8gb or 16gb Flashcards?

Paul Tomlinson

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Can anyone give me some idea on buying a 8 or 16 gb flashcard, would i be better of buying 2x 8gb cards, or 1 16gb card. I think a 16gb card will be a little large for portraits and landscapes but i think the 16gb card would be better for sports.

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i think 4GB is more than enough. i prefer to use several 2GB ones tbh. i know that its rare but if the 16GB card becomes currupted or lost then thats a hell of alot of lost images. also i would get soooo bored waiting for 16GB of images to download!
 
:agree: I use 2gb cards, the smaller cards are real cheap and less data to lose.
 
Paul Tomlinson said:
It sounds like the 16 gigs card is out the window the 2x8gb Extream 111 sounds good, is there any better card than these?
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There are faster cards on the market, but unless your camera can take advantage of the higher speed the only gain is when you are downloading them to a computer...

I would say that the Extreme III cards are probably more than enough (depending on what camera you have) - I have a couple of them for the D40 and they have been faultless....
 
thanks for your help folks i think i will go for the 8 gig cards. Here's one for Scott, how much would you pay for a second hand 350d ?
 
I use 4GB, I can get 400 raw images on 1 card.
 
I use a 8gb in my D200(holds 480 RAW), backups for that and main for D70s are 4 gigs.

Imagine if you filled a 16 gb one and it went pearshaped, thats an awful lot of photos too loose.

Just my opinion.....:)
 
Just to add, having many smaller cards also helps me when downloading, for example at motorsport you can use a card per race, or class perhaps, at a Wedding you can split into sectors of the day !
 
Ive got 3x 16gb ExtremeIII CF cards (1 in each body) and ive yet to have a problem with them...

The "all your eggs in 1 basket" is a concern, but, up until now ive not had cards fail... imo even if a card was to fail its highly likely youd be able to restore the shots already written to the card.

In my 1dmkII's, i also have 8gb SDHC extremeIII cards, giving 24gb in camera.

I think there are a few advantages of using larger cards...
  • never missing a shot whilst changing cards
  • with a pocketful of 2/4gb cards you could accidentally re-use one when changing, and format assuming youd forgotten to when copying the files off on your computer.
  • not having to open the weathersealed door on your camera in poor conditions
  • less wear and tear on the delicate CF pins/connectors in the camera body
 
Darryn said:
Ive got 3x 16gb ExtremeIII CF cards (1 in each body) and ive yet to have a problem with them...

The "all your eggs in 1 basket" is a concern, but, up until now ive not had cards fail... imo even if a card was to fail its highly likely youd be able to restore the shots already written to the card.

In my 1dmkII's, i also have 8gb SDHC extremeIII cards, giving 24gb in camera.

I think there are a few advantages of using larger cards...
  • never missing a shot whilst changing cards
  • with a pocketful of 2/4gb cards you could accidentally re-use one when changing, and format assuming youd forgotten to when copying the files off on your computer.
  • not having to open the weathersealed door on your camera in poor conditions
  • less wear and tear on the delicate CF pins/connectors in the camera body
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Totally agree. I get 200 raw images on a 4 gig card. I used 2x4gig + 3x2gig on saturday split between two cameras. I would much rather have had 1x8gig in each body.
 
I have a 4 and 16 and I prefer using my , as like others have said, 16 gone wrong would be devastating. I use it as a backup, which feels the wrong way round but there you go.
 
I have 3x2gb, and I just feel there are a lot more pros to it.
-Its a lot less to fork out in one go
-Its a lot less to lose in one go (I had a card fail on me)

There are also cons to it
-Having to change cards can prevent you from getting the shot, although its never been a problem, but I can see it being a problem in sport
-You're far more likely to lose a card, because of so many hanging around
-Having to open up the door frequently
 
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