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OntheRez wrote:
As others have noted, you need to guesstimate your total shots based upon past experience, know your file size, and provision accordingly. On the road I shoot a 1DsIII with generates a ~25MB file. In two weeks of serious shooting, I've not filled up a MacAir with a 128GB SSD. The only significant software (outside of system Mail, Safari) is Aperture and I do cull regularly. If my arithmetic is correct I should be able to get ~5000 25MB RAWs on the device. I do rigorously cull, but still that's a lot of pix. Do the math. (128GB = 131072MB assuming the measurement is a based upon a true megabyte of 1024K as opposed to the marketing number of 1000K.)
Robert
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Robert , your not quite right with that sum .
in theory yes you could get just over 5000 25mb files on 128gb . But you need to format the drive so you have less than 128gb in the first place . then the OS and other stuff take up their space . so as a rough guestimate you could be looking at more like 60-70GB of actual free space .
so thats more like 2500 raw files (from you camera)
But the OP is talking about Jpegs from his 12mp D300 . so yes there probably will be more than enough space.
just a quick note to the OP - if you can shoot RAW . it gives you much more latitude in post
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