Need multiple CF cards?

[ematteo 0]

Hey,

To those of you with more digital camera experience than me (everyone)... is it useful to have more than one CF card?

It costs the same to buy two 1GB cards as one 2GB. Seems that you might want to leave a card on the ground for printing, or downloading, etc. Is this realistic, or should I just buy one with double the capacity (one less thing to lose)?

Thanks,
Evan

[DaGimp 0]

i dont see you ever filling up a 2GB card unless you can not download the pics for an extended period of time...and i feel that it IS valuable to have more then one card....if your decisions are between a 2GB or two 1GB....get the two 1GB cards.....i have three cards myself.

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[jdhill 0]

Multiple cards... don't put all your eggs in one basket...

J

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[StevePhelps 0]

What JD said. I have 2-3 cards with me at all times.

[chopchop 0]

Hey Evan, If you are going to be using it for work jumps, I recommend 3 cards.. and 512s are fine. I usually use 2 for work jumps, dropping one off at the dubbing station and putting the next one in my camera. The third card I use for fun jumps. And I seldom if ever need a second card for fun jumps.

I have 5 total but seldom use more than 3 on a given weekend. Lany, on the other hand can fill up a gigabyte card per day..

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[kansasskydiver 0]

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Hey Evan, If you are going to be using it for work jumps, I recommend 3 cards.. and 512s are fine. I usually use 2 for work jumps, dropping one off at the dubbing station and putting the next one in my camera. The third card I use for fun jumps. And I seldom if ever need a second card for fun jumps.

Agreed, depending on how busy you are one day it's nice to have 2, and a 512 is the best bet. If you're really in a time crunch, make sure you're using the ultra2 cards and a USB2 card reader. Set the properties in XP to NOT distplay the thumbnails as it slows down the burn process. Open the folder, then dump them directly to the CD, takes me about 6 mins total time to get a CD to a student

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[ematteo 0]

Thanks guys. I just put in the order for a couple cards.

[diablopilot 2]

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If you're really in a time crunch, make sure you're using the ultra2 cards and a USB2 card reader.

A firewire reader is pretty darn nice to have.....

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[kansasskydiver 0]

ohhh good call, hadn't thought of that one, but USB2 and firewire is about the same speed isn't it?

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[AndyMan 7]

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ohhh good call, hadn't thought of that one, but USB2 and firewire is about the same speed isn't it?

True. With USB2.0, the throroughput of the card itself SHOULD be the bottleneck, not the reader or the connection.

That said, you will still see small differences in transfer speed among different card readers.

Firewire card readers may or may not be faster... it really depends more on the manufacturer of the reader itself than how it gets plugged in.

Me? My PC has 8 USB 2.0 ports and only 2 firewire ports. I keep the firewire for video and external disks that can actually take advantage of the higher speed.

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[ffejdraga 0]

"Open the folder, then dump them directly to the CD, takes me about 6 mins total time to get a CD to a student "


Or, you can just use a standalone burner, plug the card in and about 1 minute later have the cd ready to go.
I use the one from Alera mentioned in one of these posts here a while back....works awesome!

jeff

[Deuce 1]

Gigabyte or bigger are actually a pain in the ass, cause a full gig card won't fit on a single CD. Since we use automatic CD burners that the cards just slot into, for work anything bigger than will fit on a CD is a waste of money.

For something like a boogie, though, where you are taking pictures all day and would be backing up to a computer or portable hard drive, the huge cards are cool.

[ematteo 0]

Interesting. Is there such a thing as a stand-alone DVD burner?


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[StevePhelps 0]

Yep, I got one -- wanna buy it? I'd sen you a picture or tell you the brand, but I have it at the DZ. If you are interested, PM me. They run about $100 on Ebay.