We weren't sure if it would work since the Lexmar cards won't work but essentially have the same specs as the SanDisk. We already ordered one SanDisk card to test before ordering more. That's $16,640 for SanDisk cards vs $38,300 for MicroP2 cards.

Single-slot P2 card drive with USB 2.0 interface. This device supports not only the transferring and copying of clips recorded on P2 cards, but also direct editing. This bus-powered memory card reader requires no power adapter and comes equipped with a single Thunderbolt port that supports data transfer rates of up to 600 MB/s. The P2 drive is capable of making high-speed transfers of clip data shot with a memory card camera-recorder for P2 cards to a personal computer (Windows/ Apple Macintosh). The SanDisk is $130 where the MicroP2 is $300 each. Quickly and efficiently transfer data from Panasonic P2 memory cards to a Thunderbolt-equipped Mac using the Thunderbolt Pro P2 Card Reader from Sonnet. So it comes down to 32 photogs x 4 cards = 128 cards. However, cost is being considered as it is at any station. So the decision was made to get cards for all photogs since our next camera upgrade will likely be to Panasonic cameras that only have MicroP2 slots. Its been much more convenient than the full size P2 cards. We don't want two of the three USB slots taken up by an external card reader.įor the past six months, I was given an adapter and a 64GB MicroP2 card to use and test. We all carry around 32GB flash drives that we often keep file video on for use in the field. Even the new single slot P2 reader that is powered by USB takes up two USB slots on the laptop. Since the laptops have SD card slots, we want to eliminate having to carry around a separate card reader.

All of our laptop editors have AVID and there is a five card P2 reader with each laptop BUT those readers need external AC power and are just another thing to lug around. Click to expand.For reference, there are about 32 photogs between the two stations.

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