ralphc4176 Loc: Conyers, GA

As others have written, make sure the speed rating of the card is appropriate for your camera. I would recommend CF cards, because they are larger and harder to lose or drop. I would recommend carrying a number of smaller CF cards, 32 GB or 64 GB, than fewer 128 GB cards. One 64 GB card will hold a huge amount of photos, shot and saved in RAW + Large JPEG. It will also hold quite a bit of video.

MikeMck Loc: Southern Maryland on the Bay

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RichardSM Loc: Back in Texas

If I were you I'd go with SanDisk 16gb,32gb. Cards. Lexar I'd stay away from some of the reviews haven't been good lately it may be in the manufacturing of those CF Pro cards failing to download. Just be careful.

wer224 Loc: Bergen county NewJersey

Again thank you for all the responses. I will be going for the multiple smaller cards.thinking about it i also will agree what everyone was saying. Also thanks for info on cf cards write speed clearing buffer faster also the small media drive look Interesting. Bill

jimmya Loc: Phoenix

I recommend against large cards. These things like to fail from time to time. If a large card fails you've lost everything. If you use several smaller cards, say 8gb or perhaps 16gb and one fails at least you'll have the rest of what you shot.

Bushymonster Loc: Oklahoma City. OK.

The only thing I read that 128gb card will hold 58 hours of video. Cut that in half for a 64gb half that for a 32gb and so on
-Bushy

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

I don't believe in "putting all my eggs in one basket". So I don't foresee ever buying a 128GB memory card.

I use twenty memory cards in my two 7D and 5D Mark II (and have another twenty or so older cards that can serve as backup, if needed). The cards I use are 8GB and 16GB. These handle approx 250 or 500 RAW files each. 7DII resolution isn't all that different, so it should get similar numbers of RAW only. I rarely shoot RAW + JPEG because I just don't have the need. I can always make JPEGs from RAW, it just take a short time to do batch conversions, after choosing the images that are worth converting. So I's only shoot RAW + JPEG if on a really tight deadline or having some other immediate need for the JPEGs.

Some days I fill a dozen or more memory cards. By using a larger number of smaller cards, if any one or two of them fail or get lost or some other disaster strikes, I haven't lost the whole day's shoot. Granted, I've only had one outright card failure in 10+ years shooting mostly digital. And a couple "oops" failings of my own. Sure, it was a disaster... But only a small percentage of my work was lost. Imagine if I'd been using 8X as large a card and lost an entire day's work!

The only slight inconvenience is having to swap out memory cards every so often... But that really only takes a few seconds (including formatting the fresh card, which I always do).

GENorkus Loc: Washington Twp, Michigan

Just my own rule of thumb. Through out my history of digital cameras, if you don't take a lot of vid's or large bursts, what ever your camera is in MB's, get that size card in GB's or the next size over that.

EG:
When I first started to switch over to digital, I picked up had a simple 1.2MB camera, (In the early 90's.), a 1 to 2GB card worked well.

For a 12mb camera, a 16GB card although an 8GB card worked for quick things.

My 16MB camera, a 16GB card.

Following along, a 40MB camera, a 64GB card. etc.

For a long event that seems to last about as long as my batteries will.

bettis1 Loc: Texas

A lot of wise information here. I think that each photographer has to select the copying procedure that best fits his/her need at the time and the comfort level that it provides.

If the OP will permit me, I'd like to insert another question. With the number of cards that many of you have (40+ wow!!), do you date each new card when you get it. Otherwise, how do you track the age/use of each? When or if do you ever discard or retire an old one?

Bob

GENorkus Loc: Washington Twp, Michigan

Basically within a half year of a new camera body, about three years apart. As for the old, I still have some of them that lived and USB sticks. When clients or friends need photos if I don't transfer them on line I put them on old cards or USB sticks.

All of my Sandisk lived BTW. Only one of my third party cards out of a dozen lived and I try not to use it just because!

Correct that, one of my Sandisk didn't live but that is only because I dropped it in a crowd and someone stepped on it before I could reach it. (Cowboy boots are about as hard on any card!) LoL

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

I personally don't worry about the age or use count of the cards, but I do mark the date obtained on the batteries.