Sandisk's cannibalised range of SD cards

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I cannot make sense of it - do they have Class 6 and Class 10 16GB Extremes? And the same for 32GB? And their SDXC cards are only Class 4? :thinking:

Just realised my 4GB Extremes are not going to do very well shooting RAW on a D7000 and so I will need to find a fair whack more storage. Which would people recommend as the Sandisk card which strikes the right balance between cost, speed and storage space? :help:
 
I can only tell you what I did which was to put an 8GB card in slot 1 for RAW and a 4GB card in slot 2 for JPEG.
The class 6 Sandisks are Extreme III but the class 10 are just Extreme, I think.... I suspect any Extreme IIIs still around will be old stock. The 128GB SDXC is class 10 according to Sandisk's web site.
 
i use 2x Sandisk 8GB Class 10 on the D7000. I only shoot RAW and is fine on storage. I always have spare card if needed in my bag.
 
Just don't buy Sandisk and no confusions then left. Look at Lexar, Kingston or Transcend cards. They all have clear markings.
 
As far as I could see the class 6 Extremes also all say 'Video' so are clearly differentiated from the class 10s. Have a look at 7dayshop's prices before buying from Amazon.
 
Snapsh0t said:
As far as I could see the class 6 Extremes also all say 'Video' so are clearly differentiated from the class 10s. Have a look at 7dayshop's prices before buying from Amazon.
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What you need to look is not the class xx. Sandisk do class 4-10 and Extream etc, because Sandisk have Extream Pro that does not below to class 4-10 but is better then normal Extream classes.

What you need to look for is the write speed.

All Sandisk cards tells you the xxmbps.

Extream class 10 is = 30mbps
Ultra class 6 is = 15mbps
Extream Pro 1 = 45mbps
Extream Pro 1 class 10 = 95mbps

That extream pro 1 class 10 is damn good for video because of the speed

Check amazon they not too expensive actually.
 
Wyshniukas said:
Just don't buy Sandisk and no confusions then left. Look at Lexar, Kingston or Transcend cards. They all have clear markings.
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I had considered moving to Lexar but there have still been some issues on here with failed cards and generally the consensus seems to suggest that Sandisk have got their quality control spot-on. The Lexar Professional 133x are the ones to compete with the Extremes, aren't they?

The Extreme 30mbp/s should be absolutely fine for video and continuous RAW shooting as I believe the latter is limited by the camera whilst the former is running absolutely fine on my existing 20mbp/s cards.

I am thinking of opting for two Sandisk Extreme 16GBs unless there are better-value, reliable offerings from Lexar.
 
You need a card that's 200x to equal the 30MB/s of the Sandisk Extremes. 133x is only 20MB/s.
 
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