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what cards are you guys using

O.K. guys thanks for the hints.

I have done some googling and found the main differences between the
SAN DISK EXTREME IV and the EXTREME DUCATI EDITION .
The EXTREME IV CF card has a speed rating of 38.1MB/sec
and the EXTREME DUCATI CF card a speed rating of 42.9MB/sec + an improved controller firmware .
Prices for both CF cards look very much the same (at the moment) .

Jürgen
 
i saw a web site which i can not remember where a guy test the real speed of each card for a camera model...of course hassy is not on the list ..but for the canon 1ds mark there cards claming 38+/sec rate were actually doing like 16.2 /sec.. crazy ha..i will try to find that site..

lemon
 
I'm using a Sandisk 32 gig in my H3D-II/31.

Write speed and buffer of the camera is the determining factor not just the card. Where a faster card like the Sandisk Ducati is realized is in the transfer speed to the computer.

When shooting rapidly and a lot of images, I use the Hasselblad Image Bank-II. This dedicated drive has no burst limit and records as fast as you shoot for as long as you shoot. It saves images without any buffer stall what-so-ever. 2,280 image can be captured with my H3D-II/31 ... 1880 with the H3D-II/39. Downloads to the computer are also swift because this is a FW800 device.
 
fotografz said:
I'm using a Sandisk 32 gig in my H3D-II/31.

Write speed and buffer of the camera is the determining factor not just the card. Where a faster card like the Sandisk Ducati is realized is in the transfer speed to the computer.
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Yes Marc , you are right . The given speed rating is the rating for the data transfer from the card to the computer .
Therefore , I do not see a need to buy a DUCATI CF card because the EXTREME IV CF card is just fast enough for my purpose.

Jürgen
 
And i have that Card Reader which is is Damn rocket fast to write to computer, i can transfer 12gb full to my computer in few minutes [about 6-9minutes]
 
Therefore , I do not see a need to buy a DUCATI CF card because the EXTREME IV CF card is just fast enough for my purpose.

Jürgen
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Yeah, but DUCATI sounds cools and they are really fancy and pretty looking. If you are going to buy the camera, why skimp on everyday ordinary looking disks? Seriously, I also don't see much performance improvement over the Sandisk Extreme IV, but then again, I don't shoot off with my Hasselblad camera as I may with a P&S.

Regards

David
 
David

Yes , it sounds cool , as cool as CHATEAU LAFITTE ROTHSHILD 1969 .:z04_bier01: .......Rothschild!
Jürgen
 
jotloob said:
David

Yes , it sounds cool , as cool as CHATEAU LAFITTE ROTHSHILD 1969 .:z04_bier01: .......Rothschild!
Jürgen
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I bought a bottle of that during my first trip to Paris. 10 years later, I squandered it at a dinner party, and only ended up with a small glass of it.

A fool and his 1969 Rothschild are soon parted.
 
I think it may actually be safer to use, say 2 cards of 4 GB, than one of 8 or more GB just in case something goes wrong.
 
I have to disagee on using smaller cards. The file sizes from these cameras fill up small cards at a ferocious rate.

In all of the research I've read, the vast majority of so called card faliures are due to user error, reader malfunctions, misplaced cards, over-shot cards, etc. rather than actual card failure.

The more cards you are pulling in and out of the camera and the reader the more likely there will be a user error or misplaced card in the heat of shooting.

I use 32 gigs in the H3D so I never have to take the card out, or worry much if I'm nearing the end of the capacity ... which frequently causes a currupt file.

Just an opinion based on shooting these camera a lot for paying jobs.
 
while that may be true if one does leave the cards in the back, mileage may indeed vary if one uses an external reader. I am always using cards with an external reader. All these manipulations may indeed render things a bit less stable.
 
guess what..i went started looking for that data bank...guess its not compatible witht the 50mp ..

i was having a stupid silly thought...50mp ...50-100 lense plust the honking sony battery in the bottom and the data bank.......wowsers..
hahahhahaha..about a light bowling bowl..



Lemon
 
GDWhalen said:
Is it true that the 50 can't use the Image Bank II? Anything in the pipeline to address this?
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This is from the R339 firmware readme dated July 20, 2009 available at www.hasselblad.com
It does work and I have tested it.

Hasselblad A/S
July 20, 2009

Firmware version R339

This package contains firmware version R339.CIM for the H3DII-50 sensor unit.
Version R339 is a feature and bugfix release of version R332.

Changes since version R332:

- Improved tethered capture performance (Up to 75% on fast computers)
- ISO800 support
- ImageBank-II support
- Shorter start-up time
- Improved power handling
- Added new CF-card types
- Added H3DII-50MS support
- Improved hardware previews
- Improved firewire stability

Paul Claesson
Hasselblad USA
 
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