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> Same goes for the limited number of shots on a roll of film. You can approximate the same limitation on digital cameras by simply using a very small SD card.
by caseyohara 7mo ago
> Same goes for the limited number of shots on a roll of film.
You can approximate the same limitation on digital cameras by simply using a very small SD card.
- kqr 7mo agoOr put a large file on a regular size SD card.
- caseyohara 7mo agoI guess it depends on what "large file" and "regular size SD card" mean to you. The best selling SD card on B&H is 128 GB. Let's consider that "regular size". Fujifilm's GFX100 II is a popular medium-format mirrorless camera. Its sensor is 102MP. So each 14-bit RAW image is about 170 MB. 102M pixels x 14 bits = 1.428B bits = ~178M bytes = ~170 MB So a 128 GB SD card can hold ~771 images that are 170 MB. That's a lot more images than a standard roll of film.
- Toutouxc 7mo agoI think they meant that you can pad your regular SD card with random data and leave just enough space for a few photos.
- caseyohara 7mo agoahh that makes a lot more sense!
- nayuki 7mo agoOr even use a computer to custom-format the card with a hilariously small partition (e.g. 128 MB on a 128 GB card).
- jacobgkau 7mo agoApproximate, sure, although you can still go back and delete photos from a small SD card, whereas film's more of a consumable resource.