I still don't think the SD / CF issue is very important. I was an XD user
before I bought my *istDS. If you think SD is tiny, take a look at XD
sometime! They're much smaller physically. :)
I also didn't complain when I had to buy an SD card for my Pentax *istDS,
instead of using the XD form factor I was used to. To me, that would seem
to almost as productive as complaining that the *istDS wouldn't accept 8x10
film holders. ;)
Also, Instead of worrying about the capacity of flash cards, I would rather
have Pentax make a camera which could be connected directly to a $200 (or
less) portable battery-powered hard drive. I just don't see why the
portable storage solutions currently on the market have to cost $500 and
up. For that price, I could get a notebook computer! A DS3 with an onboard
SATA connector would be sweet! :) I could even put a hard drive in a case
and arrange for battery power myself, if Pentax only made a camera with a
connection for an external hard drive, and gave the camera's firmware the
proper programming to be able to dump the contents of the flash card to the
external drive. Being able to browse the contents of the hard drive, via
the camera's LCD panel would also be a nice bonus. :)
So, I'm not worried about which type of card the next Pentax uses. I'm just
worried about dumping the contents of the cards when they eventually fill
up while shooting on location.
take care,
Glen
- RE: 30 years of the K1000. Glen
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