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POLL: Do you wish your camera has dual card slots?

POLL: Do you wish your camera has dual card slots?

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Steve W said:
Kiril Karaatanasov said:
papillon_65 said:
Kiril Karaatanasov said:
For 10 years I never had issues that required a second card slot except using Nikon for a while that wrote huge RAW files....I had couple of slots on some of my sony cams and never used them
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My house has never caught fire but I'd definitely be glad of my Insurance if it did. If I was Pro wedding shooter I'd definitely be wanting a camera that dual writes to two memory cards, as an enthusiast? not so much.
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Exactly! I am not a pro wedding shooter. I do not think A7 cameras were meant for pro wedding shooters anyway - a lot of people seem to have realized this quite obvious thing for many other reasons.

I actually do not buy the 2 cards requirement for weddings. I wonder what people did in film days - did they shoot two films?

Actually the opportunity for failure does not diminish substantially with two cards above certain card capacity.
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Yes they shot with two cameras and if you lost a roll of film due to mishandling or camera failure you lost at most 36 shots not several hundred that included the ceremony, etc.

I've only shot a few weddings but I can tell you I'm more comfortable having taken the belt and suspenders approach. Both my camera and the one use by my son, the second shooter, both had two memory cards. For my Canon's they all have two cards. For my Sony's which I'm using more of I always have two camera bodies. I don't do enough of any one thing to ake all my cameras identical. Each has a purpose in my mind. For the Sony I own the A7RII for landscape and architecture and my back up for that is an A7II. I'd love it to be an A7RII as well but already have too much invested for a part timer.
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Most people on this thread asking for dual slot are not actually wedding photographers, but they're just arguing that theoretically, wedding photographers would benefit from it.
 
23 years of digital photography - wow what camera were you using professionally 23 years ago in 1993?
 
I've had four cards go corrupt on me over the years. That's a tiny percent but still makes only shoot weddings on duel slot cards .
 
I had a card fail yesterday. It did not matter as I was using a 1dx
 
Sony Artisan Vivienne Gucwa, recently went on artic trip. Her card corrupted and she was not happy, posts about it on her twitter.

On the trip was loads of Sony equipment, Ben and Tim were both using A7SII. Ben was also provided the latest Canon 1D. Neither A7SII failed.

Sony have since managed to recover the images.

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JimKasson said:
balancedphoto2 said:
Do you wish your camera has dual card slots? Wedding photography specifically, but it would be great to hear from different kind of people!

It wasn't much of a problem back then because the only cameras that really had dual card slots were Nikon D3 series and Canon 1D series. Now TODAY there are many cameras that have dual card slots and do you believe that shooting with a single card slot for major weddings is not acceptable (or not recommended) today because back then there really was no other option? Thoughts and opinions!
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The lack of a second flash slot doesn't bother me. I haven't had a symmetric dual slot camera since the D3. The D810 has two slots, one SD and one CF. The D4 has two slots, one CF and one a Sony attempt at a standard that looks like it missed. In neither case do I use the second slot for backup.

In 23 years of digital photography, with more than 2 million images captured, I have yet to lose a single camera-medium image. That span includes SCSI disks slung over my shoulder (thank you, Eastman Kodak), mini spinning rust disks (thank you, IBM) in thick CF packages, CF, and SD cards.
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Update. Now I have a D5, which has symmetric dual slots. I still don't use the second slot for a backup, just for overflow.

Jim
 
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balancedphoto2 said:
Do you wish your camera has dual card slots? Wedding photography specifically, but it would be great to hear from different kind of people!

It wasn't much of a problem back then because the only cameras that really had dual card slots were Nikon D3 series and Canon 1D series. Now TODAY there are many cameras that have dual card slots and do you believe that shooting with a single card slot for major weddings is not acceptable (or not recommended) today because back then there really was no other option? Thoughts and opinions!
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In my experience, if using good quality name brand cards, the card has been no more likely to fail than various other links in the chain.

Maybe I've just been very lucky. However I don't feel a need for cameras with a built-in spare sensor, a redundant image processing chip etc etc, and while I understand that dual card slots may be a slightly more beneficial addition than either of those, they would solve a problem I've not experienced in decades of shooting.
 
balancedphoto2 said:
Do you wish your camera has dual card slots? Wedding photography specifically, but it would be great to hear from different kind of people!

It wasn't much of a problem back then because the only cameras that really had dual card slots were Nikon D3 series and Canon 1D series. Now TODAY there are many cameras that have dual card slots and do you believe that shooting with a single card slot for major weddings is not acceptable (or not recommended) today because back then there really was no other option? Thoughts and opinions!
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You need to ad 'yes' as another option...

I do use it as my main camera but I still wish it had dual slots.
 
balancedphoto2 said:
Do you wish your camera has dual card slots? Wedding photography specifically, but it would be great to hear from different kind of people!

It wasn't much of a problem back then because the only cameras that really had dual card slots were Nikon D3 series and Canon 1D series. Now TODAY there are many cameras that have dual card slots and do you believe that shooting with a single card slot for major weddings is not acceptable (or not recommended) today because back then there really was no other option? Thoughts and opinions!
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No, I don't want dual card slots for the A7x line of cameras - Their size and weight already increased a lot with «Generation II».

OTOH, if they can roughly maintain the size of the camera, I don't mind, but I will continuing not using it because I never had a card failure in all my life! :)

...And just as a side note, I would also prefer one door only for both card and battery - One would gain a better, sturdier grip, easier, more reliable weather protection and most of all, a more intelligent design, if you ask me! :)

All the best,
Pedro
 
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Unless it is A9, the A7 size would not allow another slot, I suppose.

I would rather want GPS in A7, in fact.
 
Not sure if its been said before but I wish it had a better buffer!

If you could get dual memory card slots without any increase in size then yes if not then no.
 
Si019 said:
Not sure if its been said before but I wish it had a better buffer!

If you could get dual memory card slots without any increase in size then yes if not then no.
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I don't use the a7x for action work, preferring the D5 for that. But if I did, I'm sure I'd want a buffer like the D5's. The other problem with the a7x buffer is that you can't review images while it's writing to flash.

Jim
 
pimuk said:
Unless it is A9, the A7 size would not allow another slot, I suppose.

I would rather want GPS in A7, in fact.
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GPS, yes, undoubtedly - I still don't get why it's not available since version 1! :(

All the best,
Pedro
 
The yes answer was not correct for most users. There is no correct answer for me. Most of us will use the A7 series as the main camera, even though it has only one slot. It is a poorly thought out poll.
 
NumberOne said:
pimuk said:
Unless it is A9, the A7 size would not allow another slot, I suppose.

I would rather want GPS in A7, in fact.
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GPS, yes, undoubtedly - I still don't get why it's not available since version 1! :(
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While I'd like to see it too, I can think of a number of reasons Sony might have had for leaving it out to date:
  • I think the most likely reason is the effect it might have on battery life.
  • The next most likely reason is the possible need to increase the body size.
  • After that I'm guessing heat dissipation issues would be a consideration.
  • And after that, production costs, pricing and market considerations.
If they can find a way to including it without significant impact on battery life, body size or heat accumulation, then that would be a great thing. Personally I'd be prepared to pay a little more for it in that case.

Otherwise I'm not so sure... ; )
 
I don't want anything extra that may add to size and weight. Never had issues with single card.

For those that believe they need dual slots there are plenty of cameras out there that fit your needs.
 
southy4 said:
I don't want anything extra that may add to size and weight. Never had issues with single card.

For those that believe they need dual slots there are plenty of cameras out there that fit your needs.
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Plenty of cameras... Huh? Not if you want a Sony there isnt buddy.

Regardless, there needs to be a Pro model with this feature.

Bit confused at this 'size and weight' talk, an additional SD card and slot along with shifting a few things around internally / squeezing them in, would result in no size increase and no discernible weight increase either. Its an sd card...
 
JT26 said:
southy4 said:
I don't want anything extra that may add to size and weight. Never had issues with single card.

For those that believe they need dual slots there are plenty of cameras out there that fit your needs.
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Plenty of cameras... Huh? Not if you want a Sony there isnt buddy.

Regardless, there needs to be a Pro model with this feature.

Bit confused at this 'size and weight' talk, an additional SD card and slot along with shifting a few things around internally / squeezing them in, would result in no size increase and no discernible weight increase either. Its an sd card...
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SilvanBromide said:
NumberOne said:
pimuk said:
Unless it is A9, the A7 size would not allow another slot, I suppose.

I would rather want GPS in A7, in fact.
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GPS, yes, undoubtedly - I still don't get why it's not available since version 1! :(
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While I'd like to see it too, I can think of a number of reasons Sony might have had for leaving it out to date:
  • I think the most likely reason is the effect it might have on battery life.
  • The next most likely reason is the possible need to increase the body size.
  • After that I'm guessing heat dissipation issues would be a consideration.
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AFAIK, these 3 reasons are not a great concern anymore - The last generation SIRFs, which Sony is one of the main manufacturers, are not power hungry, quite small and don't present any major heating issues.
SilvanBromide said:
  • And after that, production costs, pricing and market considerations.
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Also not the least expensive, specially considering the camera price.
SilvanBromide said:
If they can find a way to including it without significant impact on battery life, body size or heat accumulation, then that would be a great thing. Personally I'd be prepared to pay a little more for it in that case.

Otherwise I'm not so sure... ; )
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Believe me, the production cost impact would not reach more than 20/30_USD/EUR! - These "things" are already produced in millions for the (mobile) phone market... ;)
SilvanBromide said:
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All the best,
Pedro
 
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