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I have one of these in the DSLR;
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Got a very good deal on it when I bought the camera.
Do I just get another of the same for my new compact digital? Or, do I put this one in to the compact and use something "better" in the compact? Am something of a luddite, so not really sure if there is really any great difference in memory cards!
I sympathise with your problem... It's a most awful conundrum to be in ;-). I'm struggling with what camera to purchase.
Fancy a cognac it's a lot easier to decide 🙂
Changed my hair colour, now I don't have any bobbles that match, and my hair is just a bit too long for an "oh so now" mini bun...
Sorry, Flashy, don't know anything about cameras, just my issues this afternoon 😆
Redthunder, would a beer help? I've got one of these...
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(Subsequent posts may make even less sense than normal....!)
I bought an Olympus TG1. Impressed with my initial play, though rather worried that it has a "manometer" 😯
Emsz, what colour did you go for?
CFH, if it ain't broke, etc, etc...
Captain, I have found that the reported speeds can vary from actual real world performance by quite a bit.
So I have a selection of 4gb to 8gb cards of varying speeds. I test them by filling the buffer up in the slr by continuous shooting and then seeing how long it takes to clear.
The few sandisk ones i have from 7dayshop.com and amazon have been fine.
The sevendayshop other brands are more patchy.
Toshiba branded cards that i have are great.
In real world, Most of the modern fast cards are utterly fine, but there is a need to have your best card always in your best camera!
AIUI the main reason, for using a fast card, is download speed to the camera, e.g. I bought a very cheap 64 Gb card for my D4, as a spare card, and downloading 64 Gb can take a very long time (hours).
Ken Rockwell did some tests on a Nikon D7000 and found that the card speed had no affect on how quickly you could shoot. The limiting factor on burst mode is normally the DSLR's buffer size and not the write speed of the card.
I bought a Viking card that reckoned it was fast - it wasn't. Shooting continuous with my D80 and it would start causing a bottle neck within about 4 shots.
SD cards are so cheap now, I'd always go for a decent Sandisk card - something like an Extreme Pro.
I did have a Lexar professional card that was quite a bit cheaper and worked well, but the case split and it literally fell apart. Lucky it didn't get wedged in the card mechanism - so I won't be getting another one of those.
Flashy, darker version of my normal colour, but it was bright red for ages, so going to let it grow through.
dullest post ever.... LOL
emsz - MemberFlashy, darker version of my normal colour, but it was bright red for ages, so going to let it grow through.
From now on this is you IMI
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Gosh.
And, Sandisk is the answer you seek.