Your profile says canon 70d so if that’s correct:Hi all,
I have had a memory card fail and do a lot of Motorsport burst shooting. Can anyone recommend some 64gb memory cards that are fast enough for Motorsport burst shooting, slot Amy suggestions on what class of card etc to look for?
Whether you can use cards that speed depends on the camera and computer (1DX2 should be fine ). If neither can take advantage high speed cards may not be very useful.I have just started using a Sony TOUGH SDXC UHS-II 64Gb in my Canon EOS R. I use a CFast card in my 1DX-2 and the second CF card just for overflow. I only shoot RAW.
Apart from being extremely tough, the Sony card can write up to 299 Mb/s. It's expensive but the way I shoot is to upload a card's images at the end of a session, reformat it and start again rather than use lots of cards as some folks do.
Both card versions at Wex : https://www.wexphotovideo.com/sony-64gb-uhs-ii-299-mbsec-sdhc-card-1623460/
https://www.wexphotovideo.com/sony-tough-64gb-uhs-ii-299mbsec-sdxc-card-1676769/
Whether you can use cards that speed depends on the camera and computer (1DX2 should be fine ). If neither can take advantage high speed cards may not be very useful.
I’m now the same as you in that I don’t use several smaller capacity cards. I’ve moved to big capacity cards but used as backup so two copies of data. Main card is 64GB CF which is taken in and out to transfer images to the computer. Second card is a 128GB SD card that’s never removed from the camera. I have a second 64GB CF card as a backup but usually I don’t shoot enough to fill a 64GB card so it’s only really needed when I have multi day trips away from home.
Once images are safely transferred to the computer (and backed up to two hard drives) I format both cards ready for the next trip out with the camera probably guessed I have a thing about ensuring I have a backup of everything!
I do have a 70D and I have just bought a 60D as my second body to replace an ageing 400D.Your profile says canon 70d so if that’s correct:
https://www.cameramemoryspeed.com/canon-70d/fastest-sd-cards/
If that’s the camera you have whatever card you have you are only going to get a maximum 36MB/s transfer speed. It’s very likely that it’s the camera (70D) will be the limiting factor whatever memory card you use, so there is the potential to save a little money. That said SanDisk extreme pros have been my go to SD card for quite a while. They aren’t too expensive either (compared to what memory cards previously cost). Just make sure you buy from an authorised seller (not eBay!!). Amazon usually have good prices on them. Check out camera price buster for the best price.
I do have a 70D and I have just bought a 60D as my second body to replace an ageing 400D.
So the thrust of it all is that there is little point buying anything faster than a 40mb/s card with the bodies I have?
Fo those cameras there would be much performance gain for faster cards, but it’s possible a faster would let you transfer foiled to your computer faster. Other cameras may be able to take advantage of faster cards if you ever swap cameras in the future.I do have a 70D and I have just bought a 60D as my second body to replace an ageing 400D.
So the thrust of it all is that there is little point buying anything faster than a 40mb/s card with the bodies I have?
thats about the long and short of it.
now if you buy the nikon d500 !!!!!!
its a marketing thing. Class 10, U3 all sound impressive but the read write and capacity are the important thingsThanks! To be honest, I don't really understand the class 10, U3 thing - but I have looked at those Sandisk cards before.
Is there any benefit to getting a full size SD card rather than a micro SD with an adapter?