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EverLearning wrote:
I recently bought a third Delkin 128GB. I have found two to be quite sufficient for "regular" (non-trip) shooting, but as I am going to Costa Rica in March (at least, that's still the plan), I decided to pick up a third one.
I have the R5 and the vast majority of what I shoot is wildlife. I settled on cRAW and have been very happy with it. I mostly shoot mechanical but have used electronic in specific situations.
I like the 128GB size for a few reasons:
1. You don't end up with all your eggs in one basket (card fails, camera with card in it is stolen, etc)
2. It's big enough (for me) that I have no problem getting a day's shoot on it so no fear of filling the card during a critical sequence
2. As somebody mentioned, entire weddings used to be photographed with 200 or so shots on film. Having digital gives more freedom to experiment, burst, take low-probability shots, etc. But, and this is just my opinion and that of a few others I have chatted with, there is a tendency to think about being able to shoot "unlimited" and lean on that too much. Some call it machine-gunning, others call it spray and pray. There are varying degrees of this of course, but there is nothing wrong with having a little control on the trigger, even with wildlife photography. Just because one can shoot 200 or 300 frames non-stop doesn't mean one has to!
As an aside, regarding the second point, another thing that helps me personally with control is my dislike of culling. For that reason, I don't tend to pop of massive sequences of photos such that I feel a need for bigger cards. This works well for me. YMMV....Show more →
I used to use several small cards for reasons you mentioned above but now I like the bigger cards for the following reasons:
1. No need to ever worry about filling a card at the wrong time, this is especially important if you shoot video, you sometimes need very large cards
2. No need to manage multiple cards in the bag. The more the cards and the more the handling the more chance you might drop or lose one.
3. You can use one card for a whole trip and just download one time when you get home.
The whole "all your eggs in one basket" is irrelevant as long as you backup at the end of each day. A small card could go bad as well, losing your whole day's worth of shooting. But if you backed up the day's content from this 2TB card every night then you are in the same position and there's no more risk in using this big card.
I saw the B&H deal come through to my email last night and I saw they had the firesale on the 2TB cards that John mentioned. I jumped on it right away as this deal is so insane. If you plan on shooting any video you should be jumping on this deal as it's only a few bucks more than cards that are 1/4 the size. You can use this card for external storage to backup other cards if needed. Amazing deal.
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. Grant it, if you drop the card, it could be a "deep dive" to retrieve it but think of the stories you will have to tell like no others.