SD card question

Gumbys69

Senior Member
So when I bought my camera I bought 2 32gb Sandisk extreme pro Memory cards which were supposed to be good for the camera. I just bought another one Verbatim pro 64gb that was a little cheaper. What do you guys use? Is there a huge difference? I heard that it is more for when you are using video and not taking still shots which I will probably never use The video portion very often if at all. Getting different stories from all the 15 year Olds selling the memory cards in the stores.
 

fotojack

Senior Member
Personally, I shoot with Lexar and Sandisk only. I also don't use anything larger than an 8GB card. Reason: should a card fail, I'd rather lose a 4 or an 8GB card than a 16 or a 32 or even a 64! I also use nothing less than a Class 6 card.....preferably a Class 10.
Having said all that, if you're going to shoot nothing but video, then sure, use a large card. Stay away from the Class 2 or 4 cards. They're not fast enough for video really.

And as Sam said.....what are you shooting....raw or jpeg? I'm gonna guess jpeg. :)
 

Sambr

Senior Member
Yes JPEG is what I shoot.

Okay why such large capacity cards?? Like Jack said if a card fails he will only lose a bit - however if your 32G or 64G fails you lose thousands of photos. Anyways it's your choice my advice is stick to Sandisk & Lexar - I only use Lexar 800x & 100x cards I find they work the best in my gear.
 

Gumbys69

Senior Member
Makes sense to buy a bunch of smaller cards in case one piles up with 1000+ pictures. I may return the 2 I haven't used and just do that, buy a bunch of small ones.
 
I only use Sandisc for my weddings as if it fails I can tell the Judge I used the best (and two of them in a D7000) but I have found unless you are using video it makes no difference if its class 4 or class 10 in the 3200 or the 7000
The cards I have had fail have been no brand cheapies and they usually fail soon after you get them
 

fotojack

Senior Member
I bought a 32 GB SanDiskHD and there is nothing on the label to tell what class it is. How do I determine that? Total noob here.

There should be a number inside a circle denoting the class of the card...ie: Class 2, Class 4, Class 6, Class 10, etc.
It should be on the face of the card. I was told by an old pro (older than me) that if there is no Class number, it's a knockoff. Stick to genuine brand name Lexars and SanDisks.

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Cowboybillybob1

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There should be a number inside a circle denoting the class of the card...ie: Class 2, Class 4, Class 6, Class 10, etc.
It should be on the face of the card. I was told by an old pro (older than me) that if there is no Class number, it's a knockoff. Stick to genuine brand name Lexars and SanDisks.

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Thank you so much. My Nikon L26 had a 10 class card which I reformatted to replace the 4 class I bought for the D3200. Both were 32GB but now I realize the value of lower GB cards.

I am way new to this stuff so thanks a lot. If anyone wants to know about acoustic or electric guitars please aske me. Been playing for over 40 years and that stuff I know about.
 
good quality provided its not a fake. be suspicious if it came direct from China . there are programmes on the web to let you test the capacity and speed of the card ...often a fake class 10 card will turn out to be a re badged class 4
 
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