Dual card backups, why not in the crop sizes?

[wedding-photography-denver]

I got a D3 and love it. But the weight is more than I like. I kinda knew it was

too much from the 1D series cams I've had, but thought maybe I would get over it

for the excellent camera that the D3 is. Not so, so off to the block for this one.

 

 

I just wonder if anyone else is frustrated at the lack of a backup (second card

slot) in the lighter DSLR's, or is it just me thinking this is a must for us

wedding shooters?

[Matt Laur]

Off to the block? I'd vote for: off to the store for some 10-pound barbells and 10 minutes of curls every other night while watching the news. Any other DSLR you can own right now is going to be such a big step down, in so many ways, that I'd see about living with the mass for a bit longer, and putting on little more shoulder/bicep (which is so good for you anyway!).

[wedding-photography-denver]

Heehee.

 

Thanks for the encouragement Matt. Not happening, you ever have to hold 5lbs (considering the 14-24) over your head for a day?

 

I just want the small, less in your face cameras with dual cards in them. Is that too much to ask?

[phule]

[[is that too much to ask?]]

 

In the current market? Yes, I'd say so. If you need backup in the field, what about a portable storage unit like the Hyperdrive?

[wedding-photography-denver]

Rob,

 

I have had it with carrying so much stuff. It makes the whole day so much better without tons of stuff.

 

BTW, I used to use a smartdisk backup. It works great but is yet another gizmo to break/loose/drop and have to get charged and backed up.

 

Too much already. Give me some options here.

[colinsouthern]

"I just wonder if anyone else is frustrated at the lack of a backup (second card slot) in the lighter DSLR's, or is it just me thinking this is a must for us wedding shooters?"

 

I'd suggest that the 2nd card slot is a feature designed to differentiate a professional (and thus more costly) instrument from the "pro-sumer" line. Already features from the 1D3 have "make their way down" (3" scrren, 14 bit A/D, Liveview, Digic III) - they have to differentiate the 1D series somehow.

[phule]

David,

 

As the features you want don't exist for the prices you are willing to pay (weight being a "price") your only options are:

 

1) a portable storage device

 

2) an assistant

 

Given the battery life on the Hyperdrive, it seems like it would be a no-brainer. But that's my view from the sidelines.

[petemillis]

5 pounds! What a wuss :) Man, I've been waving 20+ pounds of petrol powered extending pole pruner over my head all day today, and still feel fresh as a daisy.