1d iv memory card choice

[tigerburnie]

Just wondering if any of you could advise me if there's one card better than the others and what do you use most SD or CF.

[Stan]

Re: 1d iv memory card choice

The 7DII has twin slots as well and I tend to use SD rather than CF cards now as they are easier for downloading to my laptop which like most has a SD card slot but not CF. Faster cards are better and both Dee and I use 32 gig Lexar Professional 633X

Stan

[the black fox]

Re: 1d iv memory card choice

Ithink you will find that a high speed compact flash will be better ,if more expensive ,but as Stan says a s.d card will do the main criteria being a fast write to speed as this will speed the buffer up

[tigerburnie]

Re: 1d iv memory card choice

Thanks guys.

[David Stallard]

Re: 1d iv memory card choice

CF everytime, known to be quicker than the SD every time. I used to just keep the SD in the camera as a back up in case I got carried away before swapping cards.

.DAVID.

[TonyT]

Re: 1d iv memory card choice

I use a pair of Lexar 1066x 32gb CF cards in my 1DX, they are UDMA 7 cards.

These ones, but I suppose it's a matter of taste, I bought them from these guys too

http://www.mymemory.co.uk/Compact-Flash-Cards/Lexar/Lexar-32GB-Professional-1066x-Compact-Flash-Memory-Card-

[Parsen66]

Re: 1d iv memory card choice

CF everytime, known to be quicker than the SD every time. I used to just keep the SD in the camera as a back up in case I got carried away before swapping cards.

.DAVID.

Same as Dave, CF for RAW and SD for jpeg or if a run out of room on the CF

[DaveG001]

Re: 1d iv memory card choice

There is a lot of choice out there - I use both CF and SD cards in my mkiv (both Scandisk extreme pro 32GB). I set both for raw in case I get the dreaded card full message - it happens sometimes because I am not disciplined enough :-)

this one I would have missed if I had not been able to do a quick fumbled change over :-)
C39C5185 by Dave Godfrey, on Flickr

cheers
Dave

[tigerburnie]

Re: 1d iv memory card choice

I plan to get a CF card in the second slot and try it out as it's faster, I have a couple of SD cards as well.

[AndyMulhearn]

Re: 1d iv memory card choice

I use CF and SD in my 7D2. The SD card is there for overflow if the CF Card gets full. Both are 16GB cards.