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!