The 32 & 64 GB card were released, and the E & F Series cards had a max transfer speed of 1.2 Gbps. They did reach these goals through the years. Thankfully, Panasonic had a plan for bigger and faster cards. There were fast PCMCIA download options, but those became extinct as computers evolved. Shoot 4 minutes and download for 2 was not exactly elegant. The 4 GB card had a max offload speed of 640 Mbps, put that in a USB 2.0 reader (with an effective max transfer of 280 Mbps) and you can download that card in about 2 minutes, or half real time. Also, the cards themselves weren't that speedy, and the download devices were limited too. That meant you could only record about 4 minutes of DVCPRO HD video. At the time P2 cards were not only costly, but also low capacity. Suddenly we had data wranglers on set with laptops and RAIDs, and it was quite a change for many of us. Panasonic took a bold leap introducing this new 'tapeless' format back in 2004, and it caused quite a stir.īeing one of the first meant they had to explain the process of downloading media to filmmakers who were used to tape or film stock. It was the first, widely available, professional solid-state media format for cameras. The Panasonic P2 memory format has an impressive legacy.
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