[Leica] 8 Gig cards? M8?

[mingthein at gmail.com (Ming Thein)]

I'm using a 16GB transcend class 6. As far as I'm concerned, the fewer  
times I have to disassemble my camera, the better. I've always used  
the largest cards I can get.

Thein Onn Ming
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On Jun 5, 2009, at 2:30, "Ted Grant" <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Dante Stella offered:
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> Subject: Re: [Leica] 8 Gig cards? M8?
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> Great... Now you can have 720 pictures stolen, drenched, or dropped  
> down a
> ravine along with the camera.  2gb cards manage risk a little  
> better.<<<<<<<
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> Naw Dante,
>
> That's negative thinking! If you think that way it'll probably  
> happen. Me?
> Hell I'd never ever have thought that line, as I'd be far too happy  
> shooting
> away without a thought of changing cards or film, even a 2 gig card.  
> Not
> wasting one second concerned about what you've said.  Those who think
> negative, have negative things happen! Think young and always  
> positive! And
> good things happen! :-)
>
> Its KISS and life enjoyments! :-)
>
> ted
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>
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> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca>
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> Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 1:48 PM
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> To: 'Leica Users Group' <lug at leica-users.org>
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> Subject: [Leica] 8 Gig cards? M8?
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> Interesting finding when inserting an 8 Gig card. :-) For those who  
> have not
>
> done so yet. :-) It's cool! :-)
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> If only 50 years ago digital and 8 Gig cards were available I  
> wouldn't have
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> had to pack 500 to 1000 rolls of film on many of my assignments,  
> simply
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> because where I was shooting there weren't any local photo or  
> convenience
>
> stores. So what you needed or thought you might need, you packed the  
> lot if
>
> there was the tiniest of question "I wonder if?". So you took  
> everything in
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> the way of equipment and film.
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> So to my pleasant surprise I bought an 8 Gig card inserted it into  
> the M8
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> while set on RAW.  Surprise.. looks like I can shoot 720 frames  
> without
>
> changing card.. That's over 20 rolls of 36 exp. Tri-X.  Now if one  
> were to
>
> shoot in JPEG that jumps to 1000 frames! Damn all that film I had to  
> hump
>
> around for so many years.
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> Just thought you might find this an interesting point in favour of  
> digital
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> for those who did shoot thousands of rolls a year. And still do.
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> However, what I did find upon inserting the card directly to  
> computer card
>
> reader...... "IT WOULDN'T DOWNLOAD!"  A scary moment as there were  
> some cool
>
> images I really wanted.  Ran the situation by my local computer- 
> photo Guru,
>
> he was sure it wasn't the card as we could see the images on the  
> camera
>
> screen. But that it might be the computer card reader wasn't fast  
> enough or
>
> words to that effect, to down load the information. He suggested an  
> external
>
> card reader of high capacity? We popped in a new HAMA card reader and
>
> "blink!" There were all the images fly into LR2 on screen. You could  
> hear
>
> the breathing again.
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> Just thought it a moment to pass along in case you hadn't played  
> with an 8
>
> gig card. Heck even shooting a football game where quite often ten  
> or 20 36
>
> exp. rolls would be exposed during the afternoon. Now one card and  
> shoot two
>
> games without changing! :-) And no bulging photo vest pockets with  
> film! Or
>
> changing rolls as the key point of the game is missed! :-(
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> ted
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