Cheapest 32GB P2 Card?

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DeadEyesSmiling

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Getting ready to order my HPX-170, and looking for the best deal on some 32GB P2s. I see B&H has them for $1399. Does anyone know of a better price out there?

-DES
 
you should contact Matt at Abel Cine in NY 212-462-0146. He gave me a great price on my 64 GB card...
 
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My latest Fuji 32 gig was cheaper than the Pana 32 gig. your buyers skill will determine how much you get off each purchase and their willingness to move product.
Do your homework these cards are not as cheap a box of SP tapes or a hand full of DV stock. P2 cards are an investment in hardware , not just media stock.

CW-35 does your 64 transfer any faster than a 32 gig, or is that just sales spin.

Cheers
Tom K
olinevideo.com.au
 
Hi CW-35,

Can you tell me also what firmware version is on the 64 gig, the windows format station will tell you what version of firmware it is.
all the other cards 8/16/32 have differing firmware I can find no mention on pana's site of the latest on the 64's.

sorry David ,can you elaborate on your comment.

Angelcyk, if your in the US try one of these dealers, demand a discounted price -
ask for the part number of the card--
http://www.fujifilm.com/products/professional_av/p2.html


http://www.fujifilmusa.com/support/ServiceSupportContactForm.do?catid=464195&detailid=464202

Fuji Sales Offices

Northeast
1100 King George Post Road
Edison, NJ 08837
732.857.3000
800.659.3854

Southeast
250 Scientific Drive, Suite 300
Norcross, GA 30092
770.813.5100
800.366.3854

Midwest
850 Central Avenue
Hanover Park, IL 60133
312.924.5800
800.869.8600

Southwest
4100 West Royal Lane, Ste. 175
Irving, TX 75063
972.862.5500
800.927.3854

West
6200 Phyllis Drive
Cypress, CA 90630
714.372.4200
800.326.0800

Cheers
Tom K
olinevideo.com.au
 
Tom 4 said:
Hi CW-35,
Can you tell me also what firmware version is on the 64 gig, the windows format station will tell you what version of firmware it is.
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Unfortunately, I don't have a Windows machine...

I can say that the "64 GB" card is 60.3 GB unformatted & 58.88 GB after formatting.
 
Hi CW035,
Firmware is pre-Installed , you just formated it. let us know your experiences. I'm happy with 3 x 32's and 2 x 8gig.
If a gig came along with a budget requiring extra cards then I'll consider it, till then I'll sit on my hands.

Cheers
Tom K
olinevideo.com.au
 
I am hoping this is the only card I will ever need. I only have the 16 & now this. Should get me through just about anything I would hope.
 
Tom 4 said:
CW-35 does your 64 transfer any faster than a 32 gig, or is that just sales spin. Cheers
Tom K
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Okay, and the answer is....I did today:

Using a duel adapter, macbook pro & transferring to a 1 TB Western digital "my book studio edition" via firewire 800 -

16 GB card - 14.66 GB of recorded material (FULL) - transfer time 7:58 min = 1.84 GB/min transfer speed

64 GB card - 24.02 GB of recorded material - transfer time 13:09 min. = 1.82 GB/min transfer speed...

Both cards were formatted prior to use using Panasonic's "P2 Formatter" application on the mac and it was the first shoot for both.

So, apparently, today on my machine, my 64 GB card transfers slower than my 16 GB card..

:(
 
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Hi CW-35,

I'm guessing here but, I'd bet the answer may be they "write" faster in the "camera" , but download time is the same as other cards, anyone else chime in to comment ?.

try downloading the same files into an internal raid HDD's on a Mac tower, and see if there's any speed increase.

cheers
Tom K
olinevideo.com.au
 
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Tom 4 said:
'm guessing here but, I'd bet the answer may be they "write" faster in the "camera" , but download time is the same as other cards, anyone else chime in to comment ?.
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I really don't know but I will quote Panasonic in their PR about announcing the availability of the card as follows

"The new P2 card also features an improved transfer rate of up to 800 Mb/s for faster transfer and offload of P2 content."
 
CW-35 said:
do you mean via the camera through firewire 400 or USB ?...
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Hi CW-35

Try it on a Macpro with the Pana 5 card reader, to raided internal drives, if that is no faster than ingest of your 16 gig card, well, you may be the victim of "Marketing Spin". Hope I'm wrong.

Cheers
Tom K
olinevideo.com.au
 
Tom 4 said:
Try it on a Macpro with the Pana 5 card reader, to raided internal drives, if that is no faster than ingest of your 16 gig card, well, you may be the victim of "Marketing Spin". Hope I'm wrong.
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Unfortunately for the sake of testing, I do not own one of those. I think I do know someone who does so maybe I can swing by his office and test it out. It would have to be next week though as I am swamped at the moment.

But I have to point out that no where in the Panasonic PR for the card or literature that came with the card does it state that you have to own a Pana Card reader to get the faster speed.

I will do a test shortly with the cards in the camera and transfer via firewire. That should really be the base test as it would not require a reader and make use of the base materials with the camera.

If this card doesn't pan out to actually be "faster" as stated it will be the 4th significant "marketing spin" factor surrounding the 170 that has failed to be true.

I think it may be time to start doing some letter writing to some various consumer protection agencies.
 
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CW-35 said:
I will do a test shortly with the cards in the camera and transfer via firewire. That should really be the base test as it would not require a reader and make use of the base materials with the camera.
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Yeah, sorry new to P2. I am not even going to waste my time with this one. It is telling me two hours to copy the 24 GB from the 64 GB P2 card... I'll see if I can find a reader.
 
CW-35 said:
Yeah, sorry new to P2. I am not even going to waste my time with this one. It is telling me two hours to copy the 24 GB from the 64 GB P2 card... I'll see if I can find a reader.
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Hi CW-35,

Curious, My 32 gig cards Pana & Fuji, copy from my Single Amtron reader into my Macpro tower with raided Internal HDD's , when the card is full (28gig) , FCP Log n transfer or drag n drop MXF files to a new folder takes about 18mins.
Try letting your 64gig card transfer down the files and test what time it does take from your camera, that would be interesting to know. sorry that your becoming a crash test dummy.

cheers
Tom K
olinevideo.com.au
 
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