Noob question about SD cards. lawls

[Bram]

hey guys,

I'm leaving for my fatherland (The Netherlands) and Bottrop, Germany in about 25 days (who's counting right) and all I have currently is a 4GB SD card, which I always thought to be enough until a week or so ago when I shot 3 venues in a weekend and didn't have time to empty it onto the computer. Soo since I will ve gone for a month or so I was looking at getting another SD card, maybe a 16GB one. Now I know they differ from quality judged on the little number in the circle right? 1 being the lowest and 10 the highest, now I found a couple good ones on Henrys.ca 16gb ones with the 10 quality.

Now I heard somehwere that that number only matters if you want the photos to show faster when you are snapping pics fast like at a sporting event or something.

I gues what I was getting at is this: Is a 16gb SD card 10... really worth $120.00???

 

[Robin Usagani]

just get the cheap one. How often do you need to shoot in burst mode with like so many pictures in a row? It also helps with long video if you have faster card. I know you like this answer (cheap one) because you are dutch :lmao::lmao::lmao:

 

[KmH]

The buffer in the camera is usually the limiting factor for shooting speed.

The number on the card is more about the upload to a computer speed. Unless you are shooting video class 6 should be sufficient.

Is your camera compatible with SDHC? If not, a 16GB card won't work.

 

[480sparky67 66]

Unless you're going to shoot a ton of video (assuming your camera is capable) or want to fire off 20-30 shots in burst, you won't need Class 10 cards.

 

[Stradawhovious]

My personal preference would be to have 4, 4gig cards rather than one 16gig.

Couple of reasons..... cards can fail. I would rather lose 4 gigs than 16gig. Also, if you are backing up at all, one 4gig card fits nicely on a dvd where a 16gig takes an irritating amount of portioning.

As far as speed is concerned, I work with SD cards and shoot in raw. The buffer in my D7000 writes just as fast to the 15mb/s card as it does to the 30. YMMV.

 

[sierramister]

I use the Lexar 8GB 20MB/s, Patriot Class 10, and PNY 8GB cards in my D7000. The buffer clears much faster on the Lexar cards than the others in my experience. They are only $26 for the Lexar cards, and they include a copy of some restoration for corrupt card software.

 

[Bram]

Thanks alot for the info guys. I have a D40x so I am just wanting to get some more space for my trip, any recommendations?

 

[480sparky67 66]

Taking a laptop? Download all your pix every chance you get. A 16g thumb drive would be a cheap insurance policy.

 

[Bram]

Unfortunatly I do not have the privelidge of owning a laptop, a dream but, not yet so I will only have my SD cards until my return.

 

[480sparky67 66]

Are you visiting anyone you know well enough to ask to use their computer for a half hour? Some hotels have computers available, as to many public libraries. Internet cafes might also have machines for public use. Just make sure you first do a thorough scan of the cards & drives when you get home.

 

[Bram]

Not really i'm going to visit family and stay with them but I would much rather just keep them on cards and empty them when I get back, don't want to go through allt he transfer processes.

 

[o hey tyler]

LAWLS

 

[Bram]

THANKS TYLER! YOU SHO FUNNY!

 

[480sparky67 66]

Not really i'm going to visit family and stay with them but I would much rather just keep them on cards and empty them when I get back, don't want to go through allt he transfer processes.

Just suggesting this for back-up purposes. I'd hate to see you lose of bunch of images because a card got corrupted, lost or damaged.

 

[Bram]

So you recommend getting a 16gb thum drive and emptying my card everytime onto the thumb drive? What if the drive gets corrupted? lol