Need some SD card advice please!

mumureo · Oct 12, 2010

Hey everyone!
I need some advice on SD Cards for my Canon T2i.. I'll be going on a trip to Japan (for 3 weeks) in about a week so I was wondering what kinds of cheap SD cards you guys would recommend for the trip

I'll be taking a Sigma 17-70 mm DC Macro OS HSM, 18-55mm + opteka fish eye lens attachment (do you think this is too much ><?).. I'm kinda looking for cards less than $50 and probably 8GB+ I'm thinking of getting 2 cards one for video and one for pictures only

swedberg311 · Oct 13, 2010

well you have to have a fast recording card for the video on the t2i I have a lexar one that was pretty cheap and when i have used it to take video it can record for as long as i need but usally thats only like 30 seconds to a minute, but if you are shooting raw u need a fast card or it wont keep up.

KmH · Oct 13, 2010

The speed of the memory card is usually not the camera to card write speed limiter. It's usually the camera's buffer performance.

The card speed can have a significant effect on the speed images can be uploaded to the computer.

If you want to check card speeds issues visit: Rob Galbraith DPI: CF/SD Performance Database