SDHC novice question.

JWitsen

JWitsen

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Hey, I'm quite curious as to this question;

how many times can you format an SDHC card before you start to experience dropped frames or glitches, or whatever it is called when using them?


I'm so tempted to go ahead and sell my sony vx2100 for the HMC150, but i want to know if ill be spending more on tapes/cards as well as the camera itself (and harddrive space!)


TIA,
Jake Witsen.
 
Im going on 7 months with the same 2 cards, so at this point I've already saved a load on tapes. I haven;t experienced any droped frames or anything but if i ever do I can pick up another card for at the most 30 bucks and be fine for another 7 months
 
zeroblank said:
Im going on 7 months with the same 2 cards, so at this point I've already saved a load on tapes. I haven;t experienced any droped frames or anything but if i ever do I can pick up another card for at the most 30 bucks and be fine for another 7 months
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How often do you record? And how much do you record per day? I average about 1-3 hours a day on my VX2100, so thats anywhere from $3-10.


JordyF said:
vx2100 is terrible.

you will be far more happy with the 150 :)
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Yes, I am quite aware I would be happier with the HMC150, but to say the vx2100 is terrible is quite an exaggeration.
 
According to the Transcend memory specs, their SDHC cards are rated for 10,000 insertion/removal cycles, so I think it will take you a while to wear them out.

http://www.purelandinc.com/transcend-flash1.htm

...And my 2 cents: The Sony VX2100 is a great camera for it's time, and still quite good for low light work. I think you will find the new HMC150 a very nice step up from your old VX2100. All the controls can be a bit daunting at first, but it doesn't take too long to get used to them.
 
TheDingo said:
According to the Transcend memory specs, their SDHC cards are rated for 10,000 insertion/removal cycles, so I think it will take you a while to wear them out.

http://www.purelandinc.com/transcend-flash1.htm

...And my 2 cents: The Sony VX2100 is a great camera for it's time, and still quite good for low light work. I think you will find the new HMC150 a very nice step up from your old VX2100. All the controls can be a bit daunting at first, but it doesn't take too long to get used to them.
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Thankyou very much.
 
Im doint at least the same amount of recording as you. even if I dont have a gig or anything legit to shoot I'll just shoot around the house.


Also I had a 2100 before i got the 150 and the heads in it are shot. Something you will never have to worry about with the 150. Now the 2100 is a fancy paper wieght!
 
zeroblank said:
Im doint at least the same amount of recording as you. even if I dont have a gig or anything legit to shoot I'll just shoot around the house.


Also I had a 2100 before i got the 150 and the heads in it are shot. Something you will never have to worry about with the 150. Now the 2100 is a fancy paper wieght!
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I hate to change the subject of the thread, but are there any other things that you are particularly happy to be rid of, concerning the VX2100 V. HMC150?
 
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Insertion/removal is referring to physically inserting and removing the card.

I would also like to know how many read/write cycles average SDHC cards are capable of.
 
JWitsen said:
I hate to change the subject of the thread, but are there any other things that you are particularly happy to be rid of, concerning the VX2100 V. HMC150?
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I never really like having to fish through the menu to change all the settings. The HMC has more options right on the body which makes things much easier when you have to change something on the fly. Oh and XLR inputs :)
 
Stevo H said:
Insertion/removal is referring to physically inserting and removing the card.

I would also like to know how many read/write cycles average SDHC cards are capable of.
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I think most of us are assuming if it can handle 10k i/r cycles, it can handle quite abit of formatting. They must know that you are going to format your card. Although I don't use the SDHC cards yet, maybe there is another way of going about re-using a card that I'm unaware of, that puts less stress on the card.
 
Stevo H said:
Insertion/removal is referring to physically inserting and removing the card. I would also like to know how many read/write cycles average SDHC cards are capable of.
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Why would most people insert or remove a SDCH card from a device?

...Unless you are in the habit of just playing with SDHC cards, you are going to either read or write to the card.
 
TheDingo said:
Why would most people insert or remove a SDCH card from a device?
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Huh? They would insert or remove it to put it in, or get it out of the device. Many (if not all) connectors and media have insertion/removal "ratings" which is why I'm assuming this is what they're referring to. Things like USB connectors and ports, Firewire, S-Video, etc...
 
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