On Thu, Jul 11, 2013, Walt wrote: > On 7/10/2013 11:48 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: >>On Wed, Jul 10, 2013, Ann Sanfedele wrote: >>> >>>How many angels fit on the head of a 32gb card? I can't imagine >>>shooting more than 300 to 400 frames - if that. >> >>The Pentax K-5 II was getting 900 DNGs per 32GB card. I couldn't >>imagine taking more than 200-300 shots in a day before my Alaska cruise, >>I was wrong; do you really want to take a chance? Given what you've >>said about your discomfort with the small size of SD cards, IMO you >>really should get a 64GB card. > > Also, you might want to consider using something like a pair of > tweezers to get the SD card out of the K-5. I found it a little more > difficult to pull out of the slot than on any of my other bodies due > to the weather sealing. It holds it fairly snugly, and if you don't > use the right touch when you press and release it, it doesn't eject > the card quite as far and it can be a little tough to grasp with > your fingertips.
That wasn't my experience with two or three different K-5 II bodies, so either they changed things a tiny bit, your body is a bit different from spec, or I just didn't notice because I'm reasonably good with fiddly bits. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
