Mathieu Ghekiere
January 22nd, 2008, 04:57 PM
Hi,
I'm a bit confused about all the media options for this camera, and I would like to have some clarification, as our company is deciding which camera's to buy.
I've read a lot here, still not completely sure about everything.
Okay, so here goes, correct me if I'm wrong!
-This camera works with SxS Express cards.
-Can be loaded into a Macbook Pro without additional hardware.
-At this point, only Sony and Scandisk are making these cards, only in 8GB and 16GB editions. 32GB is coming, but no one knows at which price point or when.
-The reason why these SxS cards are 'special' is because of the high data rates that normal compact flash cards can't hold, correct?
Now more to the shady/rumor/speculation part of the post:
-I've heard something about Sony announcing they would release a firmware so other Express cards can work with the camera? Can anyone give me more details about that? I've only found that, but not any details...
-Does this mean that cards like 200 dollar cards of 16GB will become compatible with this camera, or is this just impossible? I read a post of someone saying that he knew somebody (héhé) that said that it would work BUT that he sometimes got error messages, and that another person told him it wouldn' work completely at all. Any truth?
-Macbook Pro updates are probably very soon to be expected. Chance they would leave out the Express card slot that's now standard in them? (I know, pretty far off question, just asking how far off the concept is. If there would be reasons for Apple to do so, or not).
Thanks in advance...
P.S. if someone knows a cheap but reliable place in europe to buy this camera, please let me know! Cheapest I've found was something around 5500 euros or so WITHOUT 'btw' (think called taxes in America). For the normal consumer, there comes an extra price tag of 21% at this price.
I'm a bit confused about all the media options for this camera, and I would like to have some clarification, as our company is deciding which camera's to buy.
I've read a lot here, still not completely sure about everything.
Okay, so here goes, correct me if I'm wrong!
-This camera works with SxS Express cards.
-Can be loaded into a Macbook Pro without additional hardware.
-At this point, only Sony and Scandisk are making these cards, only in 8GB and 16GB editions. 32GB is coming, but no one knows at which price point or when.
-The reason why these SxS cards are 'special' is because of the high data rates that normal compact flash cards can't hold, correct?
Now more to the shady/rumor/speculation part of the post:
-I've heard something about Sony announcing they would release a firmware so other Express cards can work with the camera? Can anyone give me more details about that? I've only found that, but not any details...
-Does this mean that cards like 200 dollar cards of 16GB will become compatible with this camera, or is this just impossible? I read a post of someone saying that he knew somebody (héhé) that said that it would work BUT that he sometimes got error messages, and that another person told him it wouldn' work completely at all. Any truth?
-Macbook Pro updates are probably very soon to be expected. Chance they would leave out the Express card slot that's now standard in them? (I know, pretty far off question, just asking how far off the concept is. If there would be reasons for Apple to do so, or not).
Thanks in advance...
P.S. if someone knows a cheap but reliable place in europe to buy this camera, please let me know! Cheapest I've found was something around 5500 euros or so WITHOUT 'btw' (think called taxes in America). For the normal consumer, there comes an extra price tag of 21% at this price.