Originally posted by Simen1 Some people said the same about 32 MB cards 15 years ago. Why don't they stick to their safety strategy any more, even if we don't have 1000x more megapixels now? Its because they have misunderstood all the time. Large cards increase safety, if they are backed up as often as with smaller cards. Its because the card acts as an extra copy of a larger number of files. And the risc of loosing a card is much lower when its in the camera all the time compared to having many cards floating around in different pockets and drawers.
The issue is not as clear-cut as you picture it.
Someone steals your camera, good bye redundancy, and it's worse than having multiple cards.
When I'm abroad I shoot on various sd cards, keep them in a pouch that I leave in the hotel room's safe, and backup regularly on an Android device.
If a card fails, and it's a big card, you have the same degree of reliability as with many different cards (actually, only if you did remember/had the time to backup properly, otherwise it's worse), except that you sustain a larger economical loss due to the loss of q much more expensive card.
Price per GB differences become almost negligible after a certain size, and if anything work against you for the absolute maximum capacity cards.
the 32MB example is obviously ludicrous at the present time (context dos enter the equation), I'd say that, depending on the camera, 500 pics per card should be a reasonable value. A 32GB card should be able to cope with ease even with the K1, if my math is right.
Last edited by LensBeginner; 04-01-2016 at 03:30 AM.