Re: Why not a SATA SSD the size of a CF card?

2012-06-28 Thread Michael Adam Maas
On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Last night, I was thinking about how one performance limitation that I run up against the most often is write speed to the storage.  My first idea was a camera grip that had a slot for a laptop SSD drive.  My second thought

Why not a SATA SSD the size of a CF card?

2012-06-27 Thread Larry Colen
Last night, I was thinking about how one performance limitation that I run up against the most often is write speed to the storage. My first idea was a camera grip that had a slot for a laptop SSD drive. My second thought was that a compact SSD would be better. Even if storage were limited

Re: Why not a SATA SSD the size of a CF card?

2012-06-27 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 11:36:09AM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: Last night, I was thinking about how one performance limitation that I run up against the most often is write speed to the storage. My first idea was a camera grip that had a slot for a laptop SSD drive. My second thought was

Re: Why not a SATA SSD the size of a CF card?

2012-06-27 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:  We're talking up to 1500-3000 MBPS rather than 30-45: You're mixing units. SATA II is 3000 Mb/s (megabits per second), while 30-45 MB/s (megabytes per second) is about right for SD cards (with Sandisk's fastest now somewhat

Re: Why not a SATA SSD the size of a CF card?

2012-06-27 Thread Larry Colen
On Jun 27, 2012, at 11:48 AM, Matthew Hunt wrote: On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: We're talking up to 1500-3000 MBPS rather than 30-45: You're mixing units. SATA II is 3000 Mb/s (megabits per second), while 30-45 MB/s (megabytes per second) is about

Re: Why not a SATA SSD the size of a CF card?

2012-06-27 Thread Larry Colen
On Jun 27, 2012, at 11:43 AM, John Francis wrote: On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 11:36:09AM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: Last night, I was thinking about how one performance limitation that I run up against the most often is write speed to the storage. My first idea was a camera grip that had a

Re: Why not a SATA SSD the size of a CF card?

2012-06-27 Thread P. J. Alling
On 6/27/2012 2:36 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Last night, I was thinking about how one performance limitation that I run up against the most often is write speed to the storage. My first idea was a camera grip that had a slot for a laptop SSD drive. My second thought was that a compact SSD would

Re: Why not a SATA SSD the size of a CF card?

2012-06-27 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: An order of magnitude improvement is still very helpful. By the next revision of the specification (UHS-II), SD will offer interface speeds of 156 312 MB/s, reaching parity with the SATA 1 2 specs you mention. The current

Re: Why not a SATA SSD the size of a CF card?

2012-06-27 Thread Bruce Walker
On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Last night, I was thinking about how one performance limitation that I run up against the most often is write speed to the storage. Ansel Machine Gun Adams used to complain about that all the time. Thinking outside the box