 32just sayinoften when I need
a card only radio shack is close and I need one that day so rather than pay
their insane prices I just buy a reasonable 8gb.
Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
Camera gear investment: a few thousand bucks
, January 30, 2013 3:17 PM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: Re: SD Card Survey
Better to lose 8gb worth of pictures than 32just sayinoften when I
need a card only radio shack is close and I need one that day so rather than
pay their insane prices I just buy a reasonable 8gb.
Bruce Walker
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013, Rick Womer wrote:
It's terrible that Larry has forced you into this. We'll try to be
merciful (maybe!).
What is this mercy of which you speak?
Recently I bought an Extreme Pro 90MB/s card, and compared write and
read speeds with a 45MB/s card in the K-5. There was no
I think that tbe last time I bought sandisk extreme the best value were the
32GB cards. They have the advantage of not needing to swap them out often.
Copy your raw files to external drives each day and keep a spare copy of the
files on the cards until you get home.
Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com
However faster card s offload to the computer faster. Make sure you get a fast
card reader though.
Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote:
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013, Rick Womer wrote:
It's terrible that Larry has forced you into this. We'll try to be
merciful (maybe!).
What is this mercy of which you
On Jan 30, 2013, at 13:05 , Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
Welcome aboard, Aahz!
SanDisk Extreme 16GB is my choice. You can't get any safer and
reliable than that.
I'm with Bruce on this.
Takes a lot to fill 16GB. I've only ever done it at very long concerts.
Brand-name
John Francis wrote:
Does anyone have a link to the spectacular shot of an Alaskan glacier that
was posted here some time ago? I'd guess it was a Denali shot by Ken Waller,
but my Google-fu is weak today. I think the shot was taken with the 600/f4.
I think you're referring to the one he sent in
Quoting Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com:
John Francis wrote:
Does anyone have a link to the spectacular shot of an Alaskan glacier that
was posted here some time ago? I'd guess it was a Denali shot by
Ken Waller,
but my Google-fu is weak today. I think the shot was taken with the
gave me a wide format printer.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
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From: John Francis jo...@panix.com
Subject: Re: SD Card Survey
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 02:45:37PM -0500, Matthew Hunt wrote:
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Rick
phenomenal weather - mostly sunny with temps in
the low 50's to high 60's during the day.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
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From: Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com
Subject: SD Card Survey
Howdy,
Larry Colen made me join this list (I used
on 2013-01-30 11:57 Aahz Maruch wrote
I'm wondering what size and kinds of cards people are using,
particularly people with K-5/K-30.
i don't buy the Sandisk mythology; i've been using a no-name Team 32GB Class
10 card for the last 6 months, only one month of which i've had a K-5;
From: Aahz Maruch
Howdy,
Larry Colen made me join this list (I used to be a Pentax SLR person
decades ago, currently have a Nikon P7100, Larry's giving me advice on
kit to rent for a mid-May Alaska cruise, which will of course be Pentax).
So I checked the archives and don't see any recent
on 2013-01-30 16:42 John Sessoms wrote
Will 32GB Class10 SDHC cards work with the K-20D?
i have such a card that works fine with my K200d, which came out the same year
as K20d
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On Wed, Jan 30, 2013, Rick Womer wrote:
It's terrible that Larry has forced you into this. We'll try to be
merciful (maybe!).
What is this mercy of which you speak?
You don't get thrown into a pun thread on your very first post.
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I use Sandisk Extreme and Sandisk Extreme Pro cards. I don't see much
difference in performance with the K-5 or the Q so the Extreme would
probably be the best option. I'm starting to switch from 8 gb cards to
16 gb, though I rarely fill a 16gb card in a single session.
Mark
On 1/30/2013
On 1/30/2013 6:49 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013, Rick Womer wrote:
It's terrible that Larry has forced you into this. We'll try to be
merciful (maybe!).
What is this mercy of which you speak?
You don't get thrown into a pun thread on your very first post.
Too late.
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Back when I was shooting with Pentax *ist DS and K10D, I had
standardized on 2G Sandisk Extreme cards.
Then, 2008ish onwards, I standardized on 8G Sandisk Extremes with
Panasonic L1 and G1 bodies.
Last year, I upgraded to 16 and 32 G Sandisk Extreme and HP Class 10s,
shooting with Ricoh GXR-M
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013, John Sessoms wrote:
Aahz:
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013, Rick Womer wrote:
It's terrible that Larry has forced you into this. We'll try to be
merciful (maybe!).
What is this mercy of which you speak?
You don't get thrown into a pun thread on your very first post.
The shortest
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013, l...@red4est.com wrote:
Copy your raw files to external drives each day and keep a spare copy
of the files on the cards until you get home.
I'm expecting to rent a GoPro to sit on the ship rail for timelapse
photography (plus likely other random usage for photos and
Same here: 16 G Sandusk extreme and extreme pro. I own some transcend cards as
well but haven't used them for quite some time.
Paul via phone
On Jan 30, 2013, at 7:56 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote:
I use Sandisk Extreme and Sandisk Extreme Pro cards. I don't see much
difference in
My wife presented me with a 16gb card that she had washed and
dried...and it's not the first time!
Each card worked fine after the wash and dry cycle.
They are tougher than they look.
Regards, Bob S.
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 5:42 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:
From: Aahz Maruch
I started out using Patriot SD cards, which were very cheap at Fry's. They
pretty much all worked fine electrically, even after they started falling apart
physically.
I had decent luck with Transcend 8GB cards, but when it got down to $40 for a
32GB Sandisk Extreme, I just started going with
I rarely fill up even a 2G card in a single shoot. (I tend to shoot
with digital much the way I shoot with medium format film ...)
But, it's nice to have lots of space for the rare occasions when I
will shoot a LOT in a short period of time. At the present prices, a
16 or 32 G card is just too
On Jan 30, 2013, at 10:59 PM, Bipin Gupta wrote:
Hello Bruce and PDMLer Friends, That is the question: why buy 16 GB
Cards when you can't fill it up in a shoot??
You may not fill it up in a shoot, but you could fill it up in a vacation.
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Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est
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