P2 Card / P2 store availability in UK

I got my two 8gb cards this morning, so I can say that they are DEFINITELY in circulation in the UK because they are right in front of me as a type.
 
I used my 4 gig card for the first time this morning and filled it so quickly it was a joke. Can't see 8 gig cards being too much better without an offloader to dump to.

Need 32 gig cards. NOW!
 
I don't know, I was testing the cards to see how they worked and one 8gb card - recording mostly 720pn, a bit of DVCPro50 and a bit of 1080i went quite a long way I thought. But I was being really selective about what I shot, so I don't know. Offloading to a laptop with PCMCIA is really easy once you've got the relevent drivers installed. I'm just offloading a full 8gb card to an external drive now. I'd say it's taken about 5 minutes and there still quarter left to copy.

Going to try and bring some of the streams into Avid, though I already know that the 720 clips won't work.
 
Steve Shovlar said:
I used my 4 gig card for the first time this morning and filled it so quickly it was a joke. Can't see 8 gig cards being too much better without an offloader to dump to.

Need 32 gig cards. NOW!
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I think your missing the point on how you should be using the cards. If your not from a film background then it's difficult to appreciate the value of the space available on the cards. If your a run and gun type of guy then you've invested in the wrong product.

I personally think this whole 4Gb deal is going to help improve standards of what is and what is not acceptable in quality of a production/shot. No more running tape in the hope of capturing something interesting.

This whole P2 thing is a fantastic opportunity to discipline camera operators in all aspects of filming. I can only see that as a very positive step in this ubsurd industry.

Regards

Rich

www.steadicams.com
 
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