Cards for 5DMkIII - your thoughts?

Nikolai

My current cards are a few years old so they would certainly become a bottleneck for the Digic5+.
I'm looking for a new set of fast CF+SD (CF for Raws, SD for jpegs). Something like 32Gb CF + 8Gb SD (I only shoot small coarse jpegs I use for the quick proofing, so I don't nearly need the same storage capacity).
Primary concern is the speed, something about 60MB/s or better.
I'm currently thinking about this card:
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Compact-Flash-Memory-SDCFX-032G-X46/dp/B002NO7PWC
Have anybody used one of these?
If yes - what's your opinion?
If no - what did/do you use (in this range)?

SD I have never used before, so I'm open to suggestions.

divamum

No specific reccos but I've had great luck with Transcend SD cards in various devices - they've been reliable and are well-priced.

puzzledpaul

I've also been using Transcend SD cards (8Gb) for just over 2yrs in a 1Dm3 ... but unlike your intended use, they've been the main memory, and swapped when filled - CF slot been used for backup.

Had a lot of use - all without problems - and they're the class 10 ones.

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ThatCanonGuy

I use a Kingston 133x green card and a Transcend 600x card. I've used the Transcend in the 5DII and it's fast enough for video.

Nikolai

Thanks guys!

Overfocused

I've been using Lexar 400x and 600x SLC CF cards. The 400x are well priced and are technically more reliable than Transcend are, and will perform better in more extreme temps if you need it. Never had a failure and gone through a few snowstorms and crazy times with 'em. lol. Yeah, Transcend cards are reliable too but if you can get something that is known to be better at a physical level for not much extra why not? $3,400 dollar camera after all.

Oh yeah, those 60MB/sec Sandisk cards have proven to be a speed disaster for the price according to this guy. I wouldn't get them since he does the tests fairly and doesn't bias on any brands.

http://sportsphotoguy.com/all-about-cf/


That price is terrible, btw. You can get 3x16GB for $134 now
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lexar-Professional-16GB-400x-CompactFlash-Card-/190647605230?pt=Digital_Camera_Memory_Cards&hash=item2c637b97ee


For SD cards, if the MKIII ends up supporting it, which, I don't think it does as of now
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lexar-16-GB-Professional-400x-SDHC-UHS-I-Card-/190647812505?pt=PCC_Drives_Storage_Internal&hash=item2c637ec199

Nikolai

Overfocused wrote: »

I've been using Lexar 400x and 600x SLC CF cards. The 400x are well priced and are technically more reliable than Transcend are, and will perform better in more extreme temps if you need it. Never had a failure and gone through a few snowstorms and crazy times with 'em. lol. Yeah, Transcend cards are reliable too but if you can get something that is known to be better at a physical level for not much extra why not? $3,400 dollar camera after all.

Oh yeah, those 60MB/sec Sandisk cards have proven to be a speed disaster for the price according to this guy. I wouldn't get them since he does the tests fairly and doesn't bias on any brands.

http://sportsphotoguy.com/all-about-cf/


That price is terrible, btw. You can get 3x16GB for $134 now
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lexar-Professional-16GB-400x-CompactFlash-Card-/190647605230?pt=Digital_Camera_Memory_Cards&hash=item2c637b97ee


For SD cards, if the MKIII ends up supporting it, which, I don't think it does as of now
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lexar-16-GB-Professional-400x-SDHC-UHS-I-Card-/190647812505?pt=PCC_Drives_Storage_Internal&hash=item2c637ec199

Thank you, good info!
FWIW, MkIII supports SD :-)

Overfocused

Nikolai wrote: »

Thank you, good info!
FWIW, MkIII supports SD :-)

Yes, but not SD cards with UHS-1 mode, as far as I know. Toshiba makes excellent class 10 SDHC cards, white ones, that work very well and consistently at 20-30MB/sec. $27 ish for a 16GB card.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/TOSHIBA-16GB-16G-Class-10-SD-SDHC-Professional-Memory-Card-/300616995259?pt=Digital_Camera_Memory_Cards&hash=item45fe2b51bb

While they are from China on Ebay, I ordered mine from a seller with high feedback and good reviews on the card. I think Toshiba actually manufactures them there, and doesn't flake out on the quality side. I sold the cameras I had that used SD cards but they wrote RAWs down at a good speed, and damn fast compared to the cheaper SD cards out there.


If/when I get the MKIII, that's probably what I'd do. Just keep a 70-200 F2.8 on and have some high ISO fun without needing NR afterward.

Now, a %100 size preview button would really help and Canon needs to steal that from Nikon. Or a touchscreen to choose focus/%100 view in live view and image review would be even better.

Just sayin'.