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SanDisk has launched a 512GB Extreme Pro SDXC UHS-I memory card.

The 512GB model is currently the largest SDXC card in the world, and is ideal for shooting 4K ultra high definition video, FullHD video and high speedicon1.png burst mode photography.

Since SanDisk unveiled its first 512MB SD card in 2003, capacity demands have increased exponentially and the new 512GB SanDisk Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-I card represents a 1,000-fold capacity increase in just over a decade, yet maintains the same size footprint.

SanDisk’s most powerful and highest capacity SD UHS-I memory card yet, the 512GB card delivers write speeds up to 90 MB/s and UHS Speed Class 3 (U3) recording speed for high resolution, real-world color and stutter-free 4K Ultra HD video. Transfer speeds up to 95 MB/s move data quickly for efficient post-production workflow.

The SanDisk Extreme PRO UHS-I SDHC/SDXC memory cardsicon1.png are available worldwide in capacities of 512GB, 256GB and 128GB. The 512GB Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-I card will be available for $799.99 (MSRP). For more information take a look at the SanDisk website.

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yeah? 700 bucks buys me a laptop with almost the same storage included. This is definitely not something the average guy on the street will need. (unless you want to hide a lot of pirated software/video and whatever...and hide it on a small card).

Plenty of online storage as well. Just encrypt your files, rename them and upload on a storage sight....download them when you need them, once you are back home.

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^ @ MJP

The 512GB model is currently the largest SDXC card in the world, and is ideal for shooting 4K ultra high definition video

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Yeah. But $700!!!! Guess prices are going to fall.

I think a better bet might be the new ones with the ultra-fast write speed.

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A perspective on how much space 4k uses.

We all know that the more pixels there is in a video means the more file size that it takes, so how huge can 4k video format get? So far there are still no standard being set to know the actual content of a 4k video. However, experts were able to come up with a hint to the real file size that a 4k video can consume. During a hands-on of the upcoming 4k projector of Sony which is the VM1000ES, video specialist was able to dig in and able to find out that a 4k uncompressed trailer version of the famous movie The Amazing Spiderman, which takes an enormous 500GB of hard disk space. This finding seems to be reasonable since we all know that 4k is packed with millions of pixels and each pixel cover a certain disk space. Moreover, with this fact we can clearly say that to be able to save a full length 4k film we need at least a couple of terabyte hard disk. However, due to the fact that the 4k video file size is too large to watch, sometimes you feel the need use professional 4k players to watch them.

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^ precisely why i describe 4K to most people (at the mo) as . . . unobtanium.

it's ok getting the camera (GH4 etc) but then you need not only the storage, but the processing power on your PC/Mac to be able to handle this stuff in post/render. I do quite a bit of 1080 video editing, but the thought of 4K makes me shudder.

Make you right GH, it's a few years away for the likes of me. Monitors, graphics cards, external recorders as well as storage all need to catch up.

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Gee...way back at the turn of this century (makes us feel ancient eh?!) San Disk had a 2GB

CF card out...can't really remember the write speed but I reckon it was a Class 4 or 5.

The cost was a tad over 2,000 USD! These days...hah...what's 2 GB? Well it is about

a minute & 45 seconds of full HD video...and that's about it!

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