SD Cards - Whats good these days

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A bit behind the times on this but what is the current gold standard in SD cards? I have just bought an Rx10 for travel use and want to make best use of the video functions; I don't think the current ones I have will cut it - Sandisk Class 10 16GB.

Prices seem so variable (And don't seem to be an indicator of quality.)

Ta
 
sands extreme pro 95mb sec .should do ,best see what your manual states though
 
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I also use the Sandisk Extreme Pro
but the 128 GB SDXC II with 300MB/s.
 
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DG Phototraining said:
can't work fast enough to warrant those sorts of card speeds
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I think your D750 is as fast as my camera…
it might have to do with the file size and did
not mentioned the card was for my D850. :banghead:
 
Kodiak Qc said:
I think your D750 is as fast as my camera…
it might have to do with the file size and did
not mentioned the card was for my D850. :banghead:
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The tests that I read clearly stated there was no benefit to having a card faster than the camera can handle, and as a Wedding Photographer I really don't do burst mode much, Brides just aren't that fast :D

Dave
 
DG Phototraining said:
there was no benefit to having a card faster than the camera can handle,
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Correct, Dave. I use these super fast cards only with the D850.
The D810, two frames slower and with smaller file size, doesn't
justify them.

The D850, with its 7fps + ginormous buffer and high speed write,
would not deliver the declared performance without the SDXC II.

A great advantage for me is transferring the files to the Mac: 650
files in less than a minute. :jawdrop:
 
Dave is right, there isn’t much point putting a faster more expensive card in a camera if that camera limits that cards performance.

For example the D750 is limited to UHS-1 cards and can’t take advantage of faster newer cards like UHS-II that some newer cameras can.

This website is good if your camera is listed:

https://www.cameramemoryspeed.com/
 
rob-nikon said:
Fantastic transfer speed/times but only if you have a computer that has a card slot compatible with those card types :)
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Yes, that helps for sure.
I got the latest iMac with thunderbolt 3 and a card reader that supports it.

If one is shooting with the D750, the card is not revealing its potential really
until transferred through thunderbolt 3… one would get similar speed.
 
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Thanks people, that gives me enough to go on, seems like sticking to the genuine brands is the best idea, third party or no-name stuff could be anything really.
 
don't buy from e-bay as to many rip off's there
 
Kodiak Qc said:
I think your D750 is as fast as my camera…
it might have to do with the file size and did
not mentioned the card was for my D850. :banghead:
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Kodiak Qc said:
Correct, Dave. I use these super fast cards only with the D850.
The D810, two frames slower and with smaller file size, doesn't
justify them.

The D850, with its 7fps + ginormous buffer and high speed write,
would not deliver the declared performance without the SDXC II.

A great advantage for me is transferring the files to the Mac: 650
files in less than a minute. :jawdrop:
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I don't think that the D750 is as fast, it doesn't support UHS-I or XQD. I have the Lexar 1400 and Sony M series XQD's that only have 185mb/s and 150mb/s respectively and I don't get the stated buffer, only getting around 30-32 shots at 7fps and 20-25 at 9fps, are you getting better buffer numbers with the 300mb/s sandisk? I have to say the file transfer speed to my Mac from the XQD is night and day faster than the Sandisk Pro Extreme 95mb/s I was used to using (y)

OP Sandisk Pro Extreme 95mb/s should be fine for the RX10, I don't think that it's UHS-II compatible so no point buying more expensive ones.
 
As we said just a couple of days ago in the last 'what card' thread, buy from www.mymemory.co.uk or from Amazon but only if supplied by Amazon itself.
FWIW I use Sandisk Extreme Pro cards in my RX10s. If you have an RX10 later than the original version you do need to make sure the card is at least 32GB and U3 to get access to the better video modes.
 
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