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I understand its use case. Now imagine you're on location shooting, and you're fumbling around with tiny SD cards. It wouldn't be the first time I've dropped on
by overcast 10y ago
I understand its use case. Now imagine you're on location shooting, and you're fumbling around with tiny SD cards. It wouldn't be the first time I've dropped one. Even compact flash I try not to put TOO much work on one before I switch them over.
To say that every consumer is going to use it only as a temporary medium, I think is overly optimistic.
- cptskippy 10y agoI think part of the appeal of high capacity cards is that you spend less time fumbling with cards. A 1TB card would probably last an entire day of shooting HD video. As an amateur photographer, I generally keep 2 extra SD cards on hand but they're backups and not used. I don't think I've ever filled up the 64GB card that I shoot with and at the end of the day I move off what was shot. If I'm shooting on vacation I'll generally leave a copy of the images on the card so that I have 2 copies floating around but I've yet to fill up the card. This card probably isn't targeting the consumer market. I think smartphone cameras have cannibalized much of the Point-and-Shoot camera and PVR market. That being said, I think most consumers purchase one SD card when they buy their camera and it's the only card that camera ever sees.
- eropple 10y agoI get what you're saying, and it is a concern, but there is a decent argument (to me, anyway) that with 1TB you probably won't be taking the card out to be fumbling with it in the first place. Even with on-location shooting, "I filled up a 1TB card, I need to archive it" is probably a good reason for a lunch break.
- overcast 10y agoNo one in their right mind would fill a 1TB card before swapping. That's an insane amount of potential lost. I could see it as a secondary backup disk in DSLR about it.