Which SD card?

GiraffePencils

GiraffePencils

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Hey all,

This might be a stupid question, but which SD card?
I had assumed they'd all be fine, but a camera enthusiast at work seems to have strong feelings on the subject and says they're not.
I've got a 1100D and was just going to buy one of the kingston SD cards OCUK sell.

Will I be fine? are there cards to avoid etc?
 
They're not the same! I first bought a Transcend card to use with my old 7D and I was getting around 10% of my files corrupted. I switched to SanDisk and never looked back.
 
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GiraffePencils said:
So worth getting a sandisk instead of a kingston?
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Any branded card from a reputable dealer will be fine, the differences are in in the actual read / write speed of the card which is measured in a Class rating 2,4,6 & 10, Class 10 being the fastest.

The speed will only generally be noticeable when using the burst function or perhaps during video so it's not generally something to worry about if you are just starting out.

I have a few Sandisk's, Lexar & PNY cards which are fine, Kingston are also fine but as a starting point there really isn't any reason to get less than a Class 10 at today's prices.
 
Alright, so the class 10 speed rating Doesn't make them equal, good to know.
I'm inclined to get the Kingston as OCUK free delivery and I'll get it sooner than the rainforest.
Thanks
 
That card on OcUK seems slow, only 10MB/s. The camera will take 20MB raw files, copying stuff off will be tedious.

For £12 you can get SanDisk SDSDX-016G-X46 16 GB Extreme 45 MB/s Much quicker when transferring and you won't run into buffer issues on your camera if you try and shoot a quick succession of shots.
 
GiraffePencils said:
Alright, so the class 10 speed rating Doesn't make them equal, good to know.
I'm inclined to get the Kingston as OCUK free delivery and I'll get it sooner than the rainforest.
Thanks
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Yeah the class 10 means minimum speed so some can be faster in real world tests.

I prefer Transcend cards as they balance speed and price. You can get a 32gb card for £15 that reads 90mb/s and writes at 65mb/s. Makes a hell of a difference copying files of the cards back at the PC.
 
GiraffePencils said:
I wasn't meaning that you were bashing the company, just one negative verses no negatives for sandisk is enough
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There are plenty of negatives for Sandisk, but most are when people buy from a rainforest reseller or the bay or some random backstreet trader-style shop, as their reputation means they are prime targets for those scammers reflashing smaller cards to make them seem much bigger, which of course gives you corrupted files once you go past the original size.

It happens to other manufacturers too, and with other flash memory, but in the SD and Compact Flash markets, Sandisk are prime targets. With any memory just make absolutely certain that you're buying from a reputable seller such as OcUK and not a reseller.
 
al4x said:
All mine are SanDisk
Mainly for not being a bottle neck clearing the camera buffer
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Other than the first few-dozen shots, the card is always the bottleneck. The buffer size is what matters as any shots which fall outside of the buffer are pure luck due to the poor speed.

While flash memory is constantly improving in speed, it's going to be much slower than the buffer in the camera for a while yet.
 
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