512GB Memory Card - Why??? Unless you have to film several feature-length movies all at once, why would anyone pay $599 for a 512GB memory card. Taking pictures with a DSLR, you would...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Unless you have to film several feature-length movies all at once, why would anyone pay $599 for a 512GB memory card. Taking pictures with a DSLR, you would wear out the shutter before the card was full.

http://www.diyphotography.net/you-will-have-to-swap-your-camera-before-your-512gb-memory-card/

Oknoder Loc: Western North Dakota

I am not too sure these types of cards are designed, let alone useful in photography instances other than filmography. I use a 250g card to use in pc repair/maintenance since it can carry different VMs along with all the program .exe files I could need/use for whatever task I need to accomplish.

Brucej67 Loc: Cary, NC

I pay that for a 64GB Sony card for my Nikon D4. The only reason I could see for the 512GB is when you are shooting 60MB RAW files in a Hassy that stack at 120MB.

jerryc41 wrote:

Unless you have to film several feature-length movies all at once, why would anyone pay $599 for a 512GB memory card. Taking pictures with a DSLR, you would wear out the shutter before the card was full.

http://www.diyphotography.net/you-will-have-to-swap-your-camera-before-your-512gb-memory-card/

imagesintime Loc: small town, mid-America

jerryc41 wrote:

Unless you have to film several feature-length movies all at once, why would anyone pay $599 for a 512GB memory card. Taking pictures with a DSLR, you would wear out the shutter before the card was full.

http://www.diyphotography.net/you-will-have-to-swap-your-camera-before-your-512gb-memory-card/

4K, 6K, 8K. There are many pieces of photography equipment that are not needed by all users.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Brucej67 wrote:

The only reason I could see for the 512GB is when you are shooting 60MB RAW files in a Hassy that stack at 120MB.

I don't see that in my future. :D

Brucej67 Loc: Cary, NC

Me neither. I was kind of bumbed out at the price of the Sony XQD cards for my D4. http://www.amazon.com/Sony-64GB-Memory-Card-QD-S64/dp/B008S2YMFG/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1428507212&sr=8-3&keywords=sony+64gb+for+Nikon+D4

jerryc41 wrote:

I don't see that in my future. :D

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Brucej67 wrote:

Me neither. I was kind of bumbed out at the price of the Sony XQD cards for my D4. http://www.amazon.com/Sony-64GB-Memory-Card-QD-S64/dp/B008S2YMFG/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1428507212&sr=8-3&keywords=sony+64gb+for+Nikon+D4

They'll come down in price eventually, but how much?

Brucej67 Loc: Cary, NC

It seems like Nikon is continuing this trend in the D4s, the continuous shooting speed of these cameras demand a card that can take it and when I shoot with my D4 on continuous it sounds like a machine gun going off at 10fps.

jerryc41 wrote:

They'll come down in price eventually, but how much?

RichieC Loc: Adirondacks

jerryc41 wrote:

Unless you have to film several feature-length movies all at once, why would anyone pay $599 for a 512GB memory card. Taking pictures with a DSLR, you would wear out the shutter before the card was full.

http://www.diyphotography.net/you-will-have-to-swap-your-camera-before-your-512gb-memory-card/

These are memory cards.... and are used for more then single image cameras. But even so, I can think of a million times, a super large card might come in useful. Consider high res video in a drone shot, can't afford to run out mid flight. ... or a helmet cam climbing Everest, or in a stinking cop car/body cam that would have caught murdering jerk cop like the one in SC (if he had one- thank god someone did) .

They make 110 ft yachts, and personal jets, and 20ct Diamond rings, all sorts of stuff I personally don't have much use for, but somebody obviously does.

My first color mac, an LCII had a 46MB hard drive and maxed out at 10MB ram. You would have said back then- why would anybody ever need a GB anything- and what is a TB?! And that's just 20 years ago. ;o)

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

jerryc41 wrote:

Unless you have to film several feature-length movies all at once, why would anyone pay $599 for a 512GB memory card. Taking pictures with a DSLR, you would wear out the shutter before the card was full.

http://www.diyphotography.net/you-will-have-to-swap-your-camera-before-your-512gb-memory-card/

I have two 128GB cards and if I'm shooting at an event (rodeo/other sports) I usually fill them quickly in an afternoon. Back in the film days, I went very quickly through 10 rolls of film in an afternoon.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

speters wrote:

I have two 128GB cards and if I'm shooting at an event (rodeo/other sports) I usually fill them quickly in an afternoon. Back in the film days, I went very quickly through 10 rolls of film in an afternoon.

Control! Control! Exercise some control! :D