Using SD Cards

12 years 7 months ago #144635 by Ety56
Are you guys mostly using name brand SD cards or would you go with cheaper brands? I see some brands like "adata" for significantly cheaper price.


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12 years 7 months ago #144638 by Baydream
I have both and never had a problem. I have an A Data on my desk now. I picked it up cheap and tried it on non-critical shoots first. It's several years old (old SD format) and never an issue. I bought it mainly for my P&S but have used it in my DSLR.

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12 years 7 months ago #144643 by Ety56

Baydream wrote: I have both and never had a problem. I have an A Data on my desk now. I picked it up cheap and tried it on non-critical shoots first. It's several years old (old SD format) and never an issue. I bought it mainly for my P&S but have used it in my DSLR.


Thanks, so I really don't have to fork out $ for the name brand memory cards, as the cheaper brands work just as good.


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12 years 7 months ago #144644 by Redhouse
You may or may not know but find out what class of SD card you need for your camera. I know that with the T1i, for example, they recommend that you not use anything lower than Class 6, especially if you intend to record videos.

As far as brand - I do think your mileage may vary. I have 4 SanDisk 2GB Class 2 SD cards, which have never given me an issue, and 2 OCZ 4GB Class 6 SD cards. Again, no issues at all.

I think i've seen some of the adata cards you mentioned, but I sorta stayed clear of them. Check tigerdirect and newegg for reviews.


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12 years 7 months ago #144646 by Ety56
I see. I might end up getting Kensington. It's a good brand, have used their products for years. Thanks.


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12 years 7 months ago #144657 by Qmamom
I just found out by experience that the faster the card the better the camera can do. I too had a difficult time justifing the $ but I am very grateful that I did it. Also look at the warranty if it ever does crash.


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12 years 7 months ago #144755 by wolverine
Flash memory are all made by few companies and the biggest are Samsung, Toshiba, Hynix. At manufacturing the yield are divided in grades, grade 1 to 3. Grade 1 is the best because it has the least faults. The difference then it comes to the controller chip. The Controller chip is responsible to write the data on the Flash and block memory location that has reached its end-of-life and error correction. A flash memory block can be accessed about 10,000 times and then it cannot be used anymore.

Adata and similar cheap cards use grade 2 & 3 and their controller chip tends to be on the cheap side too. Controller chips that are made by SanDisk and Hyperstone are the best.

For 1080p video camera use the fastest speed and best cards.

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