I think I'll stick with that prediction... that you don't need one in
your camera. If you had a 35 MP camera which is enough to print a 16x24
image at 300 ppi and this camera had 12 bit color depth over three color
channels you'd need about 155 MB per image. 2 terrabytes is enough to
store approx 63,000 such raw image files or one frame per second for
17-1/2 hours. Of course, heavy shooters might need more. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
Jez Cunningham wrote:
> Yup - Moore's law (or similar) takes care of the hard-disk capacity - I was
> actually thinking of your other prediction: "you won't need one in your
> camera" !
> br
> jez
>
>
> On 12/1/06, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>It's not a hard prediction. Seagate 3-1/2" drives (personal stuff, not
>>enterprised storage) are already at 750 GB or 3/4 terrabyte. It
>>shouldn't take more than a few more generations to hit 2 terrabytes.
>>Getting beyond that will require either 64 bit addressing or the use of
>>clusters or larger sectors as was done with FAT. Just think of how much
>>you'll lose when the drive crashes.
>>
>>Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>Jez Cunningham wrote:
>>
>>>I think I'll archive that prediction - let's see how long it is before I
>>>have to re-post it:
>>>"Do you remember when Chuck predicted < > - ha-ha-ha..."
>>>br
>>>Jez
>>>
>>>
>>>On 11/30/06, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Yes, it is as I said: 512 byte sector size x 2^32 sectors =
>>>>2,199,023,255,552 bytes or two terrabytes.
>>>>
>>>>It's a little technologically scary to realize that a couple more
>>>>generations of 3-1/2 drives will probably get us to that number.
>>>>Anyhow, you won't need one in your camera.
>>>>
>>>>Chuck Norcutt
>>
>
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