SD card class: Can anyone help me? I am taking a trip to Hawaii next month (second honeymoon) and plan to see the whales. I cannot seem to find in the forums anything about what class...

Mike Headley Loc: Branson MO.

Can anyone help me?
I am taking a trip to Hawaii next month (second honeymoon) and plan to see the whales. I cannot seem to find in the forums anything about what class of SD card is best for burst photagraphy.

I know with burst and shooting quickly/whales, burst will be the best. What I need to know, using a Canon T3, do I need a class 10 card, or will my current stock of class 4 cards work fine?

Ya'll are great, and heve loved reading your posts.

Karl P Loc: Leigh NW UK

Mike Headley wrote:

Can anyone help me?
I am taking a trip to Hawaii next month (second honeymoon) and plan to see the whales. I cannot seem to find in the forums anything about what class of SD card is best for burst photagraphy.

I know with burst and shooting quickly/whales, burst will be the best. What I need to know, using a Canon T3, do I need a class 10 card, or will my current stock of class 4 cards work fine?

Ya'll are great, and heve loved reading your posts.

Hi Mike

the followng article may help in the classification of SD cards
http://sdcard-speed-guide.articles.r-tt.com/

in the lower paragraphs there is a brief description of what each classification means

Sounds a fab Holiday - enjoy and we will look forward to the postings of whales.

Cheers
Karl

darkonc

Given what you're spending on the holiday, I'd say that it's worth spending the money on one or two class 10 cards. They're not that expensive -- unless you get a really large card.

If in doubt, try practising the kind of rapid photography you want to do on the wale trip, and see if your current cards supports it. If not, then you could definitely use a faster class of card.

billypip Loc: nottingham England

i have had a class 10 sdhc for around 3 years and its only recently started writing slower, it cost me £10 from amazon and is a Transcend make. Well worth the small amount i paid ! Go for the highest class.

Clif Loc: Central Ca.

The question would seem to be which is best? I think a class 10 card would be best, no need to go faster in fact a slower write rate would likely do fine. The class 10 just insures you won't be cramming your buffer full waiting for the card to accept the data. Also the cost is not that much more at class 10. I think I would opt for no more storage than the 32 and perhaps even the 16 but do take 2 or 3 cards. Please do take some photos with each before you go, I have had card problems in the past. I got rid of the camera before I knew enough to figure out the problem was the memory card. I know, I was stupid. A long story but the pain was minimal in the end.

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

I think your class 4 cards are fine. This body will only shoot 3fps/jpg or 2fps/raw. It will fill the buffer in 5 shots. Experiment. Set your camera to continuous shooting mode and shoot a long burst using your class 4 card in the camera. You shouldn't slow down to a crawl until it's captured about 5 images.

But if you are looking for faster transfer rates when downloading your images from card to computer, then the class 10 will have much faster throughput.

Mike Headley Loc: Branson MO.

Thanks to everyone :-)

Your coments have been most helpful. I have ordered a couple of class 10 cards and will experiment with them before we go next month. This is the honeymoon we never had and we want it to be memerable. I'll post pix when I get back.\

Thanks Again

Clif Loc: Central Ca.

Congratulations, belated as it might be, and do enjoy. Yes, do test the cards before you go, don't take the risk on a bad card and loosing a bunch of the photos. Correction, your priceless and irreplaceable photos.

Michael O' Loc: Midwest right now

Mike Headley wrote:

Can anyone help me?
I am taking a trip to Hawaii next month (second honeymoon) and plan to see the whales. I cannot seem to find in the forums anything about what class of SD card is best for burst photagraphy.

I know with burst and shooting quickly/whales, burst will be the best. What I need to know, using a Canon T3, do I need a class 10 card, or will my current stock of class 4 cards work fine?

Ya'll are great, and heve loved reading your posts.

Hey, Y'all ! Your remembrance trip sounds great. We'll wait impatiently for some of your sots -- oops, shots. Excuse me. I type Columbus style -- find a key and then land on it.
The absolute best I could find, and bought 4 of, was the Lexar Professional 1000x 32GB UDMA7 CompactFlash. They are not cheap,
but then neither is your second in a lifetime trip -- and not likely to be repeated. These cards are guaranteed to write at 145MB/s and transfer at 150MB/s. Captures 1080p full-HD and 3Dvideo with DSLR cameras. For more product or support info go to www.lexar.com/support

Huge storage capacity with superb speed. Can't ask for more. You don't deserve less for your trip. You won't be changing cards every other minute with these. Get the best and have no worries, mate, as they say down under. Y'all have fun now -- y'heaw. I'm ex-Missippi.
Michael O' .....soccermick33@yahoo.com

BSpillane Photography Loc: Vernon, NJ

billypip, try formatting the card after you download all the photos off of it and see if that helps with your speed.

billypip wrote:

i have had a class 10 sdhc for around 3 years and its only recently started writing slower, it cost me £10 from amazon and is a Transcend make. Well worth the small amount i paid ! Go for the highest class.

billypip Loc: nottingham England

BSpillane...........i format my card after every download without fail, i have read somewhere that a well used card does tend to slow down with age, when you consider its been in and out of the camera and reader thousands of times its not surprising and for only £10 i might even get another, thankyou for the input.

Larrie Loc: NE Ohio

jeep_daddy wrote:

I think your class 4 cards are fine. This body will only shoot 3fps/jpg or 2fps/raw. It will fill the buffer in 5 shots. Experiment. Set your camera to continuous shooting mode and shoot a long burst using your class 4 card in the camera. You shouldn't slow down to a crawl until it's captured about 5 images.

But if you are looking for faster transfer rates when downloading your images from card to computer, then the class 10 will have much faster throughput.

Your published maximum burst rate is dependent on your settings. Thought I normally shoot in RAW when I need max burst I switch to JPEG. If you use any of the Creative Modes (M, Av, Tv etc.) make sure that C.Fn-3 "Long exposure noise reduction" is turned off and C.Fn-4 "High ISO speed noise reduction" is set to anything but "strong". Your homework now is to become thoroughly understanding and familiar with your camera and ALL settings and functions before your trip. Have a good time.