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[–] Manmikey@lemmy.world 61 points 1 year ago (4 children)

SD cards, SSD, USB drives, any form of computer memory really and replacement batteries too eg for cameras. I suck up the cost and buy directly from a reputable manufacturer.

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 13 points 1 year ago

Electronics in general are you get what you pay for. It might work just as well for a while, but cheaper components will almost always fail quicker.

[–] InputZero@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There's nothing quite as frustrating as loosing photos and footage before it's been ingested. Always use name brand media and always duplicate it asap. Ask me how I know.

[–] EddyNottingham@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Oh no, whose wedding shoot did you lose? πŸ˜„

[–] InputZero@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was a cousin's wedding. Fortunately I had two cards, filled the first and the second one bit the dust. The ceremony survived but most of the reception pictures are lost. Not the worst case but they were not happy with me. Mem cards were a lot smaller back then.

[–] EddyNottingham@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Glad you survived the bride and groom's wrath! πŸ˜„

[–] TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] EddyNottingham@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Alright alright, I corrected it πŸ˜… thanks haha

[–] Viper_NZ@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dual memory card camera. Copy after each shoot onto two different storage devices. (Eg laptop and external drive).

[–] InputZero@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Would have been nice at the time, but unfortunately wasn't affordable yet.

[–] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Agree for the expensive stuff, but started buying cheap usb sticks a few years back and yet to have one go bad. They aren't as quality as fidget toys, no moving parts, but they do the job they were made for, unless you drive over them with a car or something.

[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Huh, I've never had any problems going bottom of the barrel on anything PC related besides micro SD cards for home security and dashcams.

Most power supplies that aren't just ripped out of some unknown piece of tech are great these days too.

[–] Pirasp@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

That is very highly dependent on your definition of great. Compared to cheap ass shit 20 years ago, sure. But compared to quality today, no.