CF card question: Headed to Yellowstone in a few weeks and I want to use a larger card than I normally use. Does anyone have any reservations against using a 64GB CF card? Are they...

preachy Loc: Dover Plains, NY

Headed to Yellowstone in a few weeks and I want to use a larger card than I normally use. Does anyone have any reservations against using a 64GB CF card? Are they more prone to failure than smaller cards?

Regarding brand, I lean towards Lexar or Sandisk. What other brands do you all consider reliable and what brands are to be avoided?

Thanks very much!

nakkh Loc: San Mateo, Ca

I use a 64 gig card & it works great. Avoid cheap memory at all costs.

preachy wrote:

Headed to Yellowstone in a few weeks and I want to use a larger card than I normally use. Does anyone have any reservations against using a 64GB CF card? Are they more prone to failure than smaller cards?

Regarding brand, I lean towards Lexar or Sandisk. What other brands do you all consider reliable and what brands are to be avoided?

Thanks very much!

amehta Loc: Boston

preachy wrote:

Headed to Yellowstone in a few weeks and I want to use a larger card than I normally use. Does anyone have any reservations against using a 64GB CF card? Are they more prone to failure than smaller cards?

Regarding brand, I lean towards Lexar or Sandisk. What other brands do you all consider reliable and what brands are to be avoided?

Thanks very much!

I use a Lexar 1000x 64GB card. It has had 10s of thousands of pictures on it, with no problems. I like not having to juggle cards as much as I used to.

aggiedad Loc: Corona, ca

I've been using an SD to CF adapter from Delkin Devices because of the less expensive SD memory that is available. It has worked perfectly. I'm just say'n.

DavidPine Loc: Fredericksburg, TX

No problems at all. I use a high speed Lexar CF and a high speed SD card in my D800. The CF is my primary RAW card.

chasgroh Loc: Buena Park, CA

...I started using Lexar cards many moons ago but lately have been turned-on to Delkin. I've been using a 64 GB 1000x Delkin card for over a year with great results (read: it has not failed)...also a 32 GB Delkin in my bag and used alot with same results. Big cards work, but it's nice having dual-card bodies too. ;)

preachy Loc: Dover Plains, NY

Thanks everyone!

HarryBinNC Loc: Blue Ridge Mtns, No.Carolina, USA

preachy wrote:

Headed to Yellowstone in a few weeks and I want to use a larger card than I normally use. Does anyone have any reservations against using a 64GB CF card? Are they more prone to failure than smaller cards?

Regarding brand, I lean towards Lexar or Sandisk. What other brands do you all consider reliable and what brands are to be avoided?

Thanks very much!

I use either 4 or 8GB cards in all of my cameras, including my D800.
I have had card failures in the past, and don't want to risk losing any more than 8GB at a time. 64GB represents a whole lotta lost images if a card crashes. If I was forced to use large capacity cards, I would be backing up the cards to a laptop and/or USB drive at regular intervals. Using smaller capacity cards sorta forces the regular backup regime, which I think is a good thing. I use high end Sandisk cards exclusively - it is the only brand that has never given me a problem.

amehta Loc: Boston

HarryBinNC wrote:

I use either 4 or 8GB cards in all of my cameras, ... (show quote)

I want more than 100-200 images on one card.

If the pictures from a typical shoot would fit on 2-3 cards of some size, that's the smallest size I would want. That's what I had with my D700. But now I am much happier with one card typically working for the whole shoot.

If someone is really worried about card failure, and the camera has two slots, putting a copy on each card is a good option.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

HarryBinNC wrote:

I use either 4 or 8GB cards in all of my cameras, ... (show quote)

Amen, had a 512 cf card fail yrs ago, I was able to recover the images but what a nightmare!!! the software recovered EVERY image ever taken on that card and renamed the file at random. And the card had been reformatted in the camera after every download. I spent 10 hrs locating the files from my last shoot, luckily I was shooting Jpeg only.

I.R.Dartmoor Loc: Sunningdale, Berkshire, England.

preachy wrote:

Headed to Yellowstone in a few weeks and I want to use a larger card than I normally use. Does anyone have any reservations against using a 64GB CF card? Are they more prone to failure than smaller cards?

Regarding brand, I lean towards Lexar or Sandisk. What other brands do you all consider reliable and what brands are to be avoided?

Thanks very much!

Because I don't like putting all my eggs in one basket (I've had corrupted cards in the past), I tend to use Lexar 4 & 8Gb 133X cards in my IR converted D200 & D700 respectively, and 32Gb 800X cards in my D800 because of the high resolution, and 32Gb 1066X & 800X in my D4s because of the high burst rate I use for some of my Aviation work.......its just my preferred way of working and it works for me.......

I see no reason to use high speed cards if you don't need them.
For my general every day work, I shoot raw & fine Jpeg, I use Lexar 8Gb 133x cards, relatively inexpensive now, if you can find them.....works fine for me!!

I have friends that have come away from a days shoot at an air show etc, and found they have mislaid/lost a card or found that a card has been corrupted for some reason, so luckily, we tend to work in a similar way.....we like to play a bit safe with lower capacity cards when we can.

Hope this helps

Jmcoopermini

Be careful of where you buy your card. Many fake Chinese rip offs out there and it does matter. In my professional video world I see more sandisk extreme pro cards out there but have used lexar extensively as well. If you want to get fancy and have some seriouse cash, you can buy a NEXTO Di which is a backup all in one drive that verifies and transfers files quickly in the field. Back your cards up before playing with them in your computer. Standard safe practice.

preachy Loc: Dover Plains, NY

Thanks to all for the input. I stick with either Sandisk of Lexar. Oddly, the only card failure I've had was a Sandisk. The card would be for my GF who currently shoots with a 50D. I think I'll get her one 64GB for her trip. Thanks again, Hoggers!

Bear2 Loc: Southeast,, MI

I have a D7000, which all the world knows by now uses two SD cards. I have three set of 16 gb cards. One of the sets is Raw, the other for jepg large fine. Took them to Italy, and last year Hawaii. They are all class 10 - 45 speed. Work great. Download each card daily to Mac book Pro, And switch to a new set next day. Also bring WD Passport and from Mac, On the forth day, I double check to make sure I have day 1 on my Mac and passport. If I do, I reformat day one cards and use, etc.
Good luck
Duane

I.R.Dartmoor wrote:

Because I don't like putting all my eggs in one ba... (show quote)

sueyeisert Loc: New Jersey

I use 16 GB Lexar Cards and never had a problem.