Compact cards, what do you use

[EOS-Phil]

Compact cards, what do you use

I am looking at buying some 4/8GB Compact cards, but there are so many on the market I am not sure what to get. I already have some Sandisk and Kingston Elite Pro both I am more than happy with. Would I see an improvement of read/write speed if I went for a UDMA card?

Or should I just get a mid range card as I don’t do many high continues shutter shots.

Phil

[James Wheeler]

I use the Sandisk 8GB 60mb/s cards: SanDisk Extreme Flash memory card - 8 GB CompactFlash Card - 1 x CompactFlash Card - type I

[Paul Iddon]

The 50D is UDMA enabled, so it would benefit from the speed increase. The camera would notice it, even if you don't.


Paul.

[James I]

I use 7 dayshop specials, either Danelec or kingston, I have never suffered from buffer problems as I tend not to take lots of frames a second, these are cheap and more than adequate, they show up as toshiba device when connected to the pc.
see here: http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/defa...go=SEARCH&comp=


Jamie

[EOS-Phil]

J your links not working

I'm the same I dont take lots of frames a second. I will look at the Danelec cards, UDMA cards are cheap too at the moment so might look at them as well.
Just got 2 x Batteries from 7day shop for £10.98 not a bad price I think.

Phil

[James I]

try this phil, 7dayshop.com - Online Store I also have batteries and they are as good as Canon originals

Jamie

[EOS-Phil]

Thanks J
As said I have ordered a couple of batteries for the 50D.
Think I better wait untill pay day before getting anything more. I already have 2 x 1Gb and 4 x 2 GB cards so should be ok for a bit

Phil

[James I]

I tend to just use 4gb cards phil and 8gb across two cards is a lot of space

Jamie

[EOS-Phil]

I prefer the "not all your eggs in one basket" approach
I will look at possibly 2 x 4Gb cards.

Thanks
Phil

[Mark W]

Phil I use Sandisk, I have 2G, 4G and 8G. All were purchased from the 7 day shop. The 8G is always in the 1D as card of choice and is the 30Mbs and I never suffer from buffer even in machine gun mode and yes I will admit it I do use that. 4G is in the 40D and then the two 2G are backup but Ive never really needed them to be fair.

[mstphoto]

For no particular reason all my cards are Sandisk.
I picked up a 16Gb card from Currys for £45 reduced from £79 a couple of months back.

[ST]

Phil
I have 2 Lexar Pro UDMA 8GB and 1 @ 4GB which I bought in the USA for the 50D. Plus various SanDisk Ultra 2 sizes 1GB to 4GB which I used prior to the purchase of the Lexar cards. I haven't tried to see if the 50D handles the UDMA quicker that the SanDisk version but...as Paul said I probably wouldn't notice the difference but the camera may do.

[AmericanMrs]

I have Sandisk, (x2 2GB) Kingston (x2 4GB) and a cheapie 8GB which performs really well!

I got the cheapie 8GB at Memorybits and the others were 7dayshop.

I don't shoot a lot of FPS either so I'm more than happy with my selection.

[Brian N]

May be worth noting that the Sandisk Ultra series used to be 20Mb/s but is now 30Mb/s - but a lot of retailers are still advertising them at the old speed so watch for old stock! I have 3 8GB Sandisk Ultra (all 30Mb/s) that I use in my 40D and they seem to be as fast as the camera can use. Most space I have ever used is a card-and-a-half in one day but I want to make sure that I have enough if I am away for a weekend or so with no access to download facilities. Frankly, compared with the cost of most camera bits, a spare card is hardly an arm and a leg - I think my last card cost around £21.

[CzWotzit]

I tend to use Sandisk although I have got one Lexar Pro. I have a variety of sizes and use them depending on the type of meeting I'm going to.

It is worthwhile checking on whether the cards you buy are the genuine article as I discovered one of my Sandisks was a counterfeit.

Andre