KxS is dead, long live KxS

GuyB

GuyB

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Fear not breatherin, for though sacred Kensington card reader may be disscontinued but soon, there shalt be an annoucement of a replacement which wortketh not only as well as thy Kensington, but also alloweth thy EX1 door to closeth!

Tiss being well tested as we speak.

Stay tuned.
 
Oh I will soon Steve, but rest assured it would appear that the demise of the K33407US is not going to stop the use of SD as SxS! So far this other adaptor is working as well as the K33407, I even shot a job on it tonight, no problem. Just going through testing OC, 24fps OC to 40fps, filles a whole Ultra II, @ 45fps it failed after 17min and @ 50fps failed after 1min 17sec.

Just got a few arrangement and a bit more testing to do and I'll publish the details. Not ti mention re-writing the KxS page...
 
Soooo..... I shouldn't buy 4 more of the current style Kensington???? The lenth dosent matter to me... EX3

frisco
 
Viva KxS!

I just got my EX1 last week....just in time for my order of a Kensington card to be canceled by Amazon. :(

Ironically, KxS was one reason I chose this camera over some others. Please keep us posted on the new solution!
 
frisco said:
Soooo..... I shouldn't buy 4 more of the current style Kensington???? The length doesn't matter to me... EX3

frisco
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You know, with the EX3 I actually think the Kensington is still the better choice if you have them or can still get them, only because the door closes anyway, and there is an ergonomic adjustment you need to make with a flush adaptor.

These flush adaptors use a 'push to eject' spring loaded mechanism, so there is the danger of you pushing the combo into the camera, and ejecting the SD card at the same time. With two combos this runs the danger of confusing the camera and it stops recording. We have seen this with KxS if you have to KxS inserted, are recording to one and just pull the SD card on the other leaving the reader in the camera.

You have to learn to insert the new combo pushing on either edge, not on the centre. I have to test more on this to see if it is safe to insert an empty reader, then insert the SD card, while recording to the other combo because that may prove the easiest and safest way to do it.
 
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Ahhhhh.... Got it..... great point! I'll get more original Kensingtons.

Thanks, frisco



GuyB said:
You know, with the EX3 I actually think the Kensington is still the better choice if you have them or can still get them, only because the door closes anyway, and there is an euronomic adjustment you need to make with a flush adaptor.

These flush adaptors use a 'push to eject' spring loaded mechanism, so there is the danger of you pusing the combo into the camera, and ejecting the SD card at the same time. With two combos this runs the danger of confusing the camera and it stops recording. We have seen this with KxS if you have to KxS inserted, are recording to one and just pull the SD card on the other leaving the reader in the camera.

You have to learn to insert the new combo pushing on either edge, not on the centre. I have to test more on this to see if it is safe to insert and empty reader, then insert the SD card, while recording to the other combo because that may proove the easiest and safest way to do it.
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Sounds good, GuyB! I haven't gone this route yet, I'm still shooting with my SxS cards. Hey, are you trying to pull a Jim Jannard with this, "just wait and see how amazing this will be, stay tuned, you're gonna be blown away!" approach? Ha!
 
Guy why don't you tell us what card it is. The more people know the more will be willing to test. Most of us are adults here and can decide if we want to take a chance on these cards.
 
Because I don't want to come out saying this card works only to have people buy it and find problems. I have told a few people privately who are getting cards to increase the test bed. I would say by the weekend, if no problems are encountered, we will tell you and you can be confident in its reliability. As much as you might be grown up enough to wear a problem yourself, there are a few too many who aren't.

PS: No Jim around here, this is not a case of anticipation, you know what it is we are looking at, its only the specific model I haven't stated yet (due to the above). I just didn't think 2 peoples testing was quite enough to come out claiming it was as reliable as the Kensington has proven itself to be.
 
so, how well does this combo work? i have Kensingtons on order from a couple places, with
shipment being early next week. If I end up with more than I want, I will sell them
 
Z1Scottie said:
so, how well does this combo work? i have Kensingtons on order from a couple places, with
shipment being early next week. If I end up with more than I want, I will sell them
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My fingers did the talking... Just ordered some... If this is fine for EX1 (with door closed), I will have some Kensingtons (still sealed in the box) for sale...Send me PM if interested...:beer:
 
I tested the earlier version of the Delkin and it did not work. Will source one of this newer model and give it a try.

Ned
 
hell yeah, does the door close with these? I will cancel my orders for the Kensingtons that are supposed to ship Dec 3
 
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