Help me decide on a new memory card

Hey guys I'm currently shooting with a 16 GB 30MB/sec SD & 16GB 60MB/sec CF cards in my D800. and only getting about 100 photos on each card before these are full. I'm looking at some 64GB cards and wanted to bounce these off you:

1. SanDisk 64GB Extreme Compact Flash Memory Card - Up to 60MB/S Read/Write www.adorama.com/IDSCFEP64G60.html

2. SanDisk 64GB Extreme Pro CF90 Compact Flash Memory Card www.adorama.com/IDSCF64GEP90.html

3. Lexar 64GB Professional 1000x CompactFlash Memory Card www.adorama.com/ILXPCF1K64.html

Now with each of these the price goes up pretty quick #3 has some blazing speeds. The D800 has only 4fps but of course larger file sizes. Would there be any benefit in investing into a card like the Lexar?

I used to like Lexar and only shot those. I have the Sandisk 32 gig 60MB/S cards now and would highly suggest them.

Dude, why you shooting uncompressed?!

Shoot lossless compressed 14bit and you'll double the amount you can shoot on those cards with no loss in detail.

I can get about 200 shots per 16GB card (that's 400 for both).

Brands don't matter. They're all made in the same factory in china (my chinese friend knows this for a fact, they're just branded differently). The bitrate for video on the D800 is 22-25MB/sec. So you don't need more than 30MB/sec speed unless you want to clear your buffer quickly or transfer faster or something I suppose.

I use Kingmax and Sandisk or whatever brand is cheaper.

Go for the $194.95 one (the first one) save your money on the speeds. 60MB/s is more than enough.

Also, why buy a 64GB CF card? SD cards are cheaper.

Too bad you missed an Adorama 1-day sale last week. They had some great prices on higher end SanDisk.

Stealthy Ninja wrote: Go for the $194.95 one (the first one) save your money on the speeds. 60MB/s is more than enough.

Also, why buy a 64GB CF card? SD cards are cheaper.

I'm going to get a 64GB SD card too. I hate being out and running out of space.

shelland wrote: Too bad you missed an Adorama 1-day sale last week. They had some great prices on higher end SanDisk.

Now you tell me!


Eh... next time!

Stealthy Ninja wrote: Dude, why you shooting uncompressed?!

Shoot lossless compressed 14bit and you'll double the amount you can shoot on those cards with no loss in detail.

I can get about 200 shots per 16GB card (that's 400 for both).

Brands don't matter. They're all made in the same factory in china (my chinese friend knows this for a fact, they're just branded differently). The bitrate for video on the D800 is 22-25MB/sec. So you don't need more than 30MB/sec speed unless you want to clear your buffer quickly or transfer faster or something I suppose.

I use Kingmax and Sandisk or whatever brand is cheaper.

What's the trade off to shooting compressed? There most be one?

Scotty wrote: I used to like Lexar and only shot those. I have the Sandisk 32 gig 60MB/S cards now and would highly suggest them.

Weren't you shooting Lexar when you were at Grand Canyon?

Don't rule out Transcend, I've been running the 32gb 600x on the 7D since the begnning of the year and never had a problem with space or speed, considerably cheaper than sandisk.

Alex wrote:

Scotty wrote: I used to like Lexar and only shot those. I have the Sandisk 32 gig 60MB/S cards now and would highly suggest them.

Weren't you shooting Lexar when you were at Grand Canyon?

No, all sandisk.

Alex wrote:

Stealthy Ninja wrote: Dude, why you shooting uncompressed?!

Shoot lossless compressed 14bit and you'll double the amount you can shoot on those cards with no loss in detail.

I can get about 200 shots per 16GB card (that's 400 for both).

Brands don't matter. They're all made in the same factory in china (my chinese friend knows this for a fact, they're just branded differently). The bitrate for video on the D800 is 22-25MB/sec. So you don't need more than 30MB/sec speed unless you want to clear your buffer quickly or transfer faster or something I suppose.

I use Kingmax and Sandisk or whatever brand is cheaper.

What's the trade off to shooting compressed? There most be one?

francoismalan.com/2011/10/raw-12bit-or-14bit-lossy-or-lossless/

effron wrote:

Alex wrote:

Stealthy Ninja wrote: Dude, why you shooting uncompressed?!

Shoot lossless compressed 14bit and you'll double the amount you can shoot on those cards with no loss in detail.

I can get about 200 shots per 16GB card (that's 400 for both).

Brands don't matter. They're all made in the same factory in china (my chinese friend knows this for a fact, they're just branded differently). The bitrate for video on the D800 is 22-25MB/sec. So you don't need more than 30MB/sec speed unless you want to clear your buffer quickly or transfer faster or something I suppose.

I use Kingmax and Sandisk or whatever brand is cheaper.

What's the trade off to shooting compressed? There most be one?

francoismalan.com/2011/10/raw-12bit-or-14bit-lossy-or-lossless/

Thanks bro!