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Sorry for a bit of a thread jack, but it is still about cards. I am getting a Canon 600D soon and will use it for photo and video capture. I am not sure what card I should get. Some places online say that I will need a Class 10 card, while others say it needs to have a 30mb/s write speed. So I am a bit confused. Should I look for class or write speed. Or both? Also, what brands should I stick with/stay away from? And where is the best place(online preferably) to buy cards?
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Hey Shwartz

I would say give no name brand type memory cards a miss, otherwise SanDisk, Patriot, Lexar and Transcend to name 4 are pretty decent, and there are other brands out there just as good.

Class 10 is rating system for SD cards with the 10 being the MINIMUM sustained write speed, a class 6 should be fine for video, however if you want to shoot continuously you camera buffer will fill up and as it trys to offload the images to your card this is where a 30Mb/s helps.
So unless you plan on doing a huge number of continuous shots I reckon a Class 6 - 10 will be fine. I use the Patriots I mentioned earlier in this thread and so far very happy.
Just a note don't go slower than Class 6 its a truly frustrating experience, did it once because I needed a photos on a separate SD card, I have not done that ever again.

Try this site it has some helpful info on SD and even testing with a whole load of cameras.
http://robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007
 
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DGremlin said:
Hey Shwartz

I would say give no name brand type memory cards a miss, otherwise SanDisk, Patriot, Lexar and Transcend to name 4 are pretty decent, and there are other brands out there just as good.

Class 10 is rating system for SD cards with the 10 being the MINIMUM sustained write speed, a class 6 should be fine for video, however if you want to shoot continuously you camera buffer will fill up and as it trys to offload the images to your card this is where a 30Mb/s helps.
So unless you plan on doing a huge number of continuous shots I reckon a Class 6 - 10 will be fine. I use the Patriots I mentioned earlier in this thread and so far very happy.
Just a note don't go slower than Class 6 its a truly frustrating experience, did it once because I needed a photos on a separate SD card, I have not done that ever again.

Try this site it has some helpful info on SD and even testing with a whole load of cameras.
http://robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007
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Thanks! Are you sure Class 6 will hold up with 1080P filming? I don't want to get a Class 6 to find that I can only shoot 10 seconds of video.
 
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Schwartz said:
Thanks! Are you sure Class 6 will hold up with 1080P filming? I don't want to get a Class 6 to find that I can only shoot 10 seconds of video.
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I'd definitely rather take up a Class10 memory card hey. Your camera might sustain it for a little while with a Class 6 but with a Class 10 you will definitely have less issues regarding saving of files.

My one camera does 720p filming and in two minutes I had used up 250MB of space.... that's 2MB/s.
1080p is ~4x bigger (in resolution at least) so that means it will use roughly 8MB/s.

Wrt the cameras, their sustained shooting speeds are also (somewhat) affected by the card you use. Use a good card and you can push up the "performance" of your camera.
 
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froot said:
I'd definitely rather take up a Class10 memory card hey. Your camera might sustain it for a little while with a Class 6 but with a Class 10 you will definitely have less issues regarding saving of files.

My one camera does 720p filming and in two minutes I had used up 250MB of space.... that's 2MB/s.
1080p is ~4x bigger (in resolution at least) so that means it will use roughly 8MB/s.

Wrt the cameras, their sustained shooting speeds are also (somewhat) affected by the card you use. Use a good card and you can push up the "performance" of your camera.
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Thanks.
 
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Whats the Pricing on Eye-fi cards and who has the best pricing currently ?

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Bodega said:
which brand do u guys recommend between Verbatim, Patriot, Tanscend & Kingston?
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I've used a lot of Kingston cards and always found them reliable.

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At the risk of sounding like a tool, why is this card so cheap? I see it is Class 10, 32GB and from Patriot which was a suggested brand. What am I missing? http://www.take2.co.za/electronics-patriot-32gb-lx-secure-digital-sdhc-class-10-6086752.html And would this work in a Canon 600D?
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That is a good price. Theoretically you get better performance on the more expensive brands, but in practice they're sometimes the slowest.
 
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Hey Guys, Do u know where i can get the eye-fi pro x2 8gb card from?
 
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Schwartz said:
At the risk of sounding like a tool, why is this card so cheap? I see it is Class 10, 32GB and from Patriot which was a suggested brand. What am I missing? http://www.take2.co.za/electronics-patriot-32gb-lx-secure-digital-sdhc-class-10-6086752.html And would this work in a Canon 600D?
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Got one of these Patriot 32GB cards today for my D7000 and it's already having issues. Takes very long to view photos and had a few 'card not usable' errors. Seems to work better in slot2. Checked the web and, yip, this card is not listed as one of the supported brands.
BTW my 4GB Sandisk works perfectly in both slots, so I don't think it's the camera.
 
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Sheez that sucks ... Patriot is definitely one of the more reputable brands ???

Personally I don't like going that big on the memory card (unless shooting mofo megapixel RAW images or video), 2 x 16Gb or even better 4 x 8Gb would be ideal for when I eventually upgrade. Luckily I still use an old 12mp Sony so I'm happy with my 4 x 4Gb SD's (2 x el-cheapo Transcends and 2 x 20mb/s Sandisks ... all four still works flawlessly after 2-3 years of service)

P.S For those worried about speed and such, for single shot photos even a class 2 no-name brand micro-sd (with adapter) will work in an emergency ... just don't trust it to shoot something critical :)
 
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Deezil said:
Sheez that sucks ... Patriot is definitely one of the more reputable brands ???

Personally I don't like going that big on the memory card (unless shooting mofo megapixel RAW images or video), 2 x 16Gb or even better 4 x 8Gb would be ideal for when I eventually upgrade. Luckily I still use an old 12mp Sony so I'm happy with my 4 x 4Gb SD's (2 x el-cheapo Transcends and 2 x 20mb/s Sandisks ... all four still works flawlessly after 2-3 years of service)

P.S For those worried about speed and such, for single shot photos even a class 2 no-name brand micro-sd (with adapter) will work in an emergency ... just don't trust it to shoot something critical :)
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Done this a few times - then stick it back in the cellphone and MMS, works well ;)
 
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Mier said:
Got one of these Patriot 32GB cards today for my D7000 and it's already having issues. Takes very long to view photos and had a few 'card not usable' errors. Seems to work better in slot2. Checked the web and, yip, this card is not listed as one of the supported brands.
BTW my 4GB Sandisk works perfectly in both slots, so I don't think it's the camera.
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That sucks. Have you contacted who ever sold it to you to get a replacement? Maybe just a faulty card.
 
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Got it from take2, seems to work fine in my pc though.
 
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