Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/02/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Betamax was superior to VHS in every way except sales. As a Memory Stick is a proprietary format created by Sony, and mainly only used in Sony products makes it a way less of a big deal. Way less are sold. It does not make it a failure. It went t0 32gigs when a regular sd card went to 4; that was at the beginning. With the announcement of the support specs of SDXC over SDHC the memory sticks announce an upgrade to put them at par with those specs. "SDXC was announced at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2009 (January 7?10, 2009). At the same show, SanDisk and Sony also announced a comparable Memory Stick XC variant with the same 2 TB maximum as SDXC" Sony high end products have given you two slots now on many devices so you are not stuck with having to get into their memory sticks as its a pain if you're not already into them. That's the limit to the problem with them. On 2/13/13 12:40 PM, "Bill Pearce" <billcpearce at cox.net> wrote: > Ah, Betamax. It lived on as a pro newsgathering format for some time. It > was > always the better format, but it was too proprietarity (see below) > > And the Memory stick. Actually, I liked the slightly larger form than SD, > easier to handle and harder to lose, but really, a propreitary memory card? > Oh sure, Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, etc. will use it. It only lasted as long > as it di due to the sheer weight of still cameras and camcorders produced > by > Sony. OH, sue, the Nikon D4. That is really a single slot camera. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nathan Wajsman > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 11:38 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] any Sony rx 1 users > > Betamax... > > Memory Stick.... > > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 13, 2013, at 2:04 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > >> >> Sony is a company I trust more than any other electronics company. >> They seldom blow it. If that's the case now its a darned shame but I don't >> think its going to slow up the reality of a full frame compact market. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/