Travel Photography - SanDisk's 128GB SD card!

The two SanDisk Extreme models, 64GB and 128GB, can transfer data at 45MBps. That's less than half the speed of the company's top-end Extreme Pro line of SD cards at 95MBps, but it should be good enough for many photographers and videographers.

The high capacity comes with a price premium--prices for the cards are $200 and $400--but could be useful for those shooting lots of video or traveling away from a computer. And if you're shooting raw photos--my camera's weigh in at 30MB apiece, typically--this card will hold more than 4,000 still images.

Read more: http://www.cnet.com/8301-33363_1-57357879/need-room-for-4000-photos-try-sandisks-128gb-sd-card/#ixzz1jMlIZqyX


Now I don't have to take my laptop to continuously save all my pictures!

Hi,

I would hate to lose the card or have it damaged though ( esp once it is nearly full):eek:

Regards

TBS

my D7000 has had some trouble with 16GB SanDisk cards...so I can just imagine the issue I would have with 128 GB. I back everything up pretty quickly anyway.

To each his own but I would never entrust an entire trip's photos to one card. A corrupt or lost card would mean a complete loss. I have nothing larger than 8GB and change those often. Of course, I have to carry several cards and keep them safe but there are always trade-offs.

Put me in the multiple smaller card camp too. Not only that, but I'll swap them out on a regular basis so that should something happen to one, I don't lose an entire day or two in a row.

Just was burned with a 32GB card that I failed to format prior to travel recently. Stopped working (error reported by camera) on arrival overseas, and so far have been unable to recover any data off it (using testdisk).

Lessons (painfully) learned, as I had taken plenty of pics for my biz trip AKL-SYD-SIN-BKK..... :(:(

I don't think keeping large amounts of data on your card is a good idea. I never do but if you have a video-capable camera lots of capacity is good anyway.

The price tag, though....

Just amazing sized SD card. That means in the labs they probably have 1TB SD cards - perhaps released in 2015?

Several companies released 128 cards at CES this week, so there should be some pricing competition for them once they all hit the market.

Personally I wouldn't go with that size. Way way too big. But, from a technology perspective...it's amazing what they are doing these days.

In 10 years time, 128gb SD cards will probably be the norm - if on the small side.

Personally I wouldn't go with that size. Way way too big. But, from a technology perspective...it's amazing what they are doing these days.

In 10 years time, 128gb SD cards will probably be the norm - if on the small side.

10 years? How about 3. Think what cards were on the market in 2002.

10 years? How about 3. Think what cards were on the market in 2002.

lol this card was introduced @ CES in 2002:

Sandisk 256 MB. Insane I am crying right now- it was priced at $199

Since 2002 we have increased memory by: 49900%

http://www.dpreview.com/news/2002/1/16/sandisk256mbsd

lol this card was introduced @ CES in 2002:

Sandisk 256 MB. Insane I am crying right now- it was priced at $199

Since 2002 we have increased memory by: 49900%


Meaning ~64TB cards in 2022 if the trend continues. Though by then everything might be done in the cloud anyway.

Though by then everything might be done in the cloud anyway.

The trend might be already starting, those Samsung cameras that directly upload photos to the cloud at the CES2012. (I'm not a professional photographer or even close, so have no idea about the camera quality of Samsung products.)

my D7000 has had some trouble with 16GB SanDisk cards...so I can just imagine the issue I would have with 128 GB. I back everything up pretty quickly anyway.

I have a D7000 as well, I use a 16 and 8 (RAW on the 16 and jpeg on the 8) and dump everything onto the computer each night.

IMO 128GB is over the top.

I have about 5 8gb cards and I rotate among them just in case I lose them all.

I do not know your experiences with SD cards but I have used various brands and eventually all of them just stop working. Can't read, can't format, junk. Losing a $400 card would make cringe not to mention if I had content on them...

I wouldnt like to have so many photos on a device that cna die for any reason at any time.

In 10 years time, 128gb SD cards will probably be the norm - if on the small side.

Will SD cards still be on the market in 10 years time or will a new format take its place.

I suspect that low end P&S cameras will be cheaper to make with builtin storage. Who knows where the pro market will go.

I would also guess that bandwidth rather than capacity will be the focus of new innovation.

I have been taking pictures for about 10+ years and have not experienced malfunctions with my memory cards. I used the compact flash on my Canon 10D and now the SD cards on my 60D. I have purchased about 15 cards in total.

Now I have been through 3 hard drive failures which I find more vulnerably than the memory cards.

From starting this thread it has become apparent that I should bring multiple cards with me on my trips- Where previously I brought 3 memory cards and my laptop to save constantly. As for the 128 gig card everyone is scaring me with their experiences! I can probably do with out that for now. The only thing good about the card would be if your shooting a lot of video.

While I think 128GB cards are pretty impressive, I would hate to lose that much data if the card became corrupted or accidentally lost

While I think 128GB cards are pretty impressive, I would hate to lose that much data if the card became corrupted or accidentally lost

Same here. That's just way too much data to loose.

Meaning ~64TB cards in 2022 if the trend continues. Though by then everything might be done in the cloud anyway.

Truly mind boggling to consider.

Wow, that's an amazing amount of memory. I just have a 16GB card. =\

Bigger is better eh?

It's funny to hear all these reactions whenver someone release a new card with double or quadruple the previous amount. I am sure someone posted the same when then first 16MB Smart Media card came out, when the previous largest one was 8MB.

How about this? Buy a camera with more megapixels and shoot with RAW + the finest JPEG. That way, your "huge" new card won't be holding as many pictures, since holding a lot of pictures on one card seem to be a problem for many of you...

:p

Just amazing sized SD card. That means in the labs they probably have 1TB SD cards - perhaps released in 2015?

Absolutely.
I read an article in one of the high-tech mags recently that by 2015 TB cards will be available commercially as a common item, according to analysts.
And here I am with a 2GB and thinking that's pretty big. Sheesh.

Do we all remember how much we paid for 256 MB not that long ago? How technology changes our thinking.

BTW, I am also in the camp of smaller cards, more redundancy.

Why?

4000 raw photos?

Diarrhea of the camera. Think before you shoot.

If you are using more than a 4g chip, you are using too much. Last I looked, they were about 6 dollars.

tim in san jose

I do not think the issue is how many photographs it can hold.

I have an issue with if the memory card picks up a virus or the golden parts get scrached! All those photographs and memories go down the bin.

I had a 16GB that had over 1000 photos on it and a mate wanted a copy of the photographs. As soon as I put the card in, it picked up a virus and ruined the files immediately! Sad times! Luckly enough I had a back up on another pc just incase something like this happened. Great anticipation work from me! :rolleyes:

Why?

4000 raw photos?

Diarrhea of the camera. Think before you shoot.

If you are using more than a 4g chip, you are using too much. Last I looked, they were about 6 dollars.

tim in san jose

It depends on the situation. If you can't reshoot it's good to shoot a lot.

It depends on the situation. If you can't reshoot it's good to shoot a lot.

Concur. Depending on the situation, I'll take a little or a lot. Having said that, I'd not like to trust that many photos on something that big. If I were shooting HD video, however......

It depends on the situation. If you can't reshoot it's good to shoot a lot.

Definitely different schools of photography. But then again, I do most of my shooting with an 8x10 camera where the film is 2.00 a sheet... for black and white.

tim in san jose

Definitely different schools of photography. But then again, I do most of my shooting with an 8x10 camera where the film is 2.00 a sheet... for black and white.

tim in san jose

Much different situation than a lot of my photos. I'm currently working a project to duplicate photos taken in the '40's and 50's - same place & shot. For a variety of reasons, time has often changed things enough that I need to take several shots and choose the one that's "closest" to the original. And sometimes I don't know the exact location the original was taken, so I'll take shots of things that "look" similar and sort it out later. Since it has involved international travel, I'd rather take more photos to get the right one as opposed to less & wish that I'd done more later.

That said, when I shoot film, I am a lot more judicious & use the approach you mention.

Much different situation than a lot of my photos. I'm currently working a project to duplicate photos taken in the '40's and 50's - same place & shot. For a variety of reasons, time has often changed things enough that I need to take several shots and choose the one that's "closest" to the original. And sometimes I don't know the exact location the original was taken, so I'll take shots of things that "look" similar and sort it out later. Since it has involved international travel, I'd rather take more photos to get the right one as opposed to less & wish that I'd done more later.

That said, when I shoot film, I am a lot more judicious & use the approach you mention.

Cool.. "The Moonrise, Hernandez" type project. Got you.

I found a free three D modelling program that might interest you. You send in (to the cloud) a ton of photographs all taken of one subject from different angles and it will return a 3 D modelling of that scene. That might be cool for replicating vintage photos. Allows repeated editing also.

tim in san jose

Definitely different schools of photography. But then again, I do most of my shooting with an 8x10 camera where the film is 2.00 a sheet... for black and white.

tim in san jose

Yeah, if you're shooting real film you do it differently. Digital costs effectively nothing to snap, though, it's better to take 100 you don't want than to miss the one you do want.

In the era before digital I think there was only one day in my life that I snapped 100 shots. Now that's not one bit unusual.

Cool.. "The Moonrise, Hernandez" type project. Got you.

I found a free three D modelling program that might interest you. You send in (to the cloud) a ton of photographs all taken of one subject from different angles and it will return a 3 D modelling of that scene. That might be cool for replicating vintage photos. Allows repeated editing also.

tim in san jose

thanks, Tim. It's a fun project and it tells a story.

I'd be interested to know the name of the program. Sounds like it's worth exploring.

thanks, Tim. It's a fun project and it tells a story.

I'd be interested to know the name of the program. Sounds like it's worth exploring.

I'll send you details tonight.

I shoot RAW with a D7000 and use two 32GB cards. Images are written on both cards, so I have a backup if one fails. So far, this has worked very well for me. I download to my laptop and a portable hard drive every night.

128GB is not just for photos - with 128GB, I could carry my entire MP3 collection on my tablet - or about 1000 hours of movies.

won't it slow down my cameras?

How full or empty a chip is has nothing to do with how fast it works.

it'll be easier to be lazy with backing up and such with such a big card, but it sure does sound convenient...