Do you expect a 1DX III any time soon?

I assume the larger sizes folks want are for video use? 64GB cards should be fine for stills. Dual 64Gb cards would hold nearly 6000 raw files. I shoot rugby conferences and don't come close to that for final image count, nor do I for other sporting events. I usually end up with around 300 images per competition, but I also cull during the down-times.

For me, it's mainly birds and wildlife and 2 x 64GB cards should be plenty. I don't often take more than 500 shots a day and always download the RAWs at the end of the shoot.

TeamSpeed wrote in post #18992462
I assume the larger sizes folks want are for video use? 64GB cards should be fine for stills. Dual 64Gb cards would hold nearly 6000 raw files. I shoot rugby conferences and don't come close to that for final image count, nor do I for other sporting events. I usually end up with around 300 images per competition, but I also cull during the down-times.

I can get about 2700 photos per 64GB but if I'm writing to 2 cards simultaneously I'm out of luck as I usually take about 3k images per match. If I'm covering 2 matches same day I wouldn't risk two x 128 GB cards.

2slo wrote in post #18992464
For me, it's mainly birds and wildlife and 2 x 64GB cards should be plenty. I don't often take more than 500 shots a day and always download the RAWs at the end of the shoot.

For you, Mark, they would be perfect. And if I was just doing weddings they would be fine too. But, as I said, they are slower as well.

AnnieMacD wrote in post #18992485
I can get about 2700 photos per 64GB but if I'm writing to 2 cards simultaneously I'm out of luck as I usually take about 3k images per match. If I'm covering 2 matches same day I wouldn't risk two x 128 GB cards.

You will get about 40% more files with the CR3/CRaw option format, so this gives you about 1000 more images now.

There is no distinguishable difference between the CRaw and non CRaw.

AnnieMacD wrote in post #18992485
I can get about 2700 photos per 64GB but if I'm writing to 2 cards simultaneously I'm out of luck as I usually take about 3k images per match. If I'm covering 2 matches same day I wouldn't risk two x 128 GB cards.

Bloody hell; when I was photographing football and rugby I was taking about 500 images per game.

john crossley wrote in post #18992526
Bloody hell; when I was photographing football and rugby I was taking about 500 images per game.

Times have changed!

I shoot bursts, but I time them and do small bursts, then keep the best of the bursts. Like I said, I will cull images. I will deliver about 300 or so files per event. I could not do bursts and shoot 3000, that would drive me crazy, and then to cull that down to something manageable would be time consuming. I will take more this year though during rugby because I have moved to a business smugmug model and have to pay for that huge annual cost.

TeamSpeed wrote in post #18955299
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For those wanting to move to a 5D4, like Tom Reichner, it is fast approaching a time where if one doesn't mind exterior wear, they should be able to find a 5D4 for around $1200-1300 fairly consistently now, or a lightly used one just south of $2000..

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TeamSpeed, I am just now seeing this post. . Sorry I didn't see it earlier. . It's taken a while to get caught up on this thread.

I actually did get a 5D4 a few weeks ago. . A good friend of mine offered me his, for $1550. . He hardly ever used it because he has a 1DX2 and a Sony A9, so it's in great condition (but condition doesn't matter to me, anyway ... I'd be just as happy with a beat up one).

Normally I wouldn't have dreamed of paying that much, but he said to just send him $200 now and take as long as I need to pay it off. . I told him these are very lean times for me and I may only be able to send $50 or $100 a month. . He responded saying that he has no problem with that, he just wants me to shoot with a better camera. . So I went ahead with it.

Normally I don't buy anything on credit. . I mean, not my home, not my car ... nothing. . I have no reason to think that things will ever get better for me financially - no reason to think that I will have more income in the future than I have now, so credit doesn't make sense for me. . But this is an exception. . Shooting with a high quality 30MP sensor will produce images that are enormously more useful than those I've been taking with my 16MP 1D4. . And having a year or mores worth of images be taken at a higher quality is well worth breaking my personal rule about not buying things on credit. . Plus, there's no interest or anything, and if things really go bad for me I can just send him his camera back and he'd be fine with that.

Sorry to go so far off topic, but TS mentioned me and my 5D4 situation here in this thread, so I thought I should respond to that here in the same thread.

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So, getting things back on topic a bit .....

This 1DX3 isn't very appealing to me. . If I really loved its specs and thought it would meet all of my needs, then I would plan to buy one in 5 or 6 years when I could get a used one for cheap. . But I like to print big 48" or 60" or even 72" photos, so now that I finally have a 30MP body I can't imagine that I would ever be willing to spend big money on something that is only 20MP.


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Tom Reichner wrote in post #18992545
I actually did get a 5D4 a few weeks ago

You're going to love the files it produces. Since the 80D there's been a big step forward in the Canon sensors; mostly in low ISO dynamic range, but also in the qualitative appearance of high ISO noise (though I understand the 7D2 shares that latter trait).

The difference in the AF performance (coming from a 5D3) was also a surprise - especially with teleconverters.

Tom Reichner wrote in post #18992545
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TeamSpeed, I am just now seeing this post. . Sorry I didn't see it earlier. . It's taken a while to get caught up on this thread.

I actually did get a 5D4 a few weeks ago. . A good friend of mine offered me his, for $1550. . He hardly ever used it because he has a 1DX2 and a Sony A9, so it's in great condition (but condition doesn't matter to me, anyway ... I'd be just as happy with a beat up one).

Normally I wouldn't have dreamed of paying that much, but he said to just send him $200 now and take as long as I need to pay it off. . I told him these are very lean times for me and I may only be able to send $50 or $100 a month. . He responded saying that he has no problem with that, he just wants me to shoot with a better camera. . So I went ahead with it.

Normally I don't buy anything on credit. . I mean, not my home, not my car ... nothing. . I have no reason to think that things will ever get better for me financially - no reason to think that I will have more income in the future than I have now, so credit doesn't make sense for me. . But this is an exception. . Shooting with a high quality 30MP sensor will produce images that are enormously more useful than those I've been taking with my 16MP 1D4. . And having a year or mores worth of images be taken at a higher quality is well worth breaking my personal rule about not buying things on credit. . Plus, there's no interest or anything, and if things really go bad for me I can just send him his camera back and he'd be fine with that.

Sorry to go so far off topic, but TS mentioned me and my 5D4 situation here in this thread, so I thought I should respond to that here in the same thread.

............... ............... ............... ............... ............... ............... ...............

So, getting things back on topic a bit .....

This 1DX3 isn't very appealing to me. . If I really loved its specs and thought it would meet all of my needs, then I would plan to buy one in 5 or 6 years when I could get a used one for cheap. . But I like to print big 48" or 60" or even 72" photos, so now that I finally have a 30MP body I can't imagine that I would ever be willing to spend big money on something that is only 20MP.

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Enjoy it Tom, I think it's an amazing camera!

That's awesome Tom, what a great friend! Congrats on the new body.

Tom Reichner wrote in post #18992545
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TeamSpeed, I am just now seeing this post. . Sorry I didn't see it earlier. . It's taken a while to get caught up on this thread.

I actually did get a 5D4 a few weeks ago. . A good friend of mine offered me his, for $1550. . He hardly ever used it because he has a 1DX2 and a Sony A9, so it's in great condition (but condition doesn't matter to me, anyway ... I'd be just as happy with a beat up one).

Normally I wouldn't have dreamed of paying that much, but he said to just send him $200 now and take as long as I need to pay it off. . I told him these are very lean times for me and I may only be able to send $50 or $100 a month. . He responded saying that he has no problem with that, he just wants me to shoot with a better camera. . So I went ahead with it.

Normally I don't buy anything on credit. . I mean, not my home, not my car ... nothing. . I have no reason to think that things will ever get better for me financially - no reason to think that I will have more income in the future than I have now, so credit doesn't make sense for me. . But this is an exception. . Shooting with a high quality 30MP sensor will produce images that are enormously more useful than those I've been taking with my 16MP 1D4. . And having a year or mores worth of images be taken at a higher quality is well worth breaking my personal rule about not buying things on credit. . Plus, there's no interest or anything, and if things really go bad for me I can just send him his camera back and he'd be fine with that.

Sorry to go so far off topic, but TS mentioned me and my 5D4 situation here in this thread, so I thought I should respond to that here in the same thread.

............... ............... ............... ............... ............... ............... ...............

So, getting things back on topic a bit .....

This 1DX3 isn't very appealing to me. . If I really loved its specs and thought it would meet all of my needs, then I would plan to buy one in 5 or 6 years when I could get a used one for cheap. . But I like to print big 48" or 60" or even 72" photos, so now that I finally have a 30MP body I can't imagine that I would ever be willing to spend big money on something that is only 20MP.

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Congrats Tom on the 5D4- you will love it. If you need any help setting it up then let me know....slow servo down in custom settings for BIF work

CONGRATS Tom. ENJOY. Now where's the photo of the duck ha ha.

airfrogusmc wrote in post #19001044
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CONGRATS Tom. ENJOY. Now where's the photo of the duck ha ha.
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Oh, trust me, I've been trying for photos of ducks!

But conditions have been all wrong here. The ability to photograph ducks at a high level is dependent on the river ice and how it breaks up. When it breaks up slowly, there are truly great opportunities for excellent duck photography. But our ice was solid from bank to bank on Saturday morning, and then by Monday morning it was completely gone. So no chance to photograph ducks around here, at all.

I wanted to go to northern CA for wintering Pintails two weeks ago, but didn't have the cash for a week long road trip.

Hence, I'm stuck with a great new-to-me camera, and nothing to shoot for weeks on end but old deer antlers and the ice on the river. . I guess it's better than nothing, until some live subjects become available.