Sandisk SxS cards released at DVinfo.net

Ola Christoffersson · January 6th, 2008, 07:16 AM

It seems like Sandisk has released 8 and 16 Gb SxS cards now. I have not found them anywhere in stock but if you google for them you will find them in several on-line stores. The product ID is: SDX-VS-016G-E101 for the 16 Gb version and I've found it for approximately US$723.
Abelcine is selling the Sony 16 Gb card for US$875 so it seems to be a small step in the right direction. :-)

If only Sony would release that firmware upgrade so we can use ordinary cheap Expresscard memory soon...

Paul Newman · January 6th, 2008, 10:49 AM

If only these would work ?!!

http://www.offtek.co.uk/express34.ph...FQ5OQgod6GuMXg

ever hopeful

Paul

This is just to illustrate how cheap it could get in the future

Peter Kraft · January 6th, 2008, 11:21 AM

If it gets that cheap, the necessary camera
costs like nothing ;-)

Floris van Eck · March 12th, 2008, 05:06 PM

Those Transcend cars have writing speeds of 8mb/sec. They won't get you far, nothing to do with firmware. HQ footage is 35mb/sec and SP 25mb/sec. So no, it is impossible to compare these cards at this moment.

David Hadden · March 12th, 2008, 05:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Floris van Eck

Those Transcend cars have writing speeds of 8mb/sec. They won't get you far, nothing to do with firmware. HQ footage is 35mb/sec and SP 25mb/sec. So no, it is impossible to compare these cards at this moment.

8 mb or MB? if MB, my guess is that they will never be allowed to work in the EX, but who knows, would be nice for certain.

Dave

David Heath · March 12th, 2008, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Floris van Eck

Those Transcend cars have writing speeds of 8mb/sec. They won't get you far, nothing to do with firmware. HQ footage is 35mb/sec and SP 25mb/sec. So no, it is impossible to compare these cards at this moment.

The writing speeds are 8MBs (MegaBYTE/s) or 64Mbs (MegaBIT/s) - hence theoretically nearly twice the data rate of the EX and 2 1/2 x that of HDV.

Robert Musiello · March 12th, 2008, 08:09 PM

Where did you find them.. for 723.00

Thanks

Floris van Eck · March 13th, 2008, 04:08 PM

I found the Sony branded 8GB for 326 EURO and the 16GB for 586 EURO EX VAT. I think that are affordable prices. I am planning to buy an extra 16GB with my camera so I have 32GB in total (2x8GB, 1x16GB). This gives me 100 minutes of HQ recording or 160 minutes of SP recording. That's enough for all things I am planning to shoot and combined with a Macbook Pro and an external WD Passport 2.0 USB stick a robust SxS workflow.

Kristian Kettner · March 15th, 2008, 04:51 AM

Just talked to a new suplier yesterday, and he told me that he was jusing the scandisk cards in his ex1 RIGHT NOW...And that they had a good price tag on them.

Floris van Eck · March 15th, 2008, 05:26 AM

And what is the price? He should be able to tell you that.

Buba Kastorski · March 15th, 2008, 03:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Floris van Eck

And what is the price?

The price is "right"
http://www.sandisk.com/Products/Cata...pressCard.aspx
:-)

John Hedgecoe · March 15th, 2008, 05:34 PM

The price listed at that sandisk link is more than I paid at B&H for the 16GB Sony SxS card.

Dan Wells · March 15th, 2008, 10:11 PM

If Henry Posner (or anyone else with knowledge of the inner workings of B+H) is around, I'd love to know when B+H will be carrying the SanDisk cards, and whether they'll be any cheaper than the Sony equivalents? The list price on the SanDisk cards IS cheaper than the list on the Sony cards, but (as the last poster noted), it's actually more expensive than B+H is selling the Sony 16 GB card for.

-Dan

January 6th, 2008, 07:16 AM	#1
Ola Christoffersson Major Player Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 462	Sandisk SxS cards released It seems like Sandisk has released 8 and 16 Gb SxS cards now. I have not found them anywhere in stock but if you google for them you will find them in several on-line stores. The product ID is: SDX-VS-016G-E101 for the 16 Gb version and I've found it for approximately US$723. Abelcine is selling the Sony 16 Gb card for US$875 so it seems to be a small step in the right direction. :-) If only Sony would release that firmware upgrade so we can use ordinary cheap Expresscard memory soon...

January 6th, 2008, 10:49 AM	#2
Paul Newman Major Player Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Agua Blanca Ibiza Posts: 305	If only these would work ?!! http://www.offtek.co.uk/express34.ph...FQ5OQgod6GuMXg ever hopeful Paul This is just to illustrate how cheap it could get in the future __________________ Another Sunny Day in Ibiza

March 12th, 2008, 08:09 PM	#7
Robert Musiello Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 143	Ola Where did you find them.. for 723.00 Thanks

March 15th, 2008, 04:51 AM	#9
Kristian Kettner New Boot Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Aahus Denmark Posts: 18	The scandisk cards work Just talked to a new suplier yesterday, and he told me that he was jusing the scandisk cards in his ex1 RIGHT NOW...And that they had a good price tag on them. __________________ Filmprodcution Reklamefilm Viral film www.kettner.nu

January 6th, 2008, 11:21 AM	#3
Peter Kraft Major Player Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Europe Posts: 245	If it gets that cheap, the necessary camera costs like nothing ;-)

March 12th, 2008, 05:06 PM	#4
Floris van Eck Major Player Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 993	Those Transcend cars have writing speeds of 8mb/sec. They won't get you far, nothing to do with firmware. HQ footage is 35mb/sec and SP 25mb/sec. So no, it is impossible to compare these cards at this moment.

March 13th, 2008, 04:08 PM	#8
Floris van Eck Major Player Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 993	I found the Sony branded 8GB for 326 EURO and the 16GB for 586 EURO EX VAT. I think that are affordable prices. I am planning to buy an extra 16GB with my camera so I have 32GB in total (2x8GB, 1x16GB). This gives me 100 minutes of HQ recording or 160 minutes of SP recording. That's enough for all things I am planning to shoot and combined with a Macbook Pro and an external WD Passport 2.0 USB stick a robust SxS workflow.

March 15th, 2008, 05:26 AM	#10
Floris van Eck Major Player Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 993	And what is the price? He should be able to tell you that.

March 15th, 2008, 05:34 PM	#12
John Hedgecoe Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 146	The price listed at that sandisk link is more than I paid at B&H for the 16GB Sony SxS card.

March 15th, 2008, 10:11 PM	#13
Dan Wells Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Starksboro VT Posts: 30	If Henry Posner (or anyone else with knowledge of the inner workings of B+H) is around, I'd love to know when B+H will be carrying the SanDisk cards, and whether they'll be any cheaper than the Sony equivalents? The list price on the SanDisk cards IS cheaper than the list on the Sony cards, but (as the last poster noted), it's actually more expensive than B+H is selling the Sony 16 GB card for. -Dan