What speed SD card? I have fast cards in my D500, but I shoot sports and try for BIF so I need the speed. But I don’t want to spend a lot on speed for cards in an X-H1 that will use on...

Rab-Eye Loc: Indiana

I have fast cards in my D500, but I shoot sports and try for BIF so I need the speed. But I don’t want to spend a lot on speed for cards in an X-H1 that will use on the street but never on sports or anything else needing the speed of the D500. What might be a good speed? 90/ mps maybe?

Thanks!

PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

Have you consulted your manual or sent an inquiry to Nikon? Might be your best source of info.

Don

chase4 Loc: Punta Corona, California

Take a look here, this may help your decision: https://www.cameramemoryspeed.com

Best and stay safe, chase

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Try this testing site and compare their results for the D500 with how much you want to spend.

https://www.cameramemoryspeed.com/

Rab-Eye Loc: Indiana

PAR4DCR wrote:

Have you consulted your manual or sent an inquiry to Nikon? Might be your best source of info.

Don

This card is for a Fuji X-H1. I got it used so no manual, but I didn’t think to look online. Good idea.

User ID

Rab-Eye wrote:

I have fast cards in my D500, but I shoot sports and try for BIF so I need the speed. But I don’t want to spend a lot on speed for cards in an X-H1 that will use on the street but never on sports or anything else needing the speed of the D500. What might be a good speed? 90/ mps maybe?

Thanks!

Spend it anyway.

Such phantom problems. Buy more than you really need. You already did that when you bought the H1. Now you’re gonna quibble over a cheap thing like a card ? Buy the fastest card in the shop and know you won’t have foolish notions keeping you up at night. Sleep well my friend !

PS
Did you buy that xh1 that keh has for under $900 ? I was really tempted about that one ! Not many around. Very short production run.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Why not buy the same cards you use in the D500? Very little difference in price between mediocre and fast cards, and that way you can use them interchangeably. (I use the same cards in both my Canon 5D4 for sports with fast bursts and my Fuji X-T2 for that reason.

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

Rab-Eye wrote:

I have fast cards in my D500, but I shoot sports and try for BIF so I need the speed. But I don’t want to spend a lot on speed for cards in an X-H1 that will use on the street but never on sports or anything else needing the speed of the D500. What might be a good speed? 90/ mps maybe?

Thanks!

I've been using 95mbs with no issues, but I would advise you to try what you have and depending on your habits, they will likely be fine. I get the impression that some folks like to see how long it takes to load the buffer and it must be important for them. After many thousands of bird shots, I have yet to load the buffer, but that's me. I do have some faster cards and it makes no difference to me. Try what you've got!

User ID

DaveO wrote:

I've been using 95mbs with no issues, but I would advise you to try what you have and depending on your habits, they will likely be fine. I get the impression that some folks like to see how long it takes to load the buffer and it must be important for them. After many thousands of bird shots, I have yet to load the buffer, but that's me. I do have some faster cards and it makes no difference to me. Try what you've got!

Right. Makes no difference ... becuz:

When doing a burst you’re not writing to the card, only to the buffer. Most current cameras have fairy large buffers so they absorb the whole burst and then write to the card after the fact.

If you have a roomy buffer but your camera forces you to noticeably wait between bursts ... especially the longer bursts ... then THAT is when you need a faster writing speed for your card.

Usually the card’s readout speed is boldly on the front of the package but the writing speed is buried in small print gobbledegook on the back :-(

Bill_de Loc: US

Rab-Eye wrote:

I have fast cards in my D500, but I shoot sports and try for BIF so I need the speed. But I don’t want to spend a lot on speed for cards in an X-H1 that will use on the street but never on sports or anything else needing the speed of the D500. What might be a good speed? 90/ mps maybe?

Thanks!

That is fast enough for most still photography, certainly for your planned usage.

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DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

User ID wrote:

Right. Makes no difference ... becuz: br br When... (show quote)

Agreed, the D500 has a nice roomy buffer and for most shooting, the slower cards are fine!

TonyL Loc: Coventry, UK

However fast the rating of the card you use you can only operate as fast as the device you are using can write to it or read from it.

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

TonyL wrote:

However fast the rating of the card you use you can only operate as fast as the device you are using can write to it or read from it.

LOL! Bigger or faster is always better!

jerseymike

CHG_CANON wrote:

Try this testing site and compare their results for the D500 with how much you want to spend.

https://www.cameramemoryspeed.com/

Good site. Thanks for posting

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

Rab-Eye wrote:

I have fast cards in my D500, but I shoot sports and try for BIF so I need the speed. But I don’t want to spend a lot on speed for cards in an X-H1 that will use on the street but never on sports or anything else needing the speed of the D500. What might be a good speed? 90/ mps maybe?

Thanks!

For specifics you really need to consult pages 387 and 388 of your owners manual entitled Memory Card capacity. It will show you the image quality, image size, file size, number of images and buffer capacity.
I believe it will tell you what you need to know.
I use the SanDisk 64GB Extreme PRO UHS-I SDXC Memory Card, it has a write speed of 170 mps. Big cost, it will set you back $20.00. WOW. Expensive huh.
I use the D500 for birds in flight with this disk and my buffer is 200 images. More than I will ever need.
Good luck and keep on shooting until the end.
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