Memory cards
Jun 22, 2012 19:04:41 #
Yesterday evening I was shopping for a memory card. The one I have is only a 8gb and I wanted a 32gb card so I would not have to worry about space. In two months I am going on a trip and hope to take lots of pictures.
Imagine my surprise when I went on the web looking for them and found out memory cards have different classes.
I found this info below online and for the life of me I can't find that link today to share with you guys. Be sure after the info below to read the last entry because it is a eye opener.
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Class ratings represent the minimum write speed for a memory card. So a memory card with a Class 6 rating will have a minimum write speed of 6 megabytes per second. Canon requires a Class 6 card or higher in order to record and playback HD video with the T2i.
The class six is the minimum and so it can have problems specially with video jpgs and raw pictures all on one card at the same time. So the class has to increase if you plan to do a mixture of types and save them to a memory card. So after some checking the least the card is to be a 6 for just jpgs and a 10 if you want video and jpgs on the card. Most of the ones on walmart website on sale are below a six there is only one memory card I found on sale and it's a class 6. Oh and btw with the memory cards ALL memory cards have to be a six or above for video. Including yours. If you use less than a class six the video wont continue to record, refuse to record etc. In other words it does as yours does and only records for two minutes or less and quits. It does this because video is writing at a pace of so many frames per second and the memory card can not keep up if it is below the six. OH and be careful of off brand memory cards some fool you by putting a number higher than six on their card but the card is not displaying a class number it is only part of the name of the card. So i did some searching and two cards get mentioned that is sandisk extream, Lexar Professional, and a few others. But these are the cheapest in their genre.
Oh and even JPGs have their non perks of six or less. If you use burst to take pics or rapid taking of pictures like in sports mode then you need a class ten because most digital cameras take pictures at three or four pics in one to three seconds.
Lexar Professional (133x or higher) or a SanDisk Extreme (30MB/s or higher).
Another thing the lower the space of a memory card under 16gb the higher the chance the memory card is a class six or under.
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Apparently a few companies want to cash in on memory cards. They see the cash flowing and thinking many people wont pay attention to the stats, and only check that it works with their camera. Canon cameras need a class six or better in order to get pics video etc. So I went looking for a card after learning this above info and to my surprise I found cards labeled to look like they were class six or better but they were not class six they were class four. You see some companies not only put a number on their cards they also label with certain colors for each class. Walmart had several memory cards not labeled correctly. None of their on sale off brand cards were what they claimed to be as far as I could tell. Price was a give away. But the reviews told the whole story. Many people reviewing the cards stated the cards either did not work, or the cards would not record video. Or they could not use the rapid picture taking setting their camera could not keep up. Some even said their new card ended up corrupted and was not able to transfer to their computer.
Apparently too your camera will tell you what class your memory card is you have installed. But I don't know where this is on my canon T2i
This is all I have and sorry I can't tell you the name of the fake brand. I believe it started with a "T" and the card was either blue or purple. But I ended up getting a Lexar Professional 400x 32 GB SDHC card. Do any of you have your favorites? Honestly it took me hours last night to find a card because I am not well versed in the brands. I was sweating plus worried I will end up with a card that was not any good, or not labeled right.
Imagine my surprise when I went on the web looking for them and found out memory cards have different classes.
I found this info below online and for the life of me I can't find that link today to share with you guys. Be sure after the info below to read the last entry because it is a eye opener.
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Class ratings represent the minimum write speed for a memory card. So a memory card with a Class 6 rating will have a minimum write speed of 6 megabytes per second. Canon requires a Class 6 card or higher in order to record and playback HD video with the T2i.
The class six is the minimum and so it can have problems specially with video jpgs and raw pictures all on one card at the same time. So the class has to increase if you plan to do a mixture of types and save them to a memory card. So after some checking the least the card is to be a 6 for just jpgs and a 10 if you want video and jpgs on the card. Most of the ones on walmart website on sale are below a six there is only one memory card I found on sale and it's a class 6. Oh and btw with the memory cards ALL memory cards have to be a six or above for video. Including yours. If you use less than a class six the video wont continue to record, refuse to record etc. In other words it does as yours does and only records for two minutes or less and quits. It does this because video is writing at a pace of so many frames per second and the memory card can not keep up if it is below the six. OH and be careful of off brand memory cards some fool you by putting a number higher than six on their card but the card is not displaying a class number it is only part of the name of the card. So i did some searching and two cards get mentioned that is sandisk extream, Lexar Professional, and a few others. But these are the cheapest in their genre.
Oh and even JPGs have their non perks of six or less. If you use burst to take pics or rapid taking of pictures like in sports mode then you need a class ten because most digital cameras take pictures at three or four pics in one to three seconds.
Lexar Professional (133x or higher) or a SanDisk Extreme (30MB/s or higher).
Another thing the lower the space of a memory card under 16gb the higher the chance the memory card is a class six or under.
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Apparently a few companies want to cash in on memory cards. They see the cash flowing and thinking many people wont pay attention to the stats, and only check that it works with their camera. Canon cameras need a class six or better in order to get pics video etc. So I went looking for a card after learning this above info and to my surprise I found cards labeled to look like they were class six or better but they were not class six they were class four. You see some companies not only put a number on their cards they also label with certain colors for each class. Walmart had several memory cards not labeled correctly. None of their on sale off brand cards were what they claimed to be as far as I could tell. Price was a give away. But the reviews told the whole story. Many people reviewing the cards stated the cards either did not work, or the cards would not record video. Or they could not use the rapid picture taking setting their camera could not keep up. Some even said their new card ended up corrupted and was not able to transfer to their computer.
Apparently too your camera will tell you what class your memory card is you have installed. But I don't know where this is on my canon T2i
This is all I have and sorry I can't tell you the name of the fake brand. I believe it started with a "T" and the card was either blue or purple. But I ended up getting a Lexar Professional 400x 32 GB SDHC card. Do any of you have your favorites? Honestly it took me hours last night to find a card because I am not well versed in the brands. I was sweating plus worried I will end up with a card that was not any good, or not labeled right.
Jun 22, 2012 19:10:04 #
Yep we have had a few discussions on this. If you want to do video with your camera you need at least a class 6 card. That is what it has in my manual for my Nikon P500. And yes you have to be careful what you buy. Just like we have said with cameras and other equipment; If the price looks too good to be true then it probably is.
Jun 22, 2012 19:17:03 #
Yes, good quality, fast memory cards are usually worth the few extra dollars.
Jun 22, 2012 21:43:52 #
Hi Weebit
You might want to rethink getting a big card for your vacation. If you put all your pictures on one card and something goes wrong! You lose them all, or have to find software to try to get them back. I take 3-4 8gb cards and maybe a few that are 16 bg. And I always down load to the computer and a small hard drive every night. Just a thought.
Erv
You might want to rethink getting a big card for your vacation. If you put all your pictures on one card and something goes wrong! You lose them all, or have to find software to try to get them back. I take 3-4 8gb cards and maybe a few that are 16 bg. And I always down load to the computer and a small hard drive every night. Just a thought.
Erv
Jun 22, 2012 22:46:34 #
Erv wrote:
Hi Weebit
You might want to rethink getting a big card for your vacation. If you put all your pictures on one card and something goes wrong! You lose them all, or have to find software to try to get them back. I take 3-4 8gb cards and maybe a few that are 16 bg. And I always down load to the computer and a small hard drive every night. Just a thought.
Erv
You might want to rethink getting a big card for your vacation. If you put all your pictures on one card and something goes wrong! You lose them all, or have to find software to try to get them back. I take 3-4 8gb cards and maybe a few that are 16 bg. And I always down load to the computer and a small hard drive every night. Just a thought.
Erv
Ditto! :thumbup: Very good advive.
Jun 23, 2012 01:50:25 #
I thought about that and yes I have three cards all 8gb class six. I also intend to format the card on the camera before I use it.
Jun 23, 2012 01:53:44 #
Tea8 wrote:
Yep we have had a few discussions on this. If you want to do video with your camera you need at least a class 6 card. That is what it has in my manual for my Nikon P500. And yes you have to be careful what you buy. Just like we have said with cameras and other equipment; If the price looks too good to be true then it probably is.
Even Frys is selling 10X cards as loss leaders now. Guess Randy got too many 1X - 3X cards returned.
Jun 23, 2012 06:46:32 #
I own a Canon 7D and use a Transcend 32gb 400X card. I ensure I download after each days shoot. At B&H, $56 and 4.7 in reviews. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/666608-REG/Transcend_TS32GCF400_400x_CompactFlash_32GB_Memory.html Gary
quote=weebit]Yesterday evening I was shopping for a memory card. The one I have is only a 8gb and I wanted a 32gb card so I would not have to worry about space. In two months I am going on a trip and hope to take lots of pictures.
Imagine my surprise when I went on the web looking for them and found out memory cards have different classes.
I found this info below online and for the life of me I can't find that link today to share with you guys. Be sure after the info below to read the last entry because it is a eye opener.
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Class ratings represent the minimum write speed for a memory card. So a memory card with a Class 6 rating will have a minimum write speed of 6 megabytes per second. Canon requires a Class 6 card or higher in order to record and playback HD video with the T2i.
The class six is the minimum and so it can have problems specially with video jpgs and raw pictures all on one card at the same time. So the class has to increase if you plan to do a mixture of types and save them to a memory card. So after some checking the least the card is to be a 6 for just jpgs and a 10 if you want video and jpgs on the card. Most of the ones on walmart website on sale are below a six there is only one memory card I found on sale and it's a class 6. Oh and btw with the memory cards ALL memory cards have to be a six or above for video. Including yours. If you use less than a class six the video wont continue to record, refuse to record etc. In other words it does as yours does and only records for two minutes or less and quits. It does this because video is writing at a pace of so many frames per second and the memory card can not keep up if it is below the six. OH and be careful of off brand memory cards some fool you by putting a number higher than six on their card but the card is not displaying a class number it is only part of the name of the card. So i did some searching and two cards get mentioned that is sandisk extream, Lexar Professional, and a few others. But these are the cheapest in their genre.
Oh and even JPGs have their non perks of six or less. If you use burst to take pics or rapid taking of pictures like in sports mode then you need a class ten because most digital cameras take pictures at three or four pics in one to three seconds.
Lexar Professional (133x or higher) or a SanDisk Extreme (30MB/s or higher).
Another thing the lower the space of a memory card under 16gb the higher the chance the memory card is a class six or under.
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Apparently a few companies want to cash in on memory cards. They see the cash flowing and thinking many people wont pay attention to the stats, and only check that it works with their camera. Canon cameras need a class six or better in order to get pics video etc. So I went looking for a card after learning this above info and to my surprise I found cards labeled to look like they were class six or better but they were not class six they were class four. You see some companies not only put a number on their cards they also label with certain colors for each class. Walmart had several memory cards not labeled correctly. None of their on sale off brand cards were what they claimed to be as far as I could tell. Price was a give away. But the reviews told the whole story. Many people reviewing the cards stated the cards either did not work, or the cards would not record video. Or they could not use the rapid picture taking setting their camera could not keep up. Some even said their new card ended up corrupted and was not able to transfer to their computer.
Apparently too your camera will tell you what class your memory card is you have installed. But I don't know where this is on my canon T2i
This is all I have and sorry I can't tell you the name of the fake brand. I believe it started with a "T" and the card was either blue or purple. But I ended up getting a Lexar Professional 400x 32 GB SDHC card. Do any of you have your favorites? Honestly it took me hours last night to find a card because I am not well versed in the brands. I was sweating plus worried I will end up with a card that was not any good, or not labeled right.[/quote]
quote=weebit]Yesterday evening I was shopping for a memory card. The one I have is only a 8gb and I wanted a 32gb card so I would not have to worry about space. In two months I am going on a trip and hope to take lots of pictures.
Imagine my surprise when I went on the web looking for them and found out memory cards have different classes.
I found this info below online and for the life of me I can't find that link today to share with you guys. Be sure after the info below to read the last entry because it is a eye opener.
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Class ratings represent the minimum write speed for a memory card. So a memory card with a Class 6 rating will have a minimum write speed of 6 megabytes per second. Canon requires a Class 6 card or higher in order to record and playback HD video with the T2i.
The class six is the minimum and so it can have problems specially with video jpgs and raw pictures all on one card at the same time. So the class has to increase if you plan to do a mixture of types and save them to a memory card. So after some checking the least the card is to be a 6 for just jpgs and a 10 if you want video and jpgs on the card. Most of the ones on walmart website on sale are below a six there is only one memory card I found on sale and it's a class 6. Oh and btw with the memory cards ALL memory cards have to be a six or above for video. Including yours. If you use less than a class six the video wont continue to record, refuse to record etc. In other words it does as yours does and only records for two minutes or less and quits. It does this because video is writing at a pace of so many frames per second and the memory card can not keep up if it is below the six. OH and be careful of off brand memory cards some fool you by putting a number higher than six on their card but the card is not displaying a class number it is only part of the name of the card. So i did some searching and two cards get mentioned that is sandisk extream, Lexar Professional, and a few others. But these are the cheapest in their genre.
Oh and even JPGs have their non perks of six or less. If you use burst to take pics or rapid taking of pictures like in sports mode then you need a class ten because most digital cameras take pictures at three or four pics in one to three seconds.
Lexar Professional (133x or higher) or a SanDisk Extreme (30MB/s or higher).
Another thing the lower the space of a memory card under 16gb the higher the chance the memory card is a class six or under.
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Apparently a few companies want to cash in on memory cards. They see the cash flowing and thinking many people wont pay attention to the stats, and only check that it works with their camera. Canon cameras need a class six or better in order to get pics video etc. So I went looking for a card after learning this above info and to my surprise I found cards labeled to look like they were class six or better but they were not class six they were class four. You see some companies not only put a number on their cards they also label with certain colors for each class. Walmart had several memory cards not labeled correctly. None of their on sale off brand cards were what they claimed to be as far as I could tell. Price was a give away. But the reviews told the whole story. Many people reviewing the cards stated the cards either did not work, or the cards would not record video. Or they could not use the rapid picture taking setting their camera could not keep up. Some even said their new card ended up corrupted and was not able to transfer to their computer.
Apparently too your camera will tell you what class your memory card is you have installed. But I don't know where this is on my canon T2i
This is all I have and sorry I can't tell you the name of the fake brand. I believe it started with a "T" and the card was either blue or purple. But I ended up getting a Lexar Professional 400x 32 GB SDHC card. Do any of you have your favorites? Honestly it took me hours last night to find a card because I am not well versed in the brands. I was sweating plus worried I will end up with a card that was not any good, or not labeled right.[/quote]
Jun 23, 2012 06:54:31 #
Erv wrote:
Hi Weebit
You might want to rethink getting a big card for your vacation. If you put all your pictures on one card and something goes wrong! You lose them all, or have to find software to try to get them back. I take 3-4 8gb cards and maybe a few that are 16 bg. And I always down load to the computer and a small hard drive every night. Just a thought.
Erv
You might want to rethink getting a big card for your vacation. If you put all your pictures on one card and something goes wrong! You lose them all, or have to find software to try to get them back. I take 3-4 8gb cards and maybe a few that are 16 bg. And I always down load to the computer and a small hard drive every night. Just a thought.
Erv
My thoughts exactly. Let's face it, memory cards aren't that heavy to cart around are they.
Lorri.
Jun 23, 2012 06:59:12 #
Jun 23, 2012 08:19:04 #
A professional friend of mine going on an extended trip takes along a pocketful of smaller (8gb) cards and simply fills them up and stores them. At night, he downloads and backs them up onto either an external hard drive (via computer) or an Epson viewer, depending on which he brought with him. With the lowering costs of smaller cards, he files the cards in a holder with trip information and then has backup copies of everything he's shot. Makes sense if you can get good yet affordable memory cards. And, YES, at least 10's not 6's.
Jun 23, 2012 08:54:37 #
32gb cards are great for video but if I was going on vacation I wouild take along 4-8gb cards. Reason being is if you lose the card, it gets damaged or becomes corrupted then all your eggs are in the same basket and you have not so very fond memories of your vacation.
my .02. worth!!
my .02. worth!!
Jun 23, 2012 08:57:02 #
Also, I only use SanDisk class ten cards and I have never had a problem with them. They are the best and the most costly but I fell that my work is worth the few extra dollars.!! An alternative to Sandisk would be Lexar professional grade cards they are good also but not as pricey.
End of my .02 worth!!
End of my .02 worth!!
Jun 23, 2012 09:11:05 #
I have the 16 and 32 gig storage cards. I get mine from a site I joined long ago and subscribe to as a member.
http://store.worldstart.com/category/cool-gadgets/cameras-and-imaging2/
Some available discs are show on that page.
Sarge
http://store.worldstart.com/category/cool-gadgets/cameras-and-imaging2/
Some available discs are show on that page.
Sarge
Jun 23, 2012 09:11:44 #
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