Agreed but......be warned, there are mutterings that the X5R does a validation check on the hardware and reads the drive ROM (possibly serial number or unique identifier) thus making what we all want to do very difficult!
There are countless examples of devices that use standard components and interfaces, but with custom firmware they can still be locked. Hard drives in media players were the most common one.
There are countless examples of devices that use standard components and interfaces, but with custom firmware they can still be locked. Hard drives in media players were the most common one.
DJI can totally justify it by saying that for this price you get reliability, because who would want to have a $8k machine in the air on a set and lose a shot because the cheapo hacked off the shelf SSD can't sustain the rate - the lost revenue on the first occasion it happens will exceed the price of 2 or 3 of their SSDs. Even if they're about 3x too expensive IMO nobody in the business who really has a reason to have an X5R has a reason to take the risk either.
For the record the list price for a 2.4Gbps-capable 512MB Sony AXS-A card (which incidentally has a very similar form factor, can't find info about interface though) is $2120, and the reader is $660.
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That's not what it says and is obviously wrong... A "related product" could be "you might want one of those in your computer if you want to use this camera". Or just a mistake. Or just an automated thing that sees it says "SSD" in the product description, and puts some random SSD in the related products as a result.
Without getting political I'm not sure the Japanese and Chinese like doing business together. Most business leaders are unwilling to trade across those borders.
Without getting political I'm not sure the Japanese and Chinese like doing business together. Most business leaders are unwilling to trade across those borders.
I always thought the Hasselblad collaboration was a very strange partnership. Hassy is pretty much dead, and has been on the brink of bankruptcy more times than Joan Collins has been married.
They were wonderful in their day but their day is long gone and any company who still thinks that FireWire 800 is an up to date protocol to put on their products really shouldn't be in the digital imaging realm!
Nowhere does he say he positively refer to that particular SSD. Is there an SSD included? No. An SSD can fit in the tray portion, yes. Neither confirms nor denies which. Bad wording or intentionally cleverly crafted answer so that it's impossible to hold him wrong but can't make any use of his info, who knows.
I object....You are taking his response out of context and being argumentative. The question specifically questioned the validity of the listed ssd. Hence the showcased accessory and it being listed as one for the x5r.
Yep, lets crack it....IMHO i think either a 1" or a 1,8" ssd is the one used do to size and weight. in what and how DJI is wrapping it up is unimportant rather the question is if they will FW lock it or not. i worry about that part more. a lot of us here have 3D printers ready to if needed and we help each other to solve almost imposible or at least very hard to find out at some point but were able to tacle the tasks and solve issues DJI was not able to or did not admit... i am really eager to see Ralph doing an unboxing for us and check size and measurements as also the ssd itself on FW or file system it will use and concentrate on cloning that instead of arguing about who has said how and in which way it is to understand or not
i have heard or seen somewhere it was stated that it will use a 1,8" ssd for raw image saving. that was official as far as i remember. do not nail me on this one though.
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