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Memory cards
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 1:56 am
by Humboldt
Following up on 9mm's thread, looks like I'll be bringing my Costco memory cards back
Got a pair of these 4GB cards
http://www.buy.com/prod/sandisk-4gb-ult ... 12523.html for $35. Didn't seem too bad and they're class 4.
Looks like Buy.com has this 16 GB class 6 card for a couple bucks less, shipped free
http://www.buy.com/prod/ocz-16gb-sdhc-s ... 36546.html
Thinking of buying one of those and bringing the Costco ones back.
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 2:26 pm
by Humboldt
Going to order it tonight.
Am I missing something, is there a reason I should stick with the cards I've got?
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:40 pm
by 9mmprincess
The one on buy.com looks interesting... my problem is that the card I have right now is 30 mb/s and going to 6 mb/s I worry about a performance drop. I dunno. I guess for only 33 bucks I should just buy it and see how it is? Worse comes to worse it could be my backup card or something...
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:48 pm
by Indy
9mmprincess wrote:The one on buy.com looks interesting... my problem is that the card I have right now is 30 mb/s and going to 6 mb/s I worry about a performance drop. I dunno. I guess for only 33 bucks I should just buy it and see how it is? Worse comes to worse it could be my backup card or something...
If you're shooting video, I'd go with as high a transfer rate as I can afford. Still photography, unless you're shooting pictures rapid fire in a high action area, you can get by with the slower transfer rates. It's more a matter of looking at it in the context of buffer speed. The faster the card, the faster the camera can transfer the picture to the card and free up that buffer space to take another picture.
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 12:17 am
by 9mmprincess
Yeah, that's the thing - I want the card for shooting video. I have an 8 gig card right now and that's fine for pictures. It's just that the high speed cards are a tad expensive, but I guess you get what you pay for - I dont want the video I shoot to be crappy because i got a cheap card.
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 8:42 am
by David
Indy wrote:If you're shooting video, I'd go with as high a transfer rate as I can afford. Still photography, unless you're shooting pictures rapid fire in a high action area, you can get by with the slower transfer rates. It's more a matter of looking at it in the context of buffer speed. The faster the card, the faster the camera can transfer the picture to the card and free up that buffer space to take another picture.
A slow buffer to card transfer rate can be rather noisome, even when shooting snaps.