Wow 256GB SD Card!

[rjbell]

Yours for as little as $900!

http://photorumors.com/2012/09/19/new-lexar-256gb-sdxc-uhs-i-memory-card/

 

[NickD]

Ouch... That's an awful lot of images to lose in one hit!

 

[The23rdman]

They'll be 50 quid in 6 months.

 

[Cagey75]

Ouch... That's an awful lot of images to lose in one hit!

Not if you shoot uncompressed 14 bit RAW with a D800. Pretty much the equivalent of a 64GB card for a D700.

I wouldn't pay this much though. You can buy a few 64GB cards on amazon fpr arpund £30 each. Takes a few seconds to switch cards.

 

[simonblue]

Here me still useing 4gb cards,as those i have brought a few 16gb SD cards as they seem cheap at the moment

 

[Ozei]

A 32GB CF card will take 281 14bit uncompressed NEFs and 281 JPEG Fine shots (D800E). So a 256GB card should take approx 2,248 NEFs and 2,248 JPEGs (assuming it's a straight 8x multiplication).

 

[Cagey75]

If you switch to 12 bit losless compressed you get double that on a 32. I tried both, 14 bit uncompressed, and the other variants, and there really isn't any noticeable difference when viewed at 100%. Waste of space, unless you're shooting landscapes for huge print.

 

[Ozei]

Yes, 12bit lossless compressed is less than half the size of 14bit uncompressed (32.4 vs 74.4) - I'm not worried about space though, I'll just buy another one of these http://www.ebuyer.com/319640-seagat...ium=products&gclid=CKToue_0xrICFYcLfAodkhkAwQ.