SanDisk cards ?

macvisual · 26 Jul 2013

I'm about to pick up an EOS 5D Mk2 body within the next week, in the past with my 5D Mk1 classic I've been using SanDisk Ultra compact flash 30MB/s cards.

Any advice please which SanDisk cards are best to use with the 5D Mk2 body? I don't shoot sports photography etc...

Nawty · 26 Jul 2013

What you've got will be fine.

Major Eazy · 26 Jul 2013

macvisual said:
I'm about to pick up an EOS 5D Mk2 body within the next week, in the past with my 5D Mk1 classic I've been using SanDisk Ultra compact flash 30MB/s cards.

Any advice please which SanDisk cards are best to use with the 5D Mk2 body? I don't shoot sports photography etc...

As a general rule of a thumb, while cameras would need a specific type of flash memory card (ie: This camera can only take SD, that camera can only take CF, etc.), in theory most flash cards (by manufacturers, brand-names, amount of memory, model, etc.,) would work on most cameras. So you can still use your SanDisk Ultra card anyway. Your manual would inform you which memory cards your camera would support.

And even if you don't do sport photography, it don't mean you can't have a fast SanDisk Ultra memory card, so don't worry.

andyred · 26 Jul 2013

macvisual said:
I'm about to pick up an EOS 5D Mk2 body within the next week, in the past with my 5D Mk1 classic I've been using SanDisk Ultra compact flash 30MB/s cards.

Any advice please which SanDisk cards are best to use with the 5D Mk2 body? I don't shoot sports photography etc...

You'll be fine with your card...

What size is it - might be worth getting another due to the size of the files from the mkii...

renu · 26 Jul 2013

Sandisk cards are fine and it depends on the camera buffer size.If you are going to shoot sports in RAW mode, it will slow down the writing and you might need a faster card.Otherwise 30mb/s card is fine for normal shooting.

barratt1988 · 2 Aug 2013

no need to change mate those cards are just fine.

Phal · 7 Aug 2013

Faster is always better as it clears the buffer quicker as mentioned

Even on my 650d, upgrading the card made a nice difference but then again I did go from around 10Mbit/s to 95Mbit/s

realspeed · 7 Aug 2013

With a slow card you may find the camera "stalls" in continuous shooting mode while the buffer clears especially shooting large frames, ie RAW. Although others are correct as far as they go I would suggest getting faster cards to avoid /reduce this happening

barratt1988 · 7 Aug 2013

If your shooting landscape its a pointless updrade as youl b shootin 1 frame per minute lol if you shoot story n such then yes upgrade my all means but the d5mk2 isnt really a fast camera its a landscape one

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Russ77 · 7 Aug 2013

I'm using 30mb/s Sandisk cards in my 7D and I can still rattle off 15(ish) shots before the buffer fills up.

New had any problems shooting Cricket, Rugby or Football.

Video also works fine.

Best thing is to go out shooting and see if you hit any problems, if you do get faster cards

Major Eazy · 7 Aug 2013

realspeed said:
With a slow card you may find the camera "stalls" in continuous shooting mode while the buffer clears especially shooting large frames, ie RAW. Although others are correct as far as they go I would suggest getting faster cards to avoid /reduce this happening

The OP will be fine with the current card and don't need to go for faster cards, after all, the OP did say "I don't shoot sports photography etc" and the "etc" could also applies to action and the likes, so sounds like the OP is more likely to do single shoots rather than continuous shooting. If it was up to you and me, yes, we would rather prefer a faster card, but the OP will be fine with the SanDisk he got.

realspeed · 7 Aug 2013

Major Eazy said:
The OP will be fine with the current card and don't need to go for faster cards, after all, the OP did say "I don't shoot sports photography etc" and the "etc" could also applies to action and the likes, so sounds like the OP is more likely to do single shoots rather than continuous shooting. If it was up to you and me, yes, we would rather prefer a faster card, but the OP will be fine with the SanDisk he got.

Got no arguement with that