Author Topic: Which brand of memory card do you use? (Read 13650 times)

leaf · « **on:** July 06, 2009, 02:45 »

You can choose more than one option, but which do you use?

for some reason i started out using Sandisk and have never switched.

My first card was a 512mb I think. I have been happy with Sandisk. I only ever had problems with 2 cards, both of which died at the same time and were in two different cameras. Very strange. I was taking pictures at a concert - perhaps it was the magnetic interference from a speaker or something?? Very strange that two cards would go corrupt at the same time in two different cameras.

lurkertwo · « **Reply #1 on:** July 06, 2009, 03:28 »

Pretty incomplete since i-Pro and Toshiba (the ones I have) are not on there.

leaf · « **Reply #2 on:** July 06, 2009, 04:01 »

ok, added. I just looked at bhphoto and took the brands they had. i guess they are missing a few.

goldenangel · « **Reply #3 on:** July 06, 2009, 04:08 »

I also use Sandisk. They have always been very reliable, and the speed is good according to some independent tests.

leaf · « **Reply #4 on:** July 06, 2009, 04:16 »

Quote from: goldenangel on July 06, 2009, 04:08

I also use Sandisk. They have always been very reliable, and the speed is good according to some independent tests.

Yeah, now that you mention it, I had considered switching brands a couple times while buying and checked out this performance test
http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007
and found that Sandisk was the best price / speed / reliability.

I hadn't checked the list for the 5D mark II though (before now). It seems that Lexar has some pretty good cards as well.
Canon 5D mark II memory card speed tests

kaycee · « **Reply #5 on:** July 06, 2009, 04:18 »

I had a very small sony U10 1.3mp camera with a 8mb sony memorystick with it.
Does it count to

LOL

I stick now with sandisk or lexar (only for sony)

RT · « **Reply #6 on:** July 06, 2009, 04:30 »

Quote from: leaf on July 06, 2009, 04:16

I hadn't checked the list for the 5D mark II though (before now). It seems that Lexar has some pretty good cards as well.
Canon 5D mark II memory card speed tests

Don't buy a Lexar card to use in a 5D Mark2, sometimes they don't work, at least two of them didn't work in mine and after a bit of Google searching I discovered that Lexar and Canon cameras don't have the best relationship!
I've never had a problem with any Sandisk cards though.

gostwyck · « **Reply #7 on:** July 06, 2009, 04:46 »

I used to 'always use Sandisk' until I realised that the last two 4GB cards I'd bought from eBay were actually fake! By that time I'd used them hundreds of times without any problems over about 18 months.

I'm actually fairly sceptical that the supposed differences in performance are worth the money. They all seem to be the same to me. There's no moving parts (other than electrons) and they are probably all manufactured in a very small number of plants worldwide. You may be surprised to know that there are only two plants that produce all the world's ethylene glycol (antifreeze) and it's the same with granular salt (for your dishwasher).

Currently my main cards are 3 x 8GB, one Sandisk and two Kingston.

leaf · « **Reply #8 on:** July 06, 2009, 04:55 »

I agree with you to some extent gostwyck, but they DO make improvements in memory cards so to think that the $20 card is as good as the $200 card is a bit of a stretch. To do the test yourself, find your oldest card (assuming you have one about 5 years old) and take a few pictures in rapid fire mode and see how long it takes to save them. For me I saw a big difference.

gostwyck · « **Reply #9 on:** July 06, 2009, 05:09 »

That's a good idea __ I will try it out to see what happens.

In reality I usually buy the card one below the very latest model, Sandisk III rather than Sandisk IV for example. I assume I'm getting most of the performance for a lot less money.

I only rarely shoot high-speed sports, etc and have always assumed that the main limitation is the camera's own processing speed rather than the card itself. I note that when Canon specify the camera's capability of 9 fps or whatever they never add a clause "when used with such and such type of card".

Dreamframer · « **Reply #10 on:** July 06, 2009, 05:14 »

I use Kingston. I never had problems with Kingston memory. The only memory sard I had problem with was Acer.

Freezingpictures · « **Reply #11 on:** July 06, 2009, 05:37 »

Quote from: gostwyck on July 06, 2009, 05:09

That's a good idea __ I will try it out to see what happens.

In reality I usually buy the card one below the very latest model, Sandisk III rather than Sandisk IV for example. I assume I'm getting most of the performance for a lot less money.

I only rarely shoot high-speed sports, etc and have always assumed that the main limitation is the camera's own processing speed rather than the card itself. I note that when Canon specify the camera's capability of 9 fps or whatever they never add a clause "when used with such and such type of card".

Even an Ultra II is more than enough for most purposes. For Sports not of course... But the camera has anyway a buffer so you can take the first few images in the highest speed possible, no matter how fast the card.
I use Sandisk as well, never had a problem and they are reasonable priced.

ichiro17 · « **Reply #12 on:** July 06, 2009, 07:24 »

I have Extreme III, Ultra IIs and some Kingstons. Kingstons are painfully slow to write and read, while I have zero complaints about the Sandisk cards. I wouldn't go to any other maker than Sandisk after trying the Extremes.

Peter · « **Reply #13 on:** July 06, 2009, 07:48 »

CF Hoodman RAW Pro 300x

takestock · « **Reply #14 on:** July 06, 2009, 08:32 »

Primarily I use Sandisk, but have also used Kingston and Toshiba.

PixelBytes · « **Reply #15 on:** July 06, 2009, 10:08 »

I mainly use Sandisk, but I wait to buy them on sale because they are expensive. I have also used Transcend and Kingston though with no problems from either.

Transcend are a really good bargain and seem to read and write fast and have held up for about a year of regular use (so far, and still going), so I would recommend them.

eric.zx · « **Reply #16 on:** July 06, 2009, 10:49 »

I have just two memory cards. One of them is 1GB Sandisk and the other is a 2GB generic brand. Both have worked well for over a year. I don't usually do any action or sports photography, so I haven't really assessed the speed of either.

PeterChigmaroff · « **Reply #17 on:** July 06, 2009, 12:11 »

I imagine there is one maybe two places where they are made in the world.

melastmohican · « **Reply #18 on:** July 06, 2009, 13:50 »

Fastest at the moment. I guess underneath they use common flash memories. Is there any media manufacturer info available like for DVDs and CDs?

Squat · « **Reply #19 on:** July 06, 2009, 14:05 »

I guess I am the odd man out. I use a Panasonic Class 6 SDHC 16 gig. I had a great deal on it when I bought my camera . Been using it regularly and of course, my 2 battery paks run out before I can even fill up my mem card , even shooting RAW and RAW+ , Ext Dyn ISO combined of 200 and 400 ,sequential drive,with my 14.6MP cam.

antoniodalbore · « **Reply #20 on:** July 06, 2009, 15:32 »

I use SanDisk only, here my choice:

2x Sandisk Extreme IV 16GB
2x Sandisk Extreme III 32GB

bye!

Squat · « **Reply #21 on:** July 06, 2009, 16:43 »

Quote from: leaf on July 06, 2009, 04:55

I agree with you to some extent gostwyck, but they DO make improvements in memory cards so to think that the $20 card is as good as the $200 card is a bit of a stretch. To do the test yourself, find your oldest card (assuming you have one about 5 years old) and take a few pictures in rapid fire mode and see how long it takes to save them. For me I saw a big difference.

I have to agree with Tyler. With my K20D using the Panasonic 16 g Class 6 SDHC, I can do RAW and RAW+ rapid firing to create similar time lapse motion slides shooting over 40 -50 frames with only a short wait. With my older Olympus E3 which is only 7MP and uses the older Class 2 or 4 (I think, since it's 5 years old) CF card, I can't even shoot off sequential shots without having to wait till I fall asleep.
(exaggeration, .. lol.. but I think you catch my drift). It will work if I shoot SQ or HQ jpg, but not with RAW. (there is no option for RAW+ either . If it did, I am sure it will be even slower , since it has to process 2 images each time).

madelaide · « **Reply #22 on:** July 06, 2009, 16:44 »

When I purchased the camera at Calumet, they did not have a huge variety of CF cards and I bought their brand (name??), 4GB. Then I purchased a Sandisk Extreme II 4GB. I never had any issue with either one.

In my A620, I use Kingston, SD 1GB. I have two memories, and one of them has a fault that make me always lose one frame. I wonder why formatting doesn't mark that particular areas as faulty?

PS: I believe Caulmet is Calumet? But it is not the name of my memory.

leaf · « **Reply #23 on:** July 06, 2009, 17:05 »

Wow. I am surprised how large a market share sandisk has.

Phil · « **Reply #24 on:** July 06, 2009, 17:12 »

in my house (so not just me) we've had 1 pny and 5 ebay cheapies (2 different 'brands' of these) sdcards die. we had 7 sandisk from there basic to ultra II's and not one of them every had a problem.

after changing system I bought 16gb kingston, 8gb transcend, and sony memory stick, seem ok but havent really used enough.

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