custodian Loc: New York

Is this a good deal? Scandisk Extreme Pro 64 gb UHS-1 for $99 or a Extreme Pro Plus 64 SDXC UHS-3 for $199.99 Is it better to have a class 10? I have a Nikon d5200

Jahawk Loc: Rhode Island

check this out
http://www.cameramemoryspeed.com/

Mr PC Loc: Austin, TX

I also have a D5200 and have been using a Sony 64GB Class 10 40MB/s SDXC1 card for about a year and a half. It was probably $65 at the time. It is not the bottleneck, the camera's buffer is the limitation on writing continuous shots while doing action photos. I shoot strictly RAW, so I'm lucky to get more than 2 seconds of 5 frames a second before buffering slows me down. The new D7200 might be better able to take advantage of an extreme card like you are considering, but I think most any good Class 10 will serve you well on a D5200. My 2 cents. Hope this helps.

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

This was a very good source. Found actual 'write' test data for various cards in the Sony a6000. First impression, SD card labeling for MB/s do not even come close to test 'write' speeds. There needs to be consumer pressure to get accurate speed markers on the labels.

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

Forgot to mention that price is not an indicator, either.

custodian Loc: New York

thank you the onfo is helpful!

marcomarks Loc: Ft. Myers, FL

I have a Sandisk Extreme 32GB UHS-1 that I bought for $17.99 at Costco around Christmas time. That would be $36 for two of them = 64GB. It far exceeds Class 10 minimum speed of 30MB/s because it's rated at 80MB/s. I'd say $99 for a 64GB single card is quite high actually. Either one that you listed is overkill for a dSLR anyway and even overkill for 1080p video. A faster card doesn't mean the camera itself can read and write faster. It has a limit as to how fast its electronics works.

If you're into cars you might remember the days when guys would put (3) 2-barrel carburetors or (2) huge 4-barrels on a mediocre stock engine and it did no good because the engine couldn't drink that much air and fuel and was actually drowning. Same is true of sticking a super high speed card into a dSLR.

When exceeding the speed of the camera itself, you're throwing money down a rat hole if you're buying absurdly faster and faster cards - unless you plan on getting a newer future camera model that can take advantage of it later, maybe for shooting 48MP RAW files or 4K video.

In the days of Class 2, Class 4, Class 6, and Class 10, it was logical to buy faster than you need but the race for card speeds seems to have come to a saturation point with current camera technology. I don't believe a D5200 (actually considered old technology at this point) can take advantage of card speeds as high as a UHS-1.

JimH123 Loc: Morgan Hill, CA

I also bought some of those SanDisk cards at Costco about that time. And I can take a picture and watch how long the busy light is lit on the camera and then use some other card which is supposed to be the same speed, and notice how much longer it takes for the busy light to go out. They are not anywhere near equal.

custodian Loc: New York

So just go with the 32GB uhs-1 and ill have plenty of space for pictures and video