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Madison PhotoPlus the Photo Summit
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Vacation Pictures
June, 2016 Memory Cards the Simpler Explanation
Technical advancements allowed a faster 16 bit OS. Cameras upped their megapixels and wrote larger files. Because of these newer, larger file, CF cards adopted UDMA** file structures, allowing faster transfers and storage up to 144PB (Petabytes).
There are several types of vacations that are common about now - workations, staycations, homes away from home (same venue, different year), and travel to a new location to name a few. Each type has its pluses and In the beginning, there were PCMCIA memominuses. The most or least enjoyable of ry cards. They were large and very The lowest capacity UDMA card is 4GB. As these are the ones you want to show or tell computers got faster by using 32 bit and others about after your return. The so-so times off are never as interesting. Vacation pictures should look different than pictures regularly taken at home or work. Time off is just what the 2 words express - a block of time different from “normal” times. Your photos should express that. When you show your vacation images, the viewer should either understand what you’re showing, or want to know more. A beautiful sunset is always more breathtaking on a Hawaiian beach than it is when taken from your kitchen window. Show the beach scene in your sunset photo or video. Not only are you showing the scene - you’re communicating the experience as you lived it.
the current 64 bit OS, read/write now exceeds 10,000x. Some of the newest professlow, working with the 1st laptop computers sional cameras and camcorders recording using 8 bit operating systems (OS). 4K video are using a morphed version called CFast running at 3600x. Next came Compact Flash (CF) memory cards for 8 bit OS. They had read/write speeds up to 15x* and a capacity of 2GB. Cameras using CF cards have 50 tiny pins to properly seat the card in the camera. Many Taking a picture, or a video for that matter, users accidentally bent the pins, rendering while vacationing that could as easily be the camera useless. taken when you’re not away is the same as taking it at home. As an example, a photo of a baby shot in your family room at home isn’t any different than the another picture (composed similarly) taken at DisneyWorld. Stepping back a few paces and taking a photo of DisneyWorld with your baby in the shot doesn’t diminish the importance of the Smaller cameras started using SD (Secure baby, but tells a story about your family’s ex- In order to make cameras smaller, memory Digital) memory cards (except Fuji & Olymperience. cards became smaller and thinner. The 1st pus). Although physically the same as Mulsmall card was Smart Media. It was very tiMedia Cards, SD’s file storage setup is deWhether vacationing alone or with friends, slow and had a capacity of only 128MB. It signed for photos and video. The first SD relatives or both, people go somewhere they went by the wayside in just a few years. cards were made for 8 bit OS cameras and want to go, not where they must go. The vacomputers and had a capacity of 2GB. As cation photos should reflect why the venue cameras and computers used faster operatwas chosen. ing systems, file sizes increased and higher capacity faster speed cards evolved. Like spoken or written words, photos are a strong form of communication. Pictures are taken to put “here and now” in front of another person - or oneself - somewhere else ** Ultra Direct Mode Access 7 (167MB/sec transfer at a later time. A successful picture says why. * ”x” = 150 KB/second speeds)
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June, 2016 Snap Shot
SDHC cards came next (High Capacity). These cards go up to 32GB and about 400x. Also in 2014, Sony introduced the XQD card which is being used in some Sony and other new pro level cameras and camcorders. Cameras made before 2014 cannot use this new card. Recently introduced are SDXC (Extended Capacity) cards starting at 64GB with a limit of 2TB terabytes and read/write speeds of 1930x. Most cameras using SD cards indicate which versions they can use near their serial number plate.
The latest reports regarding Sony’s sensor factory is that people are finally allowed back in the building and all floors are open again. The rumor mill is that production may well begin by the end of June, with most affected products reappearing by Labor Day.
Have a wonderful June and enjoy the fun of photography!
Fuji and Olympus adopted the xD picture card in 2002 and retired it in 2010. In a nutshell, newer memory cards cannot work in older cameras, card readers or computers. New cameras may or may not work with older memory cards. If It never achieved the read/write speeds they do, they will be slow. or capacity that its developer (Toshiba) had promised. Starting in 2010, both brands adopted the SD format.
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Photo Field Trip
The SD card was too physically large for some planned applications, including cameras and camcorders. A short lived derivative, the Mini SD card, came and went with little fanfare. In 2005, Samsung introduced the micro SD card, primarily for use in Smartphones. Micro SD has rapidly been adopted by camera and camcorder makers as well.
The June 5th Field Trip to Leonard J. Buck Gardens is just around the corner and a few openings are still available. You don’t want to miss this opportunity to learn more photography by taking photos on location with a mentor at your side for the day! Visit http:// madisonphoto.com/upcoming-events.html for more details after reading the notice below.
Classes Our last Saturday Morning Session will deal Sony went their own way, starting in1998 with landscape photography at 9:30, June 25 with the original Memory Stick (MS). at Madison PhotoPlus. Sony monopolized their proprietary MS through many convoluted incarnations and adapters. It was finally phased out in 2014 in favor of Secure Digital.
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June, 2016
Photo Field Trip Leonard J. Buck Garden
Sunday, June 5
Far Hills, NJ
On Saturday, June 4, our group will meet at Madison PhotoPlus at 9:30 for about an hour. There will be an orientation of what to expect during Sunday’s Photo Shoot and cover topics like what to bring from home, where we’ll meet, etc. If you wish to borrow any equipment for use Sunday, we will take care of it after the meeting. Our staff will check out any of your equipment and make sure it’s working properly. After meeting in the Garden’s parking lot early Sunday afternoon, we will break up into small groups and take photos together with full time instruction from one or more of our Internationally Certified Photographic Counselors®. Your will have to try very hard not to learn anything. By the end of Monday evening, we expect you to bring or e-mail us what you consider to be your better pictures from Sunday’s outing. These will be included in a slide show for the wrap up session as well as contest entries. At 9:30 on Saturday, June 11, we will again meet in Madison and review our experience and anonymously critique our photos. This is the most important part of the entire learning process. After this, our prize winners will be selected and the prizes awarded.
The cost for all 3 sessions (including our contribution to the Leonard J. Buck Garden) is $30.00. Payment is due in full no later than June 1, 2016. There are no refunds after June 2, 2016. The trip will be postponed in case of severe weather. Only active photographers will be permitted to attend. Space is limited to 25 photographers. Information about the venue can be found at http://www.somersetcountyparks.org/parksfacilities/ buck/LJBuck.html. Please contact a member of our staff for any additional information. 3
