What size memory card do you shoot with?

John from PA wrote in post #19327325
Sorry but hard to believe. 12402 images in 14 hours works out to be 886 images per hour = 14.76 images per minute or an image every 4 seconds.

...one might say, in view of how so many shoot with digital today, that 15 images per minute is simply three bursts of 5 shots, spaced about 20 seconds apart. So 886 images per hour isn't quite so extreme an image count.

Channel One wrote in post #19327443
Interesting concept though I don't think I could get into it.

With stills I tend to stay in focus, but with both eyes open waiting to strike when something happens that's going to get me something to license the use of.

Sure, stationary stills, it's easy to do that, but when you have so many competitors to photograph, you can follow them for the whole 1.5 minutes, you have to track for a second or so, grab your frame and move on to the next

Channel One wrote in post #19327453
I owe you and the OP a apology, you guys are shooting apples and I am shooting oranges and it is apparent the styes of shooting each are not comparable.

My apologies for that misunderstanding.

No worries, every day is a learning day

Channel One wrote in post #19327452
Adjacent to this thread.

What physical card numbering schemes are you folks using?

Currently I am just using letters A-Z, any better ideas.

I fill a card, it goes into my card holder label side down

Bobster wrote in post #19327495
I fill a card, it goes into my card holder label side down

Back in the 120 film days, I once -- only ONCE -- bothered to label the rolls... and then the realization that when the film goes to the lab all identification is lost!
Any future identification became UNexposed vs. Exposed after that...nothing to do, with roll film. At least now the identification of which card is which is no longer lost, so you can Import them in the sequence shot.

Bobster wrote in post #19327484
I know wedding photographers who take 8-10K of photos during a wedding, and their 2nd will take up to 6K of images. So really, it's not that hard to believe 12K of Action photographs within the course of a day?

And they THNK they are doing a good job for their client! When our youngest daughter got married, the photographer delivered over 6500 shots. It took her foreeeeeeever to select from the many photos (decision making not her strongest suit!). I don't remember how long, but it seems to have taken 6-9 months!

Wilt wrote in post #19327502
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And they THNK they are doing a good job for their client! When our youngest daughter got married, the photographer delivered over 6500 shots. It took her foreeeeeeever to select from the many photos (decision making not her strongest suit!). I don't remember how long, but it seems to have taken 6-9 months!
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Irresponsible on her part to deliver that many image files. . Taking 6,500 frames during the course of a wedding and reception, I totally understand. . Actually giving that many to the client to review and choose from, entirely unprofessional. . It's her JOB to do at least a few rounds of culls and to get down to a number that's manageable for the client to select from. . I bet in 2 or 3 hours, one could get from 6,500 frames down to 500. . Maybe 4 to 5 hours if the client had an unusually large shot list. . Shouldn't be an issue to do that, for anyone who does so routinely in the course of their livelihood.


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Wilt wrote in post #19327499
Back in the 120 film days, I once -- only ONCE -- bothered to label the rolls... and then the realization that when the film goes to the lab all identification is lost!
Any future identification became UNexposed vs. Exposed after that...nothing to do, with roll film. At least now the identification of which card is which is no longer lost, so you can Import them in the sequence shot.

I used a rat-tailed file to carefully cut notches into the film gates (on the longitudinal side to prevent scratches) of my 35mm cameras and medium format backs to identify which one any negative came from.

Fortunately, the EXIF does that for digital cameras.

Tom Reichner wrote in post #19327507
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Irresponsible on her part to deliver that many image files. . Taking 6,500 frames during the course of a wedding and reception, I totally understand. . Actually giving that many to the client to review and choose from, entirely unprofessional. . It's her JOB to do at least a few rounds of culls and to get down to a number that's manageable for the client to select from. . I bet in 2 or 3 hours, one could get from 6,500 frames down to 500. . Maybe 4 to 5 hours if the client had an unusually large shot list. . Shouldn't be an issue to do that, for anyone who does so routinely in the course of their livelihood.

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Yes. It's necessary to avoid inducing "analysis paralysis" in clients.

Bobster wrote in post #19327495
I fill a card, it goes into my card holder label side down

When I was shooting multiple cards that was my 'annotation' as well.

Tom Reichner wrote in post #19327507
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Irresponsible on her part to deliver that many image files. . Taking 6,500 frames during the course of a wedding and reception, I totally understand. . Actually giving that many to the client to review and choose from, entirely unprofessional. . It's her JOB to do at least a few rounds of culls and to get down to a number that's manageable for the client to select from. . I bet in 2 or 3 hours, one could get from 6,500 frames down to 500. . Maybe 4 to 5 hours if the client had an unusually large shot list. . Shouldn't be an issue to do that, for anyone who does so routinely in the course of their livelihood.

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HE, not 'her'...BTW he was one of the founders of the company that created the memory card with embedded wi-fi data transfer.

Channel One wrote in post #19327452
Adjacent to this thread.

What physical card numbering schemes are you folks using?

Currently I am just using letters A-Z, any better ideas.

I number everything I have more than one of, using a label maker. My memory cards are simply numbered.

My camera bodies go by the last four of their serial numbers.

My flash units are lettered, though...but their batteries are numbered.

My Canon camera batteries have their internal registration numbers, but I also label them for month and year of purchase.

Wilt wrote in post #19327476
While more shots can now be taken at 'zero cost'...one needs to keep in mind the time spent in selecting one from many, to cull down to those for which one puts in the editing time! Our time is not 'free' unless one has nothing to do with one's time!

That's what I run into, I cannot submit but a single shot or two, I may send out half a dozen e-mails with a brief description of what I captured to my list, but if I submitted a e-mail loaded with a dozen or so attached images, low-rez images at that, the answer from receiver would be, hit the delete button, I wouldn't even get a reply as to why I was rejected.

I want the reply "we will pay for an exclusive license, please forward the unedited shot."

As such I have to quickly, usually in my vehicle which is my office, go through the package of what I have and send out what I think what will be bought.

The way I work, time makes the difference between winning and loosing the payment.

Now the days of stills is waning, which is why I moved to video, but the rules of submission remains the same, instead of submitting a shot or two, it's one or two 30 second clips, if I submitted say a couple of 3 minute clips, again on the receive end, the delete button would be pressed and I would not even get a reply.

Time is money, I understand and value that, I like getting paid for my time, I also understand if I waste my customers time, they will not want to hear from me anymore.

RDKirk wrote in post #19327523
I number everything I have more than one of, using a label maker. My memory cards are simply numbered.

My camera bodies go by the last four of their serial numbers.

My flash units are lettered, though...but their batteries are numbered.

My Canon camera batteries have their internal registration numbers, but I also label them for month and year of purchase.

I do as Tom does:
My cards are rarely multiples of the same, so the label itself identifies them.
That makes it easy for me to identify if a card's full after shooting.
I have an exception for multiple SanDisk Extreme 128GB cards, but those are marked as 1, 2, and 3
so I don't transpose them. At any rate, those cards are not subject to being overstuffed,
as I've never come close to filling them with the 5D4. Realize that I shoot stills, and not action,
so this suits me just fine.

As far as batteries?
Wasabi, SterlingTek, and no-names have sufficed when I can obtain triple or quadruple
the batteries for a single OEM battery, and they hold more of a charge than OEM
for lengthy times. No-names are still fine for my 50D, Wasabi is outstanding in my 5D-MkIV,
and other no-names were still fine for the 40D with a Canon OEM charger.
My used 5D-4 came with a presumably used battery, which held a poor charge,
while the Wasabi batteries and charger have significantly upped the ante
of the battery's life in the camera.

In short: If it works, it just works.
I'm living proof of the concept.

Tom Reichner wrote in post #19327458
None of my cards look the same, anyway, because the cards I have are a hodge-podge of cards from different manufacturers, many of which are no-name or obscure brands. So knowing which card is which is kinda easy just because they're all so different looking.

We differ there, my cards are all the same, I stick with SanDisk and nowadays they are sort of a gold color with a red logo.

I buy them from B&H when they have a sale, but even when not on sale they are still quite inexpensive, I give them 2 years and then they get chucked.

When new cards arrive I write the next consecutive on them and stamp my FLDL number on each one to prove ownership should something happen, never has yet (knock on desk), but i would rather be safe than sorry.

What I am thinking of doing is going to a format of date of purchase M/Y followed by a 2 digit number as a serial number.

As such the first card bought in January 2022 would be 01/22/01.

RDKirk wrote in post #19327523
My Canon camera batteries have their internal registration numbers, but I also label them for month and year of purchase.

Batteries seem to be crap shoot, lots of Chinese knocks offs and "factory Canon" batteries seem to be both expensive shelf life pre-worn out.

As such when I do find what seems like a decent battery I use what I call a micro-Sharpie and write the pate of purchase on the battery, stamp my FLDL on it and hope for the best.