Slate
Every card, in its place.
A desk dock for SD and CFexpress cards, with a whiteboard to keep track of them.
One long weekend. Four shoots.
A wedding on Saturday. A family session in the morning and an engagement at sunset on Sunday. Headshots on Monday.
Four shoots, ten cards.
Two cameras at the wedding, each writing to a CFexpress card and an SD backup. One camera and two cards for each of the rest.
- Hartley weddingSaturday, 4 cards, 1,412 photos
- Nguyen familySunday morning, 2 cards, 386 photos
- Ava + LeoSunday evening, 2 cards, 624 photos
- Mesa headshotsMonday, 2 cards, 248 photos
By Tuesday, they all look the same.
Which ones hold the wedding? Which are backed up yet?
A note for every shoot.
Write down which cards hold which shoot, right in front of them. Once a shoot is backed up, wipe its line away.
A drawer under the board.
Lift the board and a 3 × 5 in sticky-note pad waits underneath, for the notes that need to stay.
Room to grow.
Add card rows behind the board; they clip on underneath. Need more? Set a second board beside it.
Questions you might have.
Which cards fit?
Full-size SD cards (SD, SDHC and SDXC) and CFexpress Type B. XQD cards are the same size as CFexpress Type B, so they fit too, and a microSD card fits in its SD adapter.
How many cards does it hold?
35 to a row: 18 SD and 17 CFexpress Type B, side by side. Every board comes with its first row built in; add rows behind it for more. Three boards with three rows each hold 315.
Can I add to it later?
Yes. Extra card rows clip onto the back of a board, with connectors underneath, so it grows deeper as your kit does. Boards don’t join side to side, but two sit neatly next to each other.
What do I write with?
Any dry-erase marker. The board wipes clean, and the tray between the board and the cards keeps the marker at hand. For notes that need to stay, the drawer under the board holds a standard 3 × 5 in sticky-note pad.
What is it made of?
Matte PLA, 3D printed to order in white or black, with a dry-erase surface on the board.
Something else? Email slate@iamzachmoore.com.