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November 19th, 2007, 09:59 PM | #1 |
Barry Wan Kenobi
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Fuji is making P2 cards
Found this press release on the Panasonic Japan website:
https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/pro...07/07_012.html Talks about a number of new P2 partners for various products, but the one I found most interesting was that Fuji is introducing a line of P2-compatible cards. Unlike the proposed Hoodman H2 cards, these Fuji cards are apparently fully licensed and guaranteed to be compatible. Should be introduced in Spring 2008. |
November 19th, 2007, 10:56 PM | #2 |
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Fantastic news!
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November 20th, 2007, 01:55 AM | #3 |
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Awesome!!! Literally will be waiting to buy anymore cards if I can help it and hope that competition will pay is all some dividends.
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November 20th, 2007, 09:43 AM | #4 |
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Sorry for some damper - but, I have a feeling the price of any 3rd party P2 cards won't be that much cheaper than Panasonic's offering, initially. However, it can increase the availability of P2 cards - and in the long term, price would fall. I doubt Fuji's price at release will be a big discount from Panasonic's.
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November 20th, 2007, 10:53 AM | #5 |
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The exciting thing about this is not that Fuji will provide a bargain basement product - they won't, they are pretty high-end. I shoot their 16mm film regularly and like it alot; and have one of their lenses on my HPX500 - the exciting thing is that another major media manufacturer sees a viable future market for P2 cards...
Which means more aftermarket P2 products and support, especially in post production workflow where it's needed... And, eventually, as TingSern intimates, a lot more cards in use, which will ultimately mean much lower cost... Remember when an 18g hard drive cost $2200 - wasn't THAT long ago... |
November 22nd, 2007, 12:20 PM | #6 |
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That is terrific news. Thanks for posting Barry!
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November 26th, 2007, 11:20 AM | #7 |
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Very good news. Maybe the prices will start falling with some competition!
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November 26th, 2007, 11:31 AM | #8 |
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November 26th, 2007, 04:40 PM | #9 |
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P2 started out at about $1,000 per gigabyte. It's down below $50 per gigabyte already. Sure there's still lots of room to go, but it's definitely been falling!
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November 26th, 2007, 08:40 PM | #10 |
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I am dreaming of the day when P2 cards cost 10% to 20% more than the equivalent CompactFlash capacity :-). Which I doubt will happen.
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