plevyadophy

Given Olympus' excellent reputation with fast zooms, and taking into account the 2x crop factor of a Four Thirds sensor (thus making depth of field deeper than one may always want), I for one would...

This is a very good issue to raise and I too would like a definitive answer.   Anyone?

http://cameraergonomics.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/my-camera-must-have-electronic.html#!/2013/05/my-camera-must-have-electronic.html

A partially good response; I would NEVER offer them the full refund because if they are a cheapo, and by definition they must be to have come up with the notion of you working for them for free,...

Yeah, I agree with you both.

I also think that there's nothing wrong with working for free where YOU the service provider/photographer see that the person requiring your service genuinely doesn't...

Holy f***!!!

That was DEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!

But he is totally correct!!! And right to be angry!! Bravo!

@JordanAT
Brilliant!!
I am gonna try remember that line if ever I am asked to work for free.

@poa kichizi

Whilst CF cards are still somewhat faster than most SD cards, the difference isn't that significant anymore; and as far as I am aware, correct me if I am wrong, the latest spec SD...

@Teila Day,

Good idea,but in practice it's not likely to happen except perhaps on large medium format cameras simply because to have four memory card slots would no doubt make the camera very...

@Teila Day,

Do you mean a card that looked something like this, but with a mirroring option?

RAID O CompactFlash

Photofast CR-7200 CompactFlash Adapter Runs Four microSDs In...

They won't for much longer, not in their present form (which by the way, I have ALWAYS thought to be an idiotic design with those flimsy pins).

We have now XQD cards supported by Sony, Nikon and...

@tkbslc

I am not sure that is the case.

If it is creating two files in the manner I described in first scenerio above (in my second post), then it's offering you a false sense of security because...

@RON
Yeah, I just thought to post the link because someone earlier mentioned RAID 0 and also it's another option for those who are interested in the speed benefits.

Regards,
plevyadophy

RAID O CompactFlash

Photofast CR-7200 CompactFlash Adapter Runs Four microSDs In RAID
http://gizmodo.com/5302727/photofast-cr+7200-compactflash-adapter-runs-four-microsds-in-raid

Further to my comments above, I would also be concerned as to how this "mirroring" is done.

If a file is simply being copied from one partition/card to another then if the original image is...

Well, I think it would depend on how this card is designed.

If the design is such that there are two seperate "cards" within one CF casing, and in normal mode another controller merges the two...

Well, I think it would depend on how this card is designed.

If the design is such that there are two seperate "cards" within one CF casing, and in normal mode another controller merges the two...

@DaytonR

What you are talking of is DATA corruption. And you are correct.

A problem arises if there is catastrophic failure i.e. hardware failure. Partitioning your drive such that Windows and...

Well, I think it would depend on how this card is designed.

If the design is such that there are two seperate "cards" within one CF casing, and in normal mode another controller merges the two...

Yes, he's the man far too many people love to hate/ridicule and yes I did read something he recently wrote that made me shake my head (apparently tripods are not needed, and, if you do use one, any...