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Nov 22, 2011 17:51:23   #
Joyfullee Loc: South FL
 
I have a question and it may appear to be a dumb one, (because I have no idea) but I would like to know if the size of the card, (ex.) 4GB or 8GB has any influence on photo quality.

If it helps, I have a Nikon D3100.

Please and thank you. :-)

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Nov 22, 2011 18:19:36   #
traveler90712 Loc: Lake Worth, Fl.
 
No, not necessarily the quality, but the speed that the data can be written to the card. I would suggest a class 6 card for the D3100. The class of a card can be identified by a single digit on the card, either 4, 6 or 10.

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Nov 22, 2011 18:29:20   #
Joyfullee Loc: South FL
 
traveler90712 wrote:
No, not necessarily the quality, but the speed that the data can be written to the card. I would suggest a class 6 card for the D3100. The class of a card can be identified by a single digit on the card, either 4, 6 or 10.


Thanks for responding Traveler. I have a 4GB PNY card right now, that's the only # I see on the card. Is that what you mean?

Edit to add:
My eyesight is very poor and there might be a very small "10" with a circle around it. Does that sound right?

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Nov 22, 2011 18:32:50   #
traveler90712 Loc: Lake Worth, Fl.
 
Use a magnifying glass.

Yes, a class 10 is more then adequate.
But you have to remember the higher the class, the more money it costs.

Joyfullee wrote:
traveler90712 wrote:
No, not necessarily the quality, but the speed that the data can be written to the card. I would suggest a class 6 card for the D3100. The class of a card can be identified by a single digit on the card, either 4, 6 or 10.


Thanks for responding Traveler. I have a 4GB PNY card right now, that's the only # I see on the card. Is that what you mean?

Edit to add:
My eyesight is very poor and there might be a very small "10" with a circle around it. Does that sound right?
quote=traveler90712 No, not necessarily the quali... (show quote)

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Nov 22, 2011 18:36:46   #
Joyfullee Loc: South FL
 
traveler90712 wrote:
Use a magnifying glass.

Yes, a class 10 is more then adequate.
But you have to remember the higher the class, the more money it costs.

Joyfullee wrote:
traveler90712 wrote:
No, not necessarily the quality, but the speed that the data can be written to the card. I would suggest a class 6 card for the D3100. The class of a card can be identified by a single digit on the card, either 4, 6 or 10.


Thanks for responding Traveler. I have a 4GB PNY card right now, that's the only # I see on the card. Is that what you mean?

Edit to add:
My eyesight is very poor and there might be a very small "10" with a circle around it. Does that sound right?
quote=traveler90712 No, not necessarily the quali... (show quote)
Use a magnifying glass. br br Yes, a class 10 is... (show quote)


Thanks for helping me to understand something that I did not know. Appreciated!

:-)

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Nov 22, 2011 18:48:38   #
traveler90712 Loc: Lake Worth, Fl.
 
Your more then welcome. That is one reason the forum is here.

Joyfullee wrote:
traveler90712 wrote:
Use a magnifying glass.

Yes, a class 10 is more then adequate.
But you have to remember the higher the class, the more money it costs.

Joyfullee wrote:
traveler90712 wrote:
No, not necessarily the quality, but the speed that the data can be written to the card. I would suggest a class 6 card for the D3100. The class of a card can be identified by a single digit on the card, either 4, 6 or 10.


Thanks for responding Traveler. I have a 4GB PNY card right now, that's the only # I see on the card. Is that what you mean?

Edit to add:
My eyesight is very poor and there might be a very small "10" with a circle around it. Does that sound right?
quote=traveler90712 No, not necessarily the quali... (show quote)
Use a magnifying glass. br br Yes, a class 10 is... (show quote)


Thanks for helping me to understand something that I did not know. Appreciated!

:-)
quote=traveler90712 Use a magnifying glass. br ... (show quote)

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Nov 22, 2011 18:52:30   #
saside Loc: live in pueblo co
 
I thought the calss was the speed of data transfer and not the size of data

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Nov 22, 2011 18:54:49   #
traveler90712 Loc: Lake Worth, Fl.
 
It is the speed of data transfer from the camera to the card.

saside wrote:
I thought the calss was the speed of data transfer and not the size of data

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Nov 23, 2011 07:20:44   #
photocat Loc: Atlanta, Ga
 
The basic reason these days for a faster card, think extremem, etc. is for video.

The faster the card the more expensive. For most people not doing video, a basic card is fine.

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Nov 23, 2011 07:30:39   #
Phyxius
 
it also has an effect if you are shooting continuos shots for action shots. If the can't dump onto the card quick enough it fills up and slows down very quickly.

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Nov 23, 2011 08:10:49   #
photocat Loc: Atlanta, Ga
 
good point, once the buffer fills up the shutter will no longer fire, so you have to wait until the camera has room

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Nov 23, 2011 08:47:51   #
Gregory Loc: Clinton, Iowa
 
16 Gig Class 10 sd cards on sale friday $20

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Nov 23, 2011 08:51:35   #
dpaden Loc: Homewood, Alabama
 
www.woot.com has 32GB SD class 10 today only or until they sell out at $24.95+$5 shipping

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Nov 23, 2011 09:49:40   #
Unclewiggley Loc: Winter Haven, FL
 
There are quite a few on Amazon like this:
SanDisk 8 GB Class 4 SDHC Flash Memory Card SDSDB-8192-A11 by SanDisk
Buy new: $44.99 $3.00

79 new from $3.00 1 used from $17.00

Only 10 left in stock - order soon.
(145)
Must order by 25 Nov to get it for $3.00

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Nov 23, 2011 10:07:44   #
russelray Loc: La Mesa CA
 
I think you also need a Class 10 card if you take action shots or you get trigger happy with doing 4, 5, 6 frames per second. I can tell you from experience using a Canon Rebel XSi and a 550D that if you're out photographing the basketball or football game and taking 50 shots in a 10 second span, you're going to lose probably half of those shots because they either don't get writtten to the card properly or you're sitting there waiting for the camera to write the data to the card. It's frustrating.

I buy only Class 10 cards now.

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