I'm just curious how accurate the internal "time left on card" meter on the GH2 or even the Gh1 for that matter that tells you the time remaining on a given SD card is? Does it use a preset algorithiem or something that is based on the card size at stock speeds, or does it re calculated when you hack the bit-rate?
I'm running a fairly high bit rate hack and trying to figure out how many cards I need to take on a shoot. In 24H mode a 16GB card shows about 21 mins, which based on some test shooting I was doing is probably fairly accurate, but I am not in the habit of looking at the meter so all I can say is when I was shooting a family dinner I filled up one card really quick, too quick in my opinion. Since it looks like I can get closer to an hour (assuming the meter is right) on the 24L setting I may have to shoot a combination of 24L and 24H on my next outing since I will be in the field for a week and am getting near the max of my wife's tolerence for the UPS truck delivering new SD cards and accessories for my camera..lol
Secondly, does anyone have a rough rule of thumb as to how much memory is enough when doing a week long trip and shooting a docu-style feature while on a multi-city/ location shoot. I will be in 7 cities in as many days up and down the CA coast doing a series of travel docs (sort of a working vacation, if you know what I mean). I am getting nervous I won't have enough cards and keep buying new ones everytime I find a deal.. I am upto x12=16gb, x4=32GB and x10=8Gb and about to buy more....
I'm running a fairly high bit rate hack and trying to figure out how many cards I need to take on a shoot. In 24H mode a 16GB card shows about 21 mins, which based on some test shooting I was doing is probably fairly accurate, but I am not in the habit of looking at the meter so all I can say is when I was shooting a family dinner I filled up one card really quick, too quick in my opinion. Since it looks like I can get closer to an hour (assuming the meter is right) on the 24L setting I may have to shoot a combination of 24L and 24H on my next outing since I will be in the field for a week and am getting near the max of my wife's tolerence for the UPS truck delivering new SD cards and accessories for my camera..lol
Secondly, does anyone have a rough rule of thumb as to how much memory is enough when doing a week long trip and shooting a docu-style feature while on a multi-city/ location shoot. I will be in 7 cities in as many days up and down the CA coast doing a series of travel docs (sort of a working vacation, if you know what I mean). I am getting nervous I won't have enough cards and keep buying new ones everytime I find a deal.. I am upto x12=16gb, x4=32GB and x10=8Gb and about to buy more....
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