SanDisk release the largest size card ever

Well, for the time being

http://www.bbc.co.uk/n​ews/technology-29175093
and for those who can't go on the BBC for whatever reasons
http://www.theverge.co​m …-the-biggest-in-the-world

Coming in at a whopping 512Gb, mainly aimed to the 4K video shooters rather that still photographers, but....nothing is there to stop anyone buying it for themselves, lol

It's hard to imagine, but this size will be commonplace for the everyday user within the next 5-8 years!

Bryan

Here I was imagining a 12-18" memory card, still looks the same size to me

maverick75 wrote in post #17150156
Here I was imagining a 12-18" memory card, still looks the same size to me

Ha! I meant capacity

imaging loosing 512GB of files :S

RMH wrote in post #17150232
imaging loosing 512GB of files :S

But a large number of people do just that every day. Just that they manage to do it by not having a proper backup of their hard disks.

bps wrote in post #17150113
It's hard to imagine, but this size will be commonplace for the everyday user within the next 5-8 years!

Bryan

I believe so, especially if video advances to the point where we have 80 or 100 FPS, and every frame is a 30 megapixel raw file.

I see that the 512GB SDXC card will initially retail for a whopping $799. Having just put a 32GB card through the laundry a couple of weeks ago (without apparent damage), I don't think I could be trusted with an eight-hundred dollar card the size of a postage stamp. Too easy to leave one in a pocket, as I discovered too late.

Just think, that is a UHS speed class 1 card. Wonder what they will charge for the UHS speed class 3 card?

RMH wrote in post #17150232
imaging loosing 512GB of files :S

Quote from 2001 "Imagine losing 512MB of files".

Reminds me of when I got my first laptop - I think it had something like 4GB and I was told reliably by the retailer that I'd NEVER use that much space up fully ever. (It might have been more - all I can recall is I had to uninstall almost everything extra to get Diablo 2 to install)

Thing is whilst the storage sizes go up so too do the save sizes. Photos are getting huge (esp in RAW) with higher and higher MP values and video is even bigger still. Computer games are also going the same way, 500mb was a rough commonish value when I started - now 20GB is not out of the question for a single game.

A card like this is insane today unless you're doing a lot of video or travelling long distance with power, but no download access (also a rarity in todays market). But I wouldn't be surprised if in half to a decade of time that we are starting to think of them as quite sane (I recall those 32GB cards being questioned as to the sanity of having that much storage space - today many of us already own or would like to own them).


All I can think of is that Darn if Nintendo get a hold of that tech we'll get some HUGE games on the DS!

Overread wrote in post #17152559
Reminds me of when I got my first laptop - I think it had something like 4GB and I was told reliably by the retailer that I'd NEVER use that much space up fully ever. (It might have been more - all I can recall is I had to uninstall almost everything extra to get Diablo 2 to install)

Thing is whilst the storage sizes go up so too do the save sizes. Photos are getting huge (esp in RAW) with higher and higher MP values and video is even bigger still. Computer games are also going the same way, 500mb was a rough commonish value when I started - now 20GB is not out of the question for a single game.

A card like this is insane today unless you're doing a lot of video or travelling long distance with power, but no download access (also a rarity in todays market). But I wouldn't be surprised if in half to a decade of time that we are starting to think of them as quite sane (I recall those 32GB cards being questioned as to the sanity of having that much storage space - today many of us already own or would like to own them).


All I can think of is that Darn if Nintendo get a hold of that tech we'll get some HUGE games on the DS!

HA, my first PC with a hard disk was 40MB

Before that is was all 360k floppy disks. and before that tapes (not on PC tho)....

Sounds cool, but I'd rather have multiple smaller cards than one $800 card that is easy to lose, or heaven forbid, goes corrupt.

RMH wrote in post #17152600
HA, my first PC with a hard disk was 40MB

Before that is was all 360k floppy disks. and before that tapes (not on PC tho)....

Yeah, back in "the day", IBM PCs and all that jazz, except my first hard drive was I think 10MB, and of course what was the RAM in those old machines, 640K max?