128 GB CF Card

[John Doyle2]

Silicon Power. Have announced the imminent launch of a 128 GB 400x CF card. How many of you will be purchasing one, or, maybe two or three ?

[picsfor]

i've only just got my first 8gb card - and i was against that because i prefer the smaller sizes (2 x 4gb) but the cost saving was just too much.
I can imagine the medium and large format cameras will have a need, as will the 1Ds MkIV is the 32mb rumours are to be believed.

As day trips do not exhaust my current capacity i have no need for that much space - and when i go away i take the laptop with an EHD and download all to there at the end of the day thus freeing up my cards for the next day.
I also have the option of burning to DVD or CD if i wanted to be really safe.

[Oldboy]

As a 64gb card costs over £500 you can bet this will be almost £1,400 at launch. 

[oRGie]

I guess the good news is the 8gb & 16gb cards will be coming down in price     I use my 8gb most of the time now, havent filled it up on day out yet, the 4gb's are just backup now, but the weather has meant I havent been taking many pics, so I do see myself getting a 16gb card at some point over the summer..  even 32gb would be overkill for me and the 7D's files..

[picsfor]

Oh an 11 hour day in London could see my 5D MkII crucify 16gb of CF space - and that's just shooting in RAW.
But i don't do enough of them to worry (and then i would have to dip into that poor little 2gb card for reserves   )
Also - i think i would be hard pressed to shoot 560 shots that i thought were all keepers!

[anglefire]

I have filled a couple of 16Gb cards in a day - but not very often.

I'm guessing that the larger cards are more for video use - I'm not sure how much space video takes, but I suspect its a fair bit! 

[oRGie]

probably right mark, 4gb files, the max size on 7D, think 5d2 is the same means around 12 to 20 minutes of vid more or less!