HMC150-come with card?

[FarCountry]

Hey all, new here. My HMC150 is due to arrive today on the brown truck, but I completely forgot to order media. I was thinking it would come with a card in the box, however small, and then I'll get the one in the rebate later and shop around for prices. Now I am thinking that the camera will arrive today, and from what I can find out in the on-line manual, etc. is that it might come without any card from the factory.

Can anyone chime in and tell me if it does? If it doesn't, I am going to have to scramble and find some place where I can get one for the weekend. That will be no simple task for me here.

Thanks to anyone who can give me a heads up. I'll have to make the longish shopping run, before the camera actually arrives, and I'd like to avoid it all costs.

Mike

 

[Allen Ellis]

Hi,

My HMC150 hasn't arrived yet so I can't say. And perhaps this is little value to you, but I just ordered (and received today) this 16GB Transcend for a pretty good price: http://www.amazon.com/Transcend-Cla...C6-S5W/dp/B0010Z28XG/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

Amazon got it to me with 2-day shipping (Amazon Prime).

 

[Gymnut808]

No, it doesn't come with any SDHC cards in the box.

 

[Mike Harvey]

Mike, better go get fill up the gas tank... you'll be making that longish shopping run.

 

[voxwerx]

Nope... no card comes with the camera, unless you bought a kit.

 

[Justyn]

The cards are so darn cheap that buying a kit and paying a premium for someone else selecting an overpriced card.. does not make sense. You can get a very very reliable 16 gig SD card for 25 bucks.

 

[Baatfam]

You can make the run while the battery charges...

That first charge takes a while...

 

[booggerg2]

my question is.. My next gig is coming up on May 15th weekend.. I would need approx 10-12 hours worth of cards (shooting at PH) for this event..

Should I wait until last minute to buy the cards, do you foresee price drops in the near future? Is there a flash memory price tracker somewhere online?

 

[David Saraceno]

Actually, flash memory prices have a risen a little.

Just look for some good deals at ecost, newegg.com, or any of the others.

Transcend 16 GB card go for as little as $30.00 if you shop

http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=209337284&listingid=32516417&dcaid=17902

 

[Justyn]

you can find some great deals at amazon as well. I do also recommend the transcend media. I bought the more expensive Panny media and have had no trouble with those.. but i've never had trouble with the Transcend media as well and it is like 1/3 the price.


you should be able to buy enough media for a few hundred dollars... or you could always buy an SD card reader and be offloading as you shoot.

 

[Hidef1080]

my question is.. My next gig is coming up on May 15th weekend.. I would need approx 10-12 hours worth of cards (shooting at PH) for this event..

Should I wait until last minute to buy the cards, do you foresee price drops in the near future? Is there a flash memory price tracker somewhere online?

Any price change between now and that time would be small anyway, +/-.

I would get what i needed now and do some testing.
Some people have had issue with some cards so I'd at least burn an hour on each card just to see what's what.

 

[OSV]

i got this patriot 16gig class 6 sd card at frys, $30 with in-store pickup, if you live near one of the stores:

http://shop1.frys.com/product/5381518

it worked well for a bunch of 24Mbps avchd shooting that i did.