so for wedding services its basically not possible to record onto CF? Well... it's possible but not recommended? Maybe the hard drive unit is recommended over the CF for this sort of thing?

Nonsense. 32GB cards work fine. This misinformation was addressed in the post following the one you quoted.

It still seems like there is a matter of opinion on that issue. I know several people have had 32gb and 64gb working but from what I've read a lot have also had problems.

As with most people switching from tape to CF will hopefully give me better reliability, I just hope there are no issues with larger cards. I'm sure the issues ive read about are due to the specific cards and not because theyre 32gb

Don't think about what a good card for the Z5 is, think about what a good professional card is.

Still photographers probably use the most compact flash cards, trust the brands they trust. Walk into a photography store that is for professionals (not one pretending it is for professionals) and look at what they sell. I'm guessing many of them will only have Lexar & Sandisk.

If you stick with quality, you'll get quality. As to 32GB, 64GB, 128GB... why do you need such big cards? If there is a risk with a larger card use smaller cards & swap them out.

How many people are recording w/o a break for longer than 70min? If you don't, stick with a bunch of 16GB cards. They're small, cheap & well trusted.

I have 2 16GB & 2 8GB, rarely do I need more than that.

If you address that question to theatre/live event shooters, the answer is quite a few. In the past five years we have yet to have a show where Act I was less than 85 minutes.

Sorry, for some reason I had different figures in my head. I've only just seen a 16gb can capture 72mins (which considering I've been working on 60 min tapes for 5 years obviously is perfect for me)

Is that 72mins at the highest quality? Could I record 60 mins simultaneously to a 16gb card at highest quality and to tape for a back up? Thats basically what I'm after.

Very rarely wedding speeches go over an hour and cause me problems, but if I stuck a 32gb card in for the speeches and a 60 min tape, I'll be covering my back in case the 32gb has issues as well as ensuring that as long as the card works and things run over, I wont have to stop recording. Ooh I like this..

I mostly do weddings, and many of them are Catholic. Ceremonies are easily 1 hour to an hour and a half, but after that I don't need to run the camera for more then 20 min at a time (speeches, cake cutting, dances, ect) So I have a few 32gig cards, but mostly 16s. I use Ridata brand (233X), and I have been very happy with them. And by the way, the Kingston cards I got (166x) died within the first or second use.

[QUOTE=David Payne;1552826]Is that 72mins at the highest quality? Could I record 60 mins simultaneously to a 16gb card at highest quality and to tape for a back up? Thats basically what I'm after.
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Absolutely. That's the beauty of the Z5

We have three MRC-1s and, on the advice of Sony dealer, use 16Gb Pretec 233x metal clad CF cards. No problems.

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sorry to bring up this old thread, but it's over 8 months since the last posting and i'm in the market for a 32gb card.....

has anyone had any experiences with 'newer' cards (my 16gb sandisk are still going mighty strong, but the 32gb are still well over $200au)?

tia

btw. what IS the actually minimum read/write rate in m/bs and / or ???x required for constant video (ie. not burst rate)

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I too am interested in this information! Hopefully, someone will reply, as I'm in the market for a 32gig card!

Thanks!

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As usual, I went with a Lexar 32gb 300x. It's been great for me. Many people have no problem with 133x.
I want 300x on my cards.

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My Sandisks are, I think, the equivalent of 200x and I've never had a problem with them. The Kingstons I've had -- 6 out of 7 of which failed -- are 133x. But I have a 133x Transcend which has been flawless.

FWIW.

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Interesting about issues with the Kingston 133x. I assume you are talking about the the green Elite Pro cards ? I have capturing to my Canon 5D for 2 years with them without a hitch. I just bought 5 more from someone on this site to use in a used MrC1k I bought. Last night I captured an hour long show through my cable box and my VX2000 (obviously in DV) and the unit captured the entire run without a hitch. After the capture, I immediate pulled the card, and it was certainly warm, but I had not problem transferring.

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okay, i just re-read this thread and still am unclear as to whether you can use cf larger than 32gb?

and i know all the relevant arguments about using 16gb (which i do anyway), but i'm still curious.....

anyone any experience with 64gb cards?

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ok, i'll put my latest observation in:

bought one of these:

Faster than SANDISK 32GB Extreme Compact Flash Memory Card 533X - Lifetime Warranty

so far so good - filled it a couple of times...

@$85aus - bargain!