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HI guys, am looking for some advice as to whether to look into faster SD cards than what I currently have. I have number of camera bodies, all of which shoot 4k (2 of which shoot 4k 60), and all have some sort of high speed burst rate (20+fps with Electronic shutter).
My bodies are (currently)
Olympus OMD-EM1 MK II
Panasonic G9
Fujifilm X-H1
Fujifilm X-T3 (only arrived yesterday)
The cards I currently have are as follows
I've looked around at the "fast" cards (i.e. Sony G or Tough series - 300mb/s write and the Sandisk Extreme Pro 300mb/s write), but they are fantastically expensive, typically between £230-£270 per card, where as (for instance) the Song M series 128gb (as I have) can be had for around £80 each). So for the privilege of getting the fastest speeds, I need to spend nearly 3 times as much - why so expensive ? Where's the cheapest to buy genuine cards from by the way ?
So the real question is, do I really need the super fast cards or stick with what I have. For info, my burst shooting is confined to approx 10fps for just a few seconds for wildlife, and 4K videos of the family and dogs and of course holidays (say 5- 10 minutes per clip) ?
My bodies are (currently)
Olympus OMD-EM1 MK II
Panasonic G9
Fujifilm X-H1
Fujifilm X-T3 (only arrived yesterday)
The cards I currently have are as follows
- Lexar Professional 64GB 1000x (90mb/sec write) UHS II Qty 4 off
- Sony M series 128GB 260MB/s (100mb/sec write) UHS II Qty 2 off
- Sandisk Extreme Pro 128GB 95MB/s (90mb sec write) UHS I Qty 2 off
- Transcend 64GB (60mb/sec write) UHS 1 (never used) Qty 2 off
I've looked around at the "fast" cards (i.e. Sony G or Tough series - 300mb/s write and the Sandisk Extreme Pro 300mb/s write), but they are fantastically expensive, typically between £230-£270 per card, where as (for instance) the Song M series 128gb (as I have) can be had for around £80 each). So for the privilege of getting the fastest speeds, I need to spend nearly 3 times as much - why so expensive ? Where's the cheapest to buy genuine cards from by the way ?
So the real question is, do I really need the super fast cards or stick with what I have. For info, my burst shooting is confined to approx 10fps for just a few seconds for wildlife, and 4K videos of the family and dogs and of course holidays (say 5- 10 minutes per clip) ?