[AIR] Amount of memory cards for Airventure 2011?

[Pilotian]

Hey, I am a person that takes alot of photos and then in post production i sort out the good ones. I am wondering on average how many gigs worth of memory sd cards you guys carry st oshkosh .... 16gb? 32gb? 64's?

I have an 8gig sd but i know for RAW that wont cut it so i was thinking perhaps 2, 32 gigs idk if thats enough or not with my 8 gig.


Also should i get the 4speed or 10 or what ever that means?:

[PhotosGuy]

Do you have a laptop or something that you can transfer the images to?

[Pilotian]

Do you have a laptop or something that you can transfer the images to?

not sure yet, probably not thats why im wondering

[FlyingPhotog]

AirVenture simply isn't like a one day airshow where you can afford to "pick and choose" what you'll shoot (especially if you haven't been there before .. it's a mind-numbingly target-rich environment.)

IMO, you can't really do AirVenture without a way to offload your shots each night.

I refrain from "Spray and Pray" as much as I possibly can and I still shot 14,000 frames last year.

Others I know brought back north of 20,000 and a couple came very near 80,000 but they do have rather heavy trigger fingers (and were using a minimum of four bodies.)

[Pilotian]

AirVenture simply isn't like a one day airshow where you can afford to "pick and choose" what you'll shoot (especially if you haven't been there before .. it's a mind-numbingly target-rich environment.)

IMO, you can't really do AirVenture without a way to offload your shots each night.

I refrain from "Spray and Pray" as much as I possibly can and I still shot 14,000 frames last year.

Others I know brought back north of 20,000 and a couple came very near 80,000 but they do have rather heavy trigger fingers (and were using a minimum of four bodies.)

Yah I have been figuring that! So i have decided ill take my computer to offload days 1 and be ready for day 2.... ill most likely but about 40gigs of cards, but the sad thing is that i dont know what the speeds mean. does a 4 work or should i get the 16 gig 10's?

[Leftcoast_Mike]

this just saved me from making a thread on this very subject.

Last year I filled two 8 gig cards and killed 2 batteries in one day and I wasn't even shooting RAW. All in total I think I had over 3300 exposures. I'm thinking I'll have to bump up my memory

[Pilotian]

this just saved me from making a thread on this very subject.

Last year I filled two 8 gig cards and killed 2 batteries in one day and I wasn't even shooting RAW. All in total I think I had over 3300 exposures. I'm thinking I'll have to bump up my memory

I bought 2 PNY 16 Gig 10 speeds yesterday and have a 8 gig 4 speed !!! :)

[Leftcoast_Mike]

I bought 2 PNY 16 Gig 10 speeds yesterday and have a 8 gig 4 speed !!! :)

bought another 16gb today so I'm up to 32 total. On the fence as to whether I'll need more. I'm shooting one day at a time and can offload each night.

[twomill]

At Wings Over Houston I basically was shooting more than not it was a Sat. I took over 1700 pics used a 32gb class 10 and only shot about 5gb worth of pics.