Two different memory cards on D810
Apr 27, 2017 11:34:58 #
Why are there two different memory cards and what is their purpose?
UNbelievably fast the D810 focuses and how quieting it is.
UNbelievably fast the D810 focuses and how quieting it is.
Apr 27, 2017 11:36:14 #
Apr 27, 2017 11:38:38 #
RickL wrote:
Why are there two different memory cards and what is their purpose?
UNbelievably fast the D810 focuses and how quieting it is.
UNbelievably fast the D810 focuses and how quieting it is.
Is it still a CF card and a SD card? CF used to be faster and hold more photos, not so sure that is the case now. So, it would depend on what you are using the camera for that day as to what card you might use. The SD card could be a back up, but would slow down the CF card considerably if it were not a fast SD card. Who knows, really, the camera manufacturers just seem to keep trying new things that photographers might like so we'll buy more. I think that is the real answer.
Apr 27, 2017 11:52:50 #
There are several options for the two cards:
Backup
Overflow
Raw+jpeg
Still+video
And more
Why are the two slots for different cards? Not enough room for two CF slots.
Backup
Overflow
Raw+jpeg
Still+video
And more
Why are the two slots for different cards? Not enough room for two CF slots.
Apr 27, 2017 11:53:44 #
CF Cards, when the D810 was released, were faster, and are still favored by a lot of Professionals as their primary card, with the SD slot as realtime backup. These days, probably about equal.
Apr 27, 2017 12:15:36 #
RickL wrote:
Why are there two different memory cards and what is their purpose?
UNbelievably fast the D810 focuses and how quieting it is.
UNbelievably fast the D810 focuses and how quieting it is.
I only use one slot (SD) on my D800 because I find when I shoot on high capture,it can keep up. Trying to write to 2 cards bogs the camer down. I shoot only in RAW d
Apr 27, 2017 12:16:03 #
rgrenaderphoto wrote:
CF Cards, when the D810 was released, were faster, and are still favored by a lot of Professionals as their primary card, with the SD slot as realtime backup. These days, probably about equal.
Thank you, my suspicion
Apr 27, 2017 12:17:59 #
So I ordered a cf card, am very happy with the D810 I had also ordered an older Sigma 170-500mm Incredible lens as long as you remember the light restrictions. The detail on birds is fantastic
Apr 27, 2017 16:02:05 #
LensWork wrote:
There are several options for the two cards:
Backup
Overflow
Raw+jpeg
Still+video
And more
Why are the two slots for different cards? Not enough room for two CF slots.
Backup
Overflow
Raw+jpeg
Still+video
And more
Why are the two slots for different cards? Not enough room for two CF slots.
Nikon refit some D810's with two CF cards.
Apr 27, 2017 17:15:10 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
rgrenaderphoto wrote:
CF Cards, when the D810 was released, were faster, and are still favored by a lot of Professionals as their primary card, with the SD slot as realtime backup. These days, probably about equal.
The fastest CF cards are still much faster than the fastest SD Cards. These are the specs from the fastest CF cards and SD cards
CF card - Maximum Read Speed - 160 MB/s
SD card - Maximum Read Speed - 95 MB/s
CF card - Maximum Write Speed - 155 MB/s
SD card - Maximum Write Speed - 90 MB/s
CF card - Minimum Write Speed - 65 MB/s
SD card - Minimum Write Speed - 30 MB/s
Apr 27, 2017 18:24:17 #
mwsilvers wrote:
The fastest CF cards are still much faster than the fastest SD Cards. These are the specs from the fastest CF cards and SD cards
CF card - Maximum Read Speed - 160 MB/s
SD card - Maximum Read Speed - 95 MB/s
CF card - Maximum Write Speed - 155 MB/s
SD card - Maximum Write Speed - 90 MB/s
CF card - Minimum Write Speed - 65 MB/s
SD card - Minimum Write Speed - 30 MB/s
CF card - Maximum Read Speed - 160 MB/s
SD card - Maximum Read Speed - 95 MB/s
CF card - Maximum Write Speed - 155 MB/s
SD card - Maximum Write Speed - 90 MB/s
CF card - Minimum Write Speed - 65 MB/s
SD card - Minimum Write Speed - 30 MB/s
Thanks for your explanation,it make sense sense.
Apr 27, 2017 18:39:02 #
The CF card is also in the Primary slot and I believe that most won't be writing RAW to an SD card in the secondary. If all your using is an SD card,that's not a big deal unless you're excessively using bursts. Too much is made out of write speed for normal use in my opinion,that's what buffers are for to a certain extent. The low read speed would probably bother more during their downloading procedures.
Just my opinions.
Just my opinions.
Apr 28, 2017 04:10:36 #
Thank you, I have ordered a cf card you are right it is the primary and all I shoot is raw
Apr 28, 2017 05:33:53 #
I like having 2 card slots but why do they need to be different? I have had various cameras and have a D810 and a D500 which all were purchased at different times. And now I have accumulated CF, XQD, UHS II SCHC and SD/SDHC/SDXC cards of various sizes, a memory stick and multiple card readers.
Seems way too complicated.
Seems way too complicated.
Apr 28, 2017 05:52:23 #
RickL wrote:
Why are there two different memory cards and what is their purpose?
UNbelievably fast the D810 focuses and how quieting it is.
UNbelievably fast the D810 focuses and how quieting it is.
That's one of the things that kept me from the D8xx series. I didn't want to have to buy two different kinds of cards.
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