• Sony Cameras

  used sxs cards

  Posted by Jim Stamos on July 17, 2011 at 7:52 am

  recently bought an ex1r and was able to get 2 16gb cards for 325 each. but definitely need more. 32gb cost 750.00 new.
  are the used ones on ebay a safe buy?
  not interested in using the sxs adaptors with sd cards.
  doesnt look like the sxs are coming down at all

  Don Greening replied 14 years, 10 months ago 4 Members · 9 Replies
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  Don Greening

  July 17, 2011 at 9:10 am

  Sony SxS Pro Memory cards (the blue ones) are good for 100,000 cycles.
  Sony SxS-1 Pro Memory cards (the orange ones) are good for 10,000 cycles.

  Unless there is visible damage to the electrical connectors even a used card should give you many hours of service.

  – Don

  Don Greening
  A Vancouver Video Production Company
  Reeltime Videoworks
  http://www.reeltimevideoworks.com
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  Michael Slowe

  July 17, 2011 at 10:33 am

  Jim, how many hours do you need? I’ve managed surprisingly easily on 2x16gb SxS cards with a spare 8gb. I shoot a lot of footage in documentary making but usually have an opportunity to download either back at base or on location. On a shoot all I need is a MacBook, the EX USB lead and a small USB powered drive. Sure the SxS are crazily expensive but we can’t treat them like tape. File downloads and file storage is difficult to get used to but that’s the way today.

  Michael Slowe
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  Jim Stamos

  July 17, 2011 at 4:40 pm

  thanks michael, i shoot alot of long form jobs, theatrical, weddings/rec, so i need bigger. i need to get another 32
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  Jim Stamos

  July 17, 2011 at 4:48 pm

  is there a way to tell how many cycles a used card has been shot on or how old the card is by serial #
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  Michael Slowe

  July 17, 2011 at 9:08 pm

  Yes Jim, I think I read somewhere (here?) that this is possible but we’ll have to wait for a working day, tomorrow, for the geniuses to help.

  Michael Slowe
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  Dave Morrison

  July 18, 2011 at 5:01 am

  Jim, I’ve bought 4 or 5 used Sony SxS and SanDisk cards on eBay and they’ve all been flawless.
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  Jim Stamos

  July 18, 2011 at 5:33 am

  dave,
  what vendor did you use?
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  Dave Morrison

  July 19, 2011 at 2:41 pm

  I think they’ve all been different….stores and individuals. After all, it’s kind of hard to screw up a solid state piece of memory encased in a metal case! I’m not saying it isn’t possible to get a bad card, but maybe I’ve just been lucky.
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  Don Greening

  July 21, 2011 at 6:45 am

  If you have access to a laptop with an Express 34 slot, and with the new XDCAM Browser software installed, you can insert an SxS card and XDCAM browser will apparently give you the re-write life of the card.

  – Don

  Don Greening
  A Vancouver Video Production Company
  Reeltime Videoworks
  http://www.reeltimevideoworks.com

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