SxS card pool idea at DVinfo.net

Ola Christoffersson · March 16th, 2008, 11:28 AM

Okey -let's face it: The SxS-cards are still rediculously expensive compared to other flash memory with almost the same specs. I for one will be waiting for price drops as long as I possibly can before I buy more cards than the two 8 Gb-cards that came with my camera.

So - what to do in the mean time...? I have a few projects coming up this spring but lots of the time my camera and cards are just sitting there collecting dust. So why not make optimal use of the cards that are already out there and lend each other cards when we can?

If I know someone is going on a weekend shoot and I will be home with my family I'd be happy to lend him/her my cards and maybe some other time it can work the other way round.

So - anybody in Stockholm, Sweden with an EX1, interested in starting a "card pool"/mailing list, to be able to maximize the use of our cards?

/ola

Dean Sensui · March 16th, 2008, 12:42 PM

A few of us did that here a few times with the Panasonic P2 cards. Those things are three times more expensive for a given amount of recording time. So the sharing -- or low-cost rental -- of cards among known people was a big help for low-budget producers.

Craig Seeman · March 16th, 2008, 06:00 PM

I understand there are rental houses that rent SxS cards.

I could have sworn AbelCine told me it would be something like $50/day for 16GB card (maybe just my misinterpretation?).

Buba Kastorski · March 17th, 2008, 08:12 PM

Here in Toronto Videoscope rents out 16Gb for $25 a day

March 16th, 2008, 11:28 AM	#1
Ola Christoffersson Major Player Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 462	SxS card pool idea Okey -let's face it: The SxS-cards are still rediculously expensive compared to other flash memory with almost the same specs. I for one will be waiting for price drops as long as I possibly can before I buy more cards than the two 8 Gb-cards that came with my camera. So - what to do in the mean time...? I have a few projects coming up this spring but lots of the time my camera and cards are just sitting there collecting dust. So why not make optimal use of the cards that are already out there and lend each other cards when we can? If I know someone is going on a weekend shoot and I will be home with my family I'd be happy to lend him/her my cards and maybe some other time it can work the other way round. So - anybody in Stockholm, Sweden with an EX1, interested in starting a "card pool"/mailing list, to be able to maximize the use of our cards? /ola

March 16th, 2008, 12:42 PM	#2
Dean Sensui Inner Circle Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Honolulu, HI Posts: 2,054	A few of us did that here a few times with the Panasonic P2 cards. Those things are three times more expensive for a given amount of recording time. So the sharing -- or low-cost rental -- of cards among known people was a big help for low-budget producers. __________________ Dean Sensui Exec Producer, Hawaii Goes Fishing

March 16th, 2008, 06:00 PM	#3
Craig Seeman Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA Posts: 3,841	I understand there are rental houses that rent SxS cards. I could have sworn AbelCine told me it would be something like $50/day for 16GB card (maybe just my misinterpretation?).

March 17th, 2008, 08:12 PM	#4
Buba Kastorski Trustee Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,414	Here in Toronto Videoscope rents out 16Gb for $25 a day