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Hey guys

Just a question about memory cards. I've only ever used sandisk ultra/extreme or the Lexar etc.... equivalents.

I'm just curious as to whether the picture quality differs with the ''normal'' CF and SD cards. For example if I had a 4GB Sandisk Card and a 4GB Sandisk Extreme Card, same settings, same picture; if the pictures were printed and put side by side would there be a noticable, if any difference?

Thanks in advance

Sarah
 
Don't think so. Would assume that write speed is the only thing different.
 
No difference at all, the data will be the exact same on all cards.

The data transfer speed is the only difference.
 
Its digital so its only data, the only variables are on or off, so that would be picture or no picture! The image would be the same with a £5 card or a £150 card. Speed and reliability would vary though!
 
Ian said it...no difference at all.

Now if you had asked a camera salesman that same question, what answer do you think he would have given?
 
Just to be perverse, you can argue a difference under a very select set of circumstances...
If you are shooting in burst mode, the writespeed of the camera and the card matter. So a slower card would need a smaller file size to match the burst mode of a better card... and smaller files mean worse quality.

Ta-da!

Next I will prove that 2+2=5, and that UV filters can stop a speeding bullet... :exit:


Seriously, though, it won't effect your photo quality at all. But given how cheap SD cards are (compared to the other kit) it's not somewhere worth scrimping IMHO - if a card fails, you've probably lost all your photos (a bit of a bummer at the end of a holiday!).
 
Llamaman said:
Just to be perverse, you can argue a difference under a very select set of circumstances...
If you are shooting in burst mode, the writespeed of the camera and the card matter. So a slower card would need a smaller file size to match the burst mode of a better card... and smaller files mean worse quality.

Ta-da!

Next I will prove that 2+2=5, and that UV filters can stop a speeding bullet... :exit:


Seriously, though, it won't effect your photo quality at all. But given how cheap SD cards are (compared to the other kit) it's not somewhere worth scrimping IMHO - if a card fails, you've probably lost all your photos (a bit of a bummer at the end of a holiday!).
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Lol thats one way of looking at it, but cant argue! :lol:

Mind you, then the reduced file size to match write speed would be user input so is null and void? :thinking: ;)
 
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