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Subject: [Leica] The Cr è me de la Cr è me Card
From: philippe.amard at tele2.fr (Philippe AMARD)
Date: Sun Apr 20 01:04:48 2008
References: <C42FC44C.A2C87%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Mark,
you might also have fun with
http://www.i4u.com/article16316.html

and get a free full frame refill every ten years or so ;-)
for the cherry on top of it
phx


<http://www.i4u.com/article16316.html>Mark Rabiner wrote:

>As I've mentioned numerous times over the months the camera I'd been mainly
>using was the Nikon D40x.
>Its compact in that sense Leica Like. And I tend to have it with me wherever
>I go.  To the movies. To the bathroom.  Put it under my pillow at night. And
>use it for jobs as well.
>I"d walked into a Best Buy 5 months ago and got my first 4 gig card for it
>for what felt like chump change at the time. And SD card.
>So I got 300 + shots on a roll with it!
>That itself may have been the reason why this camera stole my heart over
>these many months. The 2 Gig  compact flash cards I had for my D200 only had
>about 120 shots in them. I had two of them and needed both. Then I had a
>bunch of 100 gig cards only 60 on a roll.  So with the D200 I was shuffling
>cards in the dark or the hot sun.
>When I went out with the D40x I was ok with that one card.
>And the little battery also I didn't need to bring a backup.
>Lasts a week on one charge.
>
>So the other day earlier in the week I was thinking I thought....
>Wonder what the 4 gig Compact flash cards are costing nowadays?
>As I was getting back to carrying all that extra weight and awesomeness of
>the D200 again... More control. More choice of glass.
>Well then it occurred to me that Compact Flash cards are supposed to be
>CHEAPER than SD cards anyway. MORE MEGS FOR THE BUCK!
>So I got on the B&H site to check out the price point on their 4 gig cards
>to see if I could swing it.
>Was I surprised to find that not just the 4 but the EIGHT GIG cards are now
>in the less than hundred dollar - Mark can afford it now - range.
>I'm skipping the 4 gigs. 4 gigs are for babies!
>So I picket up my 8 gig card two days ago. SanDisk Extreme III
>less than 100 bucks.
>$99.99
>Almost 500 shots on a roll I could not believe it!
>My D200 felt much more awesome in my hand. It nearly vibrated with
>potential!
>I knew that whatever it was;
>I was going to shoot the heck out of it.
>Nothing was beyond my limitations
>I have achieved Global Domination!
>
>Next comes Terabyte hard disks as I'll need those. They are flying out the
>Apple Store and B&H for chump change I guess.
>Gigs gigs the musical fruit the more you click the more you cram into your
>even bigger hard disks.
>
>And the better your shots with more to choose from is the main idea.
>
>It's the percentages which makes for the best shots once you've gotten into
>roll film and beyond is what I think. If you pick 20 shots out of 300
>they're going to be much better shots than if you pick them out of  72 or
>144.
>Now I'm picking them out of 500 or close.
>Pick out 50, take out 10.
>Whittle away another 10. Then 10 more again.
>What are you left with?
>You dazzle yourself unless you had a very unlucky day.
>"I shot those!?" you can really impress yourself if the percentages are low
>enough.
>The Cr?me de la Cr?me has truly arrived.
>
>
>Last I looked  1.5 years ago I think the 8 gig CF cards cost $1600!
>
>Mark William Rabiner
>markrabiner.com
>
>
>
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