Smaller cards, or bigger?

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wilbah

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So... I'm getting ready to shoot a guerilla style feature, and have a CF card question...

Wondering if it makes more sense to shoot smaller cards, (say 8GB, possibly 16GB), or maybe one bigger card (64?).

My concern is that with the shorter cards, I'll have to dump more often (and need to have a dedicated person to dump cards); and all of the potential issues that go along with it...

On the other hand, I've heard of some corrupt data issues -I've never had any, but I don't shoot that much on the 5D. On my HVX, I've never had an issue with P2 (knocks wood) - but I'm wondering what others do?

When data does get corrupt, does the camera stop writing to the card? what brand of the bigger cards are you guys using?

thanks!

William
 
As a paid photographer, I always use more cards with smaller capacity because of data loss risks. Things change when it's video, however, and it depends on your priorities and capabilities. Generally you can get two 16GB cards for almost the same price as a 32, which I'd prefer. I'm not sure if 64 is cost effective, and once you cram that much data into those little cards I start to get concerned about the longevity of the circuits. Which could just be my paranoia.
 
I do a lot of guerilla shooting too. I currently have two cards one 8gb and one 32gb. I have always felt its better to shoot bigger cards. Of course the dump time takes longer, but there are few dumps.

I have only had one problem with corrupted data, and that was because the CF card had problems. I sent it back, and I never had problems since.
 
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