128GB Memory Card

as seen on Engadget: http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/14/samsung...gb-memory-card/

Samsung paves the way for 128GB memory card

Samsung's been blowing our minds with its memory advancements for years, so we're not at all surprised that this very company has seemingly figured out a way (officially, that is) to concoct a 128GB memory card. The secret to such a capacious offering is a new manufacturing process dubbed self-aligned double patterning technology (SaDPT), which has enabled the firm to create the "world's first" 64Gb multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash memory chip using 30-nanometer process technology. Up to 16 of the 64Gb units can be combined to create a drool-worthy 128GB memory card, which can easily hold a modest DVD collection or upwards of 32,000 MP3s (its number, not ours). Apparently, Sammy hopes to crank up production on the flash devices in 2009, but until then, we'll just have to make do with its awe-inspiring 64GB SSD.

Wow ... anyone got storage problems during a dive now ?

that is amazing. I am shooting digital now for 1,5 years (since february also under water) and would've filled the card not even half.

like one of the comments there: if this goes on and it starts to get cheaper, it might be a worthy alternative to archiving at harddisks.

I wonder if a sales person will ever mix the MB's and GB's up.

I am not sure what effect this will have on SD or CF cards .. but it could well mean that cameras could have their own storage in that would be super quick.

I believe this sort of solid state is more laptop storage, but this is a huge leap and I get the impression the new technology could lead to all other storage types improving quickly too.

Not so sure this would be a great choice for shooting underwater, or anywhere actually. If you plan on taking a trip and using it the entire trip and you flood the camera, you just lost ALL your photos. Not to menttion if it gets lost or dropped somewhere. I know people who say they dont even like using the 8 gig cards for that reason. In my opinion having several smaller gig cards would be more practical. After all, if you're shooting with strobes UW, the card wont be the limiting factor, the amount of flashes per charge with your stroebs will be.

Not so sure this would be a great choice for shooting underwater, or anywhere actually. If you plan on taking a trip and using it the entire trip and you flood the camera, you just lost ALL your photos. Not to menttion if it gets lost or dropped somewhere. I know people who say they dont even like using the 8 gig cards for that reason. In my opinion having several smaller gig cards would be more practical. After all, if you're shooting with strobes UW, the card wont be the limiting factor, the amount of flashes per charge with your stroebs will be.

Umm, have you ever flooded a camera? I have written off two bodies, D70 and D200 , and i still use the cards that were inside, and all images that should have been on the cards were there.

As long as the water doesn't get inside the contacts you're fine. I think people kill their memory cards after a flood by trying to remove the card too soon, when the camera is still soaked.

Internal 128Gb storage in a camera would be pretty sweet, on my last trip swapping out memory cards in fast action scenes on land got annoying, it would have been nice to have just been swapping the batteries from time to time. With a bunch of memory cards you are likely to lose a set of images by reformatting the wrong one, which is really annoying as the recovery software takes a lifetime.

This tech might be more likely in Video cams and laptops though. If DeanB were here i'm sure he'd be salavating and delaying his camera purchase for another year, just in case!

Umm, have you ever flooded a camera? I have written off two bodies, D70 and D200 , and i still use the cards that were inside, and all images that should have been on the cards were there.

 

As long as the water doesn't get inside the contacts you're fine. I think people kill their memory cards after a flood by trying to remove the card too soon, when the camera is still soaked.

 

Internal 128Gb storage in a camera would be pretty sweet, on my last trip swapping out memory cards in fast action scenes on land got annoying, it would have been nice to have just been swapping the batteries from time to time. With a bunch of memory cards you are likely to lose a set of images by reformatting the wrong one, which is really annoying as the recovery software takes a lifetime.

 

This tech might be more likely in Video cams and laptops though. If DeanB were here i'm sure he'd be salavating and delaying his camera purchase for another year, just in case!

Im sure the card may be fine in some cases if the camera floods, but I wouldn't want to take that chance of losing all my photos. To rely on one HUGE card like that seems way to risky. But I guess for some people it works.

true, i guess if it was non-removable memory inside the camera and it flooded the usb download circuit would be fried too.. Sure would annoy the likes of Lexar and SanDisk though!

Simon, I think you're right that the video boys are probably salivating about this. I think I recall seeing something in the Sony announcement on the the new Z7 about an attachment which will allow it to record HDV to compact flash cards. Wonder if this new Samsung technology would also flow into the P2 and Sony SxS (XDCAM EX) cards eventually... or replace the HDD's in the hard drive based consumer cams...

Wow ... anyone got storage problems during a dive now ?

Probably means the 2 gigapixel cameras cannot be far behind, and 64 shots on a card is not that much ;-)