Fastest CF card for Canon?

9 years 6 months ago #406939 by H Rocky
Hey guys, quick question for you today.  Which is the fastest CF card for Canon cameras today?

I was thinking Sandisk or Lexar would be one of the quicker ones.  Are these two still the better cards still these days?  


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9 years 6 months ago #406996 by garyrhook
Um... the one with the highest speed rating?


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9 years 6 months ago #407022 by Happy Snapper
Is this for video or photos?  If photos 95mb/sec should be just fine

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9 years 6 months ago #407053 by Stealthy Ninja
Ummm... .... yes.
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9 years 6 months ago #407097 by H Rocky
LOL... man rough crowd here today.  I was just trying to make conversation about fast card options.  From what I have been told and not sure about.  Is that different manufactures who advertise certain speeds, when bench test against each other, have different speed results, yet advertise the same speed.  


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9 years 6 months ago - 9 years 6 months ago #407119 by garyrhook

H Rocky wrote: LOL... man rough crowd here today.  I was just trying to make conversation about fast card options.  From what I have been told and not sure about.  Is that different manufactures who advertise certain speeds, when bench test against each other, have different speed results, yet advertise the same speed.  


Well, now, see, that's helpful. And not exactly the same question you started with... Admittedly, the bar can be high, but an open-ended question might not necessarily get you what you think you want.

Memory card performance ratings are a minimum speed, and usually related to reading data. That's kinda irrelevant for the camera, which cares about writing data. And the write bandwidth required for photos differs from videography. Read speed only matters when off-loading data.

My experience with WinTec Filemate cards has been very positive with respect to sending buffered images to the card. Better than a Samsung Ultra. Read speed is the same (class 10).

You aren't going to know for sure what the card can actually do until you get it and test it. Read testing reports to get some idea of real-world performance (mostly write speed) on various brands.


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9 years 6 months ago #407160 by Joves
:agree:
Yeah what he said. But really if it is for still imagery only then the majority of cards are faster than the cameras can write to them. I am still using my Sandisk Extreme III cards. The only reason I pick up fast card when I get them is for the read speeds.


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