Hands-On Review: Nikon D810

"During these low-light tests I also had the chance to work with both the conventional RAW file size, which yielded approximately 77MB files" http://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/photography/hands-review...

Which seems odd as 36.3MP * 14bits / pixel ~= 63.5 MB though it does say it can save both raw a JPEG at the same time which may make up the difference. That or it's saving 17 bits / pixel.

77MB * 5pictures a second = 23GB / min.

Goddamnit, you're cherry-picking the worst case, and that's still "only" 77 GB. Nowhere near 512.

I suspect battery life will probably be more an issue than filling one of these up.

But, IMO your looking at it the wrong way as your not their target market. This is for HD video not camera's.

Still, the goal is not to fill the tings to capacity it's a cost / benefit trade-off is 500$ (800$ - 300$ for a 256 GB SD card) worth being able to take more than 256GB worth of pictures. And in that case it might be worth it simply to reduce the risk of missing a great shot. Even if they rarely want to go though 3,000 pictures looking for the best ones. There is utility in basically never running out of space. Plus a few applications where you might actually fill a 256GB card.

You seem personally offended that someone said they can see a potential use for a card of this size.

I am personally offended that I express disbelief that 1000 photos are 512 GB and people are arguing that the card is useful.

According to Nikon's user manual for the D810, a 14-bit RAW file from the camera takes approximately 73MB. It's a 36MP sensor. So, it's more than 3x as big a file and would only fit about 14 images per GB of storage...