Js, "RAID"ing the data output across multiple memory devices is certainly interesting. In fact, this is more or less what's going on with Panasonic's P2 Memory PCMCIA card format for its HD cameras.
However, there would obviously be some severe workflow issues - without some sort of unified off-camera backplane, the only way to ingest images would be a direct camera connection to a workstation. I suppose this isn't a big deal considering the 'blads are quite often shot tethered.
Now it would be really interesting to see an eSATA connection on these Med. Fmt. bodies...
As a side note, Hasselblad REALLY ticked off a lot of folks with the H3D. It no longer supports third-party backs, as I understand. Here's hoping the Rollei Hy6 system is all it can and should be...
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Js,
"RAID"ing the data output across multiple memory devices is certainly interesting. In fact, this is more or less what's going on with Panasonic's P2 Memory PCMCIA card format for its HD cameras.
However, there would obviously be some severe workflow issues - without some sort of unified off-camera backplane, the only way to ingest images would be a direct camera connection to a workstation. I suppose this isn't a big deal considering the 'blads are quite often shot tethered.
Now it would be really interesting to see an eSATA connection on these Med. Fmt. bodies...
As a side note, Hasselblad REALLY ticked off a lot of folks with the H3D. It no longer supports third-party backs, as I understand. Here's hoping the Rollei Hy6 system is all it can and should be...