accidentally erasing critical raw footage yet to be off loaded etc.) ESPECIALLY if they are trying to do all of that mid-shoot to re-use cards immediately, a big risk if limited SxS card recording space available. I'm sure there are people out there in XDCAM EX land who have screwed up (e.g. I always off-load footage at home/hotel after the panic of the shoot is over. The only down side is that they off-load slower than the SxS.but you can't have it all ways! My advice is use a combination of both types and you've then got maximum flexibility at minimium stress/cost. The risk of error doing that is far higher, in my opinion, than the SDHC/SxS debate and then there is all the unnecessary stress that comes with doing that! Much better to have lots of SDHC media available so you can do this in a very calm and methodical way, well removed from all distractions.(OK, I'll admit I've done it with a beer in hand more than once!). One year on I'm very, very happy knowing the money I must have saved to have this extra 64GB! :-) I thoroughly tested and filled each "combo" before it got put in the kit bag and used for any paying work - VERY IMPORTANT!!! (as already mentioned above) before the risk of a media error message would come up). For the record it was close to 50 fps area when I last tested them 12 months ago (i.e.
SONY SXS CARD 720P
Obviously, SxS get used for any overcranking 50-60 fps 720p type stuff (I never risk attempting that on the SHDC/Kensingtons for the well know reasons about typical maximum frame rates you can get). I just use them in the same way I use the SxS cards/sticks in my EX3. My four 16GB SHDC cards (one Transcend, 3 Sandisk) permanently "live" in their own dedicated Kensington adapters as 4 self-contained "combos", i.e. Never had an issue with either medium type ever since. The only time I ever had an issue was an isolated case with one of my three 8GB SxS cards about a year ago (probably something I did rather than it's fault). I use both SxS and SHDC in Kensington Adapters all the time for commercial work.