Panasonic P2 runtime chart – Comparison of E Series and A Series Cards

Below is a table that shows how many minutes of footage you can record on a P2 card. There is now a 64 Gig card that runs around $900 so you can finally get 1 hour of full quality video per card!! For the run and gun type stuff I plan to do, I’m thinking I’ll need at least 2 x 64 Gig cards or I may even go the AVCHD route 🙁 Perhaps the answer is to shoot in 720p?

Model #	Capacity	DVCPro	DVCProHD 720pN24	DVCPro50, DVCProHD 720p30, or AVC-Intra 50	DVCProHD at 1080i60 or 720p60, or AVC-Intra 100
AJ-P2C004H	4GB	16 min.	10 min.	8 min.	4 min.
AJ-P2C008H	8GB	32 min.	20 min.	16 min	8 min.
AJ-P2C016H	16GB	1 hr. 4 min.	40 min.	32 min.	16 min
AJ-P2C032H	32GB	2 hrs. 8 min.	1 hr. 20 min.	1 hr. 4 min.	32 min.

 

 

Difference between P2 A Series and P2 E series?

Panasonic offers two lines of P2 solid-state memory Cards, the “A” Series and “E” Series. The chart below highlights their similarities and differences. The main difference apart from A cards being double the price of the new E series is the service life of the card 5 years VS 100 years.  But 5 years of continuous use seems enough to me and in 5 years we’ll be on 512 Gb cards for $400 right!

P2 Card Comparison: “E”Series vs. “A”Series
	ESeries	“A”Series
Life Span	Approximately 5 years when used 100% per day / 10 years when used 50% per day	Current A and recent generation R and H series P2 cards have a service life of one hundred years or more when filled with data and overwritten once a day.
Memory Technology	Multiple Level Cell Flash Memory	Single Level Cell Flash Memory
1 Max. Transfer speed	1.2 Gbps	800 Mbps
What is the durability of the interface section?	30,000 times for insertion/ejection	30,000 times for insertion/ejection
Storage Capacity	16/32/64GB	16/32/64GB
Time Capacity	Same	Same
2 NLE Compatibility	Yes	Yes
3 P2 Product Compatibility	Yes	Yes
List Price	$420, $625, $998	$900, $1,650, $2,600
P2 Card Construction	Diecast Aluminum	Diecast Aluminum