SD card for 4/3: I have been shooting with my Nikons for a long time and recently purchased a LUMIX GX85 4/3 and am trying to find the best, fastest card to use . BTW love the camera.

Stan Fayer

I have been shooting with my Nikons for a long time and recently purchased a LUMIX GX85
4/3 and am trying to find the best, fastest card to use . BTW love the camera.

JohnR Loc: The Gates of Hell

Download the manual and read it - it will tell you which SD cards are compatible.

wildweasel

I use the Lexar 1000x in both my Olympus EM 1 Mark II and Mark III and it does what I need for wildlife and landscape.

Stan Fayer

Thanks , I have read the manual but as per usual the companies try to sell their products and don’t recommend any others when sometimes another brand may work better.

Brian S. Loc: Oak Park, MI

I just googled your issue and got this link...................
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=lumix+gx85+memory+card&hvadid=557504563617&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9016953&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=13735986278195732725&hvtargid=kwd-1211234337968&hydadcr=13162_13368175&tag=googhydr-20&ref=pd_sl_3vjifepjnt_e

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Stan Fayer wrote:

I have been shooting with my Nikons for a long time and recently purchased a LUMIX GX85
4/3 and am trying to find the best, fastest card to use . BTW love the camera.

When it comes to choice of cards, you absolutely must read the manual to determine what range of types, speeds, and capacities are usable and required in your camera. A bunch of opinions from people on UHH is not going to be helpful.

Read the fine manual. PDF downloads are usually available from camera manufacturers and megastores like B&H.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

I have Lumix GX8. I use 32 GB Sandisk Extreme cards and they exceed the abilities of the camera. The price is down to $9 at B&H. If you want to throw a little money at it, get what B&H says is their 'best seller', the 64 GB Sandisk Extreme Pro for $12.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1692701-REG/sandisk_sdsdxxu_064g_ancin_64gb_extreme_pro_uhs_i.html

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

bsprague wrote:

I have Lumix GX8. I use 32 GB Sandisk Extreme cards and they exceed the abilities of the camera. The price is down to $9 at B&H. If you want to throw a little money at it, get what B&H says is their 'best seller', the 64 GB Sandisk Extreme Pro for $12.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1692701-REG/sandisk_sdsdxxu_064g_ancin_64gb_extreme_pro_uhs_i.html

That's a good one and I have a few. It's funny how an SDXC card costs about the same as a single roll of 35mm film, right?

rcarol

burkphoto wrote:

When it comes to choice of cards, you absolutely must read the manual to determine what range of types, speeds, and capacities are usable and required in your camera. A bunch of opinions from people on UHH is not going to be helpful.

Read the fine manual. PDF downloads are usually available from camera manufacturers and megastores like B&H.

Reading the manual works until they update the firmware that includes changes that affect the memory cards. I've seen it happen too many times to count.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

rcarol wrote:

Reading the manual works until they update the firmware that includes changes that affect the memory cards. I've seen it happen too many times to count.

On Panasonic Lumix cameras? To my knowledge, Lumix firmware updates only ADD compatibility with larger and faster cards, up to the limit of what the processor can handle. They don't take away base specifications. That is the exact pattern I've seen with my old GH4. It can take larger cards than the original manual indicates. But it can't use some of the more exotic ones that later cameras can use.

Manual supplements and updated, searchable PDF manuals are usually found on manufacturer web sites. I've been downloading them for 20 years.

rcarol

burkphoto wrote:

On Panasonic Lumix cameras? To my knowledge, Lumix... (show quote)

Your point is well taken.

aphelps Loc: Central Ohio

burkphoto wrote:

On Panasonic Lumix cameras? To my knowledge, Lumix... (show quote)

Using larger capacity or performance cards may not deliver advertised speed in the camera. Actual speeds are reduced by the camera processor to levels governed by the processor, not the card. The camera will function normally but the fast card will not be used at its full potential.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

aphelps wrote:

Using larger capacity or performance cards may not deliver advertised speed in the camera. Actual speeds are reduced by the camera processor to levels governed by the processor, not the card. The camera will function normally but the fast card will not be used at its full potential.

Exactly. The exception is when a camera is released with a processor that can handle cards faster than those currently available, and at some point in the future, cards are available that can reach or exceed those speeds.

The Lumix GH6 is such a camera. It can process video at up to 1.9 Gbps. But the best currently available SDXC cards can't really handle much over 600 Mbps, which is why the camera has a Compact Flash Express Card Type B slot. All video modes that require media capable of 800 Mbps and faster must be recorded to the CF Express Type B slot. It MAY be possible at some point in the future to purchase faster SDXC cards capable of recording video at higher bit rates, in which case, a firmware update might allow it.

Some, but not all, modes that cannot be recorded on an SDXC in the GH6 can be recorded on an external SSD via USB-C 10Gbps connection.

Note that real world transfer rates are usually MUCH lower than the card's rated maximum advertised read/write speeds.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

burkphoto wrote:

That's a good one and I have a few. It's funny how an SDXC card costs about the same as a single roll of 35mm film, right?

Even funnier to me is those that whine about the $10 per month Adobe Photography plan being too expensive.

In 1975 I built a dream darkroom. I could do up to 16x20 color from 2 1/2" negatives. I can't begin to guess the cost in current dollars. But, except for needing a computer, photography is incredibly cheap. And, since most of us need a computer for other things, that cost doesn't count against photography.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

bsprague wrote:

Even funnier to me is those that whine about the $10 per month Adobe Photography plan being too expensive.

In 1975 I built a dream darkroom. I could do up to 16x20 color from 2 1/2" negatives. I can't begin to guess the cost in current dollars. But, except for needing a computer, photography is incredibly cheap. And, since most of us need a computer for other things, that cost doesn't count against photography.

Photography has never been exactly cheap. But neither are car hobbies, golf, fishing, etc.

$10/month for the Adobe apps is an entertainment expense. You can't go to a movie for that. Most places, you can't buy lunch for that, now. The hypocrisy of buying a high end camera system for thousands of dollars and then whining about software does not escape me, either.