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Cards for 5DMkIII - your thoughts?
Nikolai
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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.
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.
"May the f/stop be with you!"
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Had a lot of use - all without problems - and they're the class 10 ones.
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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 :-)
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'.