Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In my entire dozen year digital experience using 4 DSLR's and Digilux I've only had one memory card fail in the first couple of years. I think it was a 250mb. And I had odd brands the first six years I may have even had a Kodak name on it coming with a camera. But I've only had less then ten cards total in all those years. SD and CF. On 4/11/15 2:23 AM, "Philippe Amard" <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote: > Sold my D700 with its cards last month - 6 of them - as many brands as > you'd > wish to find in Europe or the US. > Only one ever failed over the time I had the camera, > it was a ? > Kodak > which robbed me of my colours, > RIP > > Amities > Ph > > > Le 11 avr. 2015 ? 04:03, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> a ?crit : > >> Just in case someone is interested as I know D700's are not uncommon on >> the >> LUG my year old 60mb's fast card listed below from last year is not made >> any more. They are 160mb's fast now and cost a bit less, 50 bucks instead >> of 60. That's the 16gb card. The word is out that the camera itself only >> writes to 25 or 35 mb's per second. So it would seem to be a waste of >> money. >> Any of it. But I think it would still work. And somehow it just might be >> a >> good thing. >> Driving a Ferrari 25mph is a good thing right? >> >> >> On 4/10/15 9:48 PM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: >> >>> On my DSLR I use a SanDisk Extreme 60mb's 16GB UDMA card it takes a >>> licken >>> and >>> keeps on ticken. The first real money I ever spent on a card I think it >>> was >>> 60 >>> bucks a year ago. >>> My camera really seems spunkier. Seems quite self assured. I think its >>> happier. I had a cheap card which made me turn off and on the camera. >>> And it >>> wasn't red it was green. Not a good color for cards. >>> I'm sticking with red SanDisk cards for now on. >>> >>> People on Nikon lists say " Supported is different than working." >>> My camera supposedly doesn't "support" a 16GB card. A fact that had I >>> known >>> that when I bought this for 60 bucks would have worried me. Despite all >>> these >>> people saying that everybody they know uses 16 and 32 gb cards in their >>> D700's. Now I am part of that "everybody" as its been a year. >>> But I'm not getting a 32 gb card as I cant fell this 16gb card. >>> I bet this same card if its made now cost half as much as in 30 >>> bucks...... >>> (he's checking) >>> >>> >>> On 4/10/15 9:31 PM, "Tina Manley" <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I have used the Sandisk Ultra cards and can tell no difference from any >>>> other SD card, including the Transcend cards that I usually use. Maybe >>>> I >>>> don't shoot as many bursts and don't need as much speed as others might, >>>> but I have found that a normal SD card works just as well as any of the >>>> super, ultra, extreme, or high speed ones do. But then I have never run >>>> into a bottleneck problem with any card. >>>> >>>> Tina >>>> >>>> On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 2:52 PM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at >>>> gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I 'm sorry to post this again because I suspect it has been discussed >>>>> but >>>>> inasmuch as neither the LUG Search function nor my internal memory >>>>> function >>>>> are working very well I'll have to. >>>>> >>>>> I see that Leica suggests Sandisk Ultra or Extreme Class 10 SD cards >>>>> with >>>>> speeds >30 MB/s. http://content.abt.com/documents/54249/LEICAM_FAQ.pdf >>>>> >>>>> There are some folks on another well known Leica forum who say the >>>>> speed - >>>>> both waking and shooting - is noticeably better with the latest and >>>>> fastest >>>>> cards, which have maximum speeds of 95 MB/s. I have also seen posters >>>>> in >>>>> various forii say they get faster speeds with 16GB cards than they do >>>>> with >>>>> 32GB cards. >>>>> >>>>> I'm just curious to know if any LUGers have discerned - when shooting >>>>> with >>>>> an M (240) or an M-P (240) - noticeably faster speeds or any other >>>>> _noticeable_ advantage to using 60 MB/s versus 95 MB/s SD cards, and >>>>> also >>>>> any _noticeable_ speed difference when using 16GB, 32GB or larger >>>>> cards. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> --Bob >>>>> >>>>> p.s. Uncle Dr. Ted is certainly free to ignore this thread. ;-) >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photographer >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/