Do you go with the biggest memory card you can find? Or are you brand sensitive? Are you looking at the read and write speed? How about price motivated?
I was told that 16GB cards with fast write speeds with a good brand like Kingston or SanDisk is all that most photographers really need these days.
Oh, in case you didn't figure out, I'm shopping for memory cards.
I went with the 8GB SD cards made by Transcend (China). I found a reliable well priced source and got six cards over the past few months. My latest card is going to be a 32GB card which I will use as a back up drive when traveling with my camera and laptop.
If you are going to be shooting in RAW you might like the 16GB card better. Ultimately I intend to get a 64GB card for future portable backup storage and retire the 32GB for video and RAW shooting.
I recommend the class 10 card for speed. USB 3.0 is now available and the class 10 might be of an advantage for that and future cameras you might advance to.
“Amateurs worry about equipment, professionals worry about money, masters worry about light, I just make pictures… ” ~ Vernon Trent
Make sure the card you buy is compatible with your camera. I purchased a 16 GB card and it wasn't fully compatible with my camers. One third of the images came out like this or worse. The 8 GB card from the same company works fine.
Henry Peach wrote: Sandisk has served me well for years, so I stick with them.
Sandisk Ultra 4 gig and 2 gig lots of em.
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Shadowfixer1 wrote: Make sure the card you buy is compatible with your camera. I purchased a 16 GB card and it wasn't fully compatible with my camers. One third of the images came out like this or worse. The 8 GB card from the same company works fine.
Shadowfixer1 wrote: Make sure the card you buy is compatible with your camera. I purchased a 16 GB card and it wasn't fully compatible with my camers. One third of the images came out like this or worse. The 8 GB card from the same company works fine.
How was that possible? What brand card was this?
The camera is a D200. I called the card manufacturer, Kingston, and they said their 16 GB card was not compatiable with the D200, but the 8 GB was. I've never had a problem with the 8 GB. Not all cards are compatiable with all cameras. It used to be more of a problem when digital was just getting started than it is now but there are still some issues sometimes.
Shadowfixer1 wrote: Make sure the card you buy is compatible with your camera. I purchased a 16 GB card and it wasn't fully compatible with my camers. One third of the images came out like this or worse. The 8 GB card from the same company works fine.
How was that possible? What brand card was this?
The camera is a D200. I called the card manufacturer, Kingston, and they said their 16 GB card was not compatiable with the D200, but the 8 GB was. I've never had a problem with the 8 GB. Not all cards are compatiable with all cameras. It used to be more of a problem when digital was just getting started than it is now but there are still some issues sometimes.
I have heard more that a few horror stories about Kingston cards. Me Im another Sandisk user Etreme3 and my one Ducatti. I have never had a failure with them. The Ultras are OK in a pinch but are noticably slower on uploading to the computer. I also have one PNY that I have only used twice when I filled my other cards on trips.
chasrich wrote: I went with the 8GB SD cards made by Transcend (China). I found a reliable well priced source and got six cards over the past few months. My latest card is going to be a 32GB card which I will use as a back up drive when traveling with my camera and laptop.
If you are going to be shooting in RAW you might like the 16GB card better. Ultimately I intend to get a 64GB card for future portable backup storage and retire the 32GB for video and RAW shooting.
I recommend the class 10 card for speed. USB 3.0 is now available and the class 10 might be of an advantage for that and future cameras you might advance to.
Why not an external hard drive Charles? It will hold more and cheaper too.
Just my preference..have 5 passports...320gb-500gb,plus desktop externals...1gb-1.5gb..
all works great.
Price is my primary consideration. I've bought and use quite a few Patriot 8GB SDHCs from Frys. The price ranges from $14.99 to $17.99 depending on the sale. I 17 of them and 10 4GB Patriot, PNY, and Kingston cards. When I go on a shoot up to the mountains or to waterfalls, I usually shoot a minimum of 8GB a day. I want to be able to shoot for two weeks without downloading cards in the field. All my cards are Class 6. I noticed last week that Frys is now selling 8GB Class 10 Maxell cards for $16.99! Yep, I know that these cards could be considered off-brands; but, I've never had a problem. I tend to look at memory card brands as pretty much the same; so I can save a little bit of money with Patriot cards. I used to buy San Disk cards when I used compact flash cards in a previous camera.
Sandisk. I just bought an eyefi. It is only 8gb but it links to my android phone which has a 16gb sd in it. Phone can then upload it to photobucket, facebook, etc... It also does geo-tagging.
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