SDHC card speed for a Canon 60D

SteveReeves · 22 Nov 2010

Hi all,

Just about to upgrade to a 60D and this means that my CF cards are now no use!

Can anybody advise what speed SDHC card I should get to get the optimum performance from the 60D.

Essentially I can pay about £33 for 8Gb at 30Mb/s
or £30 for 16Gb at 15Mb/s

I will be using the quick fire mode and I might even use the HD video recording facility (well I'll give it a go at least!).

Is 15Mb/s good enough from people's experience or should I stop titting about and cough up for the 30Mb/s cards.

Appreciate any guidance - many thanks.

Steve

Digikat · 22 Nov 2010

I got an 8gb Sandisk Ultra as part of the deal with my 60D but as I also have a 450D I have a selection of SD HC cards from 2gb to 8gb and they all work fine with my 60D.

I have used the video facility and quick fire mode with no problem at all....

redddraggon · 22 Nov 2010

SteveReeves said:
Essentially I can pay about £33 for 8Gb at 30Mb/s
or £30 for 16Gb at 15Mb/s

Hmm, a bit slow for the price.

Transcend 16GB Class 10 cards (>10MB/s) can be picked up for £15 from the 7dayshop.

andycallaghan · 22 Nov 2010

redddraggon said:
Hmm, a bit slow for the price.

Transcend 16GB Class 10 cards (>10MB/s) can be picked up for £15 from the 7dayshop.

Are Transcend cards ok?
I need to get some more.
And it's cheaper to buy two 8Gb cards. ;-)

redddraggon · 22 Nov 2010

andycallaghan said:
Are Transcend cards ok?
I need to get some more.
And it's cheaper to buy two 8Gb cards. ;-)

Don't really know TBH, I've ordered one anyway, apparently Transcend are big in the US though.

Digikat · 22 Nov 2010

Most of mine are Kingston from 7 day shop....never had a problem (touch wood)

SteveReeves · 22 Nov 2010

Thanks all for the advice - sounds like I can't go wrong and don;t need to spend over the odds.

Cheers for the quick replies!

Steve

SixToes · 22 Nov 2010

redddraggon said:
Hmm, a bit slow for the price.

Transcend 16GB Class 10 cards (>10MB/s) can be picked up for £15 from the 7dayshop.

I've been using one of these. Only a couple of weeks use but no trouble so far. I bought an 8GB but I think it would be better to go for 16GB, the raw files from the 60d are huge!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Transcend-1...4HE2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1290464581&sr=8-1

andycallaghan · 22 Nov 2010

I just bought 2x8Gb Transcen cards for £15.38 delivered.
Rather have a few separate cards in case I lose one, or they get corrupted.

Its' not a major hassle to change them over during a shoot.

CSB · 22 Nov 2010

Lots of bad reviews about transcend cards on amazon, I'd rather pay the extra for Sandisk and not risk losing my pictures. Also if you want to record video you will need a class 6 card or higher.

grum · 22 Nov 2010

I've got a few transcend cards and no problems so far, including for HD video.

SixToes · 22 Nov 2010

CSB said:
Lots of bad reviews about transcend cards on amazon, I'd rather pay the extra for Sandisk and not risk losing my pictures. Also if you want to record video you will need a class 6 card or higher.

The one I linked to is Class 10 so should be fine for video. I've only done a couple of 1080p test videos on mine so far but they seemed fine - no dropped frames. There's a speed test here showing them to be only slightly slower than Sandisk Extreme
http://www.digitalversus.com/transcend-sdhc-ultimate-16-gb-class-10-p388_7898_161.html

Also there doesn't seem too much difference between the number of negatives for Transcend Class 10 and Sandisk Extreme on Amazon - both 4.5 stars overall.

That said Sandisk is probably better for warranty and so on, but it's a lot more pricey!