1160 RAW files Jan Arie. I have both of mine loaded with 128GB CF and CFast cards and can shoot all day, even at an air show, without the 1999 frame number ever changing in the display.
I've been standardizing with 128GB cards over the last year and retiring 32's. Interestingly, I've had four Lexar cards fail in the past few months and, as we suspected, they are no longer responding to my emails. Two brand new 128GB Lexar SDHC cards are not formattable
JWilsonphoto wrote:
1160 RAW files Jan Arie. I have both of mine loaded with 128GB CF and CFast cards and can shoot all day, even at an air show, without the 1999 frame number ever changing in the display.
I've been standardizing with 128GB cards over the last year and retiring 32's. Interestingly, I've had four Lexar cards fail in the past few months and, as we suspected, they are no longer responding to my emails. Two brand new 128GB Lexar SDHC cards are not formattable
Jim,
As you say, disappointing but no surprise @Lexar.
I've promoted Lexar as my go-to CF for years, but like good restaurants once I suggest anything it promptly withers. Good thing I wasn't around to recommend the Spitfire and Mustang --- we'd be speaking German.
Jim, I've noticed how many Lexar cards over the years you've had go Tango Uniform. Not that I shoot anywhere in the league of number of shots you do, but have you tried other brands? I think I've had one SanDisk go bad, and it was a thumb drive at that.
JWilsonphoto wrote:
1160 RAW files Jan Arie. I have both of mine loaded with 128GB CF and CFast cards and can shoot all day, even at an air show, without the 1999 frame number ever changing in the display.
I've been standardizing with 128GB cards over the last year and retiring 32's. Interestingly, I've had four Lexar cards fail in the past few months and, as we suspected, they are no longer responding to my emails. Two brand new 128GB Lexar SDHC cards are not formattable
Glad all went well, J-A. May the recovery go smoothly.
Jan-Arie wrote:
Just a quick message from me.
Delivered my mom this morning at 0715 at the Hospital went into surgery at 0800 and was ready for pickup at 1230 all went well and she is resting now on the couch
NightOwl Cat wrote:
Jim, I've noticed how many Lexar cards over the years you've had go Tango Uniform. Not that I shoot anywhere in the league of number of shots you do, but have you tried other brands? I think I've had one SanDisk go bad, and it was a thumb drive at that.
Laura
I've had good & reliable performance with SanDisk, but the edge went to Lexar for write speed.
Lexar worked well for me for years until one day someone asked and I recommended them --- and we all know how that ended.
Actually, the reason I migrated to Lexar products had to do with the number of SanDisk failures I was experiencing. I don't have any scientific data to support this theory but it just makes sense, the more any given card goes in and out of a camera, the higher the failure rate. I keep all of my cards in water tight high end cases and am very careful with them, but I use them in a major way.
Analyzing it, I have about ten card cases, six cards in a case. My 32 and 64GB CF's get fairly light use and most of them are getting long in the tooth. I have a couple of 64GB cards but they rarely get used. The 128GB cards get regular use and I have six or eight of them, plus four 128GB CFast cards which only get used when the 1DX II's come out to play, mostly in Chandler's hands and maybe a half dozen times a year. The 128CF's are in and out of the 5DSR's on a pretty regular basis. Several of my cards have failed after they were written, pulled out, read from a car reader and place back in the camera. I'll get a "card cannot be read" message and it's all over but the cryin' at that point.
Obviously I'm migrating to SanDisk media so we'll see how that goes long term. The failures are annoying, and more than a little scary when you consider the possibilities, but if you put it in perspective, they have lifetime replacement warranties, and compared to shooting 36 exposure rolls they are a little slice of heaven. I shot 2,500 images this week which translates to 69 rolls of film, $1041.00, and about that for processing. Heck, if you put a pencil to it, you could buy a 128GB CF card ($149), fill it with 1743 RAW images on the SR (49 rolls of 36 x $30 = $1452.00), upload them and toss the card out, you would still be $1303.00 to the good, kind of amazing when you think about it.
I shouldn't admit this but I will, SanDisk corruptions got me looking for alternatives, but Lexar had cool black and gold graphics that kind of caught my eye..............um, what was that old "can't judge a book by it's cover....." saying. I guess age old sayings apply to cutting edge technology
Bottom line, based on the math in my previous post, if each of my cards were filled once and read before they failed, they really don't owe me anything. From there on out, it's all gravy.
I just found Lexar's Facebook page and it's alive and well. Took the opportunity to send them a message asking what their plan is as far as support, weebeesee
Got a call late last week from a residential building group that has several brands under their roof, single family, townhomes, etc. They had seen some of my work and it motivated them to start thinking about what I might be able to do for their product marketing effort if we teamed up. We met a couple of mornings back and spent several hours talking about the direction they would like to go from where they are. The department heads that I met with were delightful and the excitement built throughout the meeting as we put together a plan to move them ahead.
When I walked out of their building into the beautiful Texas morning, I couldn't help being a little overcome with gratitude for the opportunities like this one that have come my way over the past four decades. The gift of being able to do something that I love so much, meet and work with people from all walks of life who are genuinely excited to be working with you, and appreciative for what you bring to the table, it's truly a gift, one that arrives each and every day in a different package.
Not really sure how the workflow from this new, fairly large client will work into my schedule, but somehow it always does, so I'm just going to enjoy the opportunity and not worry about the details.
I've been busy lately helping Thea (C in C, Oic Ops, SWIO, Wife) She had her left knee replaced 14 days ago. All has gone well - came back home 3 days post op - physiotherapy on-going and staples are out. We hope to get the other knee done mid year, which will make a full set - hips and knees. I think we might need a holiday late summer / autumn.
