I buy SD Cards since 8 MB size, and i've had never a melon with Sandisk, Transcend, or Lexar SD Cards. But issues with Samsung EVO (into contrast with their SSDs, orange and white colored "EVO" series have been junk out of the box, DOA, in no camera working, it have been 32 & 64 GB SD cards.
Correction. The speed indicated on the card in MB/s not only is "read" but also "burst" speed. Like old hard drives, cards have an I/O controller (computer executing firmware) in them with very fast "cache" memory. Burst speed references that I/O controller and the cache. With old hard drives, when you read something that is not in the cache any more, when you write more than the cache can hold, then you got down to "media speed" . This is what "sustained" references in the case of these cards. A card that displays "30 MB/s" has that for read burst speed. It's C10 says that it can sustain a speed of 10 MB/s. My CFexpress Type B cards can sustain write speeds of about 1,500 MB/s and my camera is fast enough to be able to work with, benefit from, that. I generally don't need that but after a lot of images in a shoot need transfer to the computer environment, the sustained similar read speed in a Thunderbolt card reader means that I can quickly import the images into the beast workstation for processing. In short: it's always "burst" if nothing was added and only "sustained" if explicitly stated
super good bang for buck that I found was the V60 cards. They're generally barely any more expensive than the V30 cards, but can generally be a lot faster than basic V30 cards without costing as much as V90 cards. I use a couple of V60 cards to record 4K at 200Mbps on my X-H1 (about 25MBps) and it was rock solid while the camera froze up a few times using V30 cards because of the card being too slow (probably because of thermal throttling of the memory modules that lost perforamnce as the card heated up) It cost me just a few bucks more to upgrade to a V60 and never run into those issues again, even with long record times and heavy heat output from the camera. Maybe that was just a problem on this card specifically, or my camera specifically though
@matthieuzglurg6015 Agreed. I have a couple of Prograde V60s and on my Canon R6ii.. Recording in 4k 60 is a piece of Cake. V60s are the sweet spot and a standard for me.
I was searching about different types of cards just a couple of days ago. I'm so glad you made this video. Benj, I hope you make a video about the Sony a6700. I'm hoping to buy it when it's available. I would also like to know which card would be suitable for it if I wanted to get the most out of that camera. Would a v60 card be enough? Or would I have to spring for the v90 card? And would 128gb be enough for video? I'm not planning to shoot very long videos, but I do want to create some short films and such. I am a photographer trying to get into video as well. Even though I have a lot of experience in photography, I have never shot any video with a mirrorless camera. Also I have never owned mirrorless camera, I have used them on shoots, but it was only for photography, so I don't know anything about which card to use for video and stuff.
You can get two Lexar 256MB V60 cards that are their gold variety for $150 right now. Even procapture on my OM-1 won't need more than that. It took a lot of research to figure this out. I'd always had V30 cards before. I wish I'd had your video to explain this all to me before! Thanks for the info, sir. I'm sure many people will really appreciate it.
@@peeweebarney Any major retailer like Amazon or B&H Photo will have them. They work really well with fast cameras. The OM-1 writes to them incredibly fast, even if they're not the highest speed rated cards.
We gave Madison Megan's old Rebel and couldn't figure out why none of my SD cards worked in it. Yep... TIL that it won't work with an sdXC card and needs a good old regular SD card.
Good information about the buffer and how many seconds it takes to clear. I'm shooting concerts and I'm always missing shots because of the buffer. V90 is the way to go for me.
Sir can you help me my camera Sony a6000 which memory card use XAVC S video recording?90MB 64 gb low price memory card Amazon basic card. SanDisk 300MB 64 gb high price Which the valuable buying
Hey Benj, I was on B&H and saw Zeiss made lenses for the Sony E mount and was curious if you've shot with them before and if so what were your thoughts? Love your vids!
I feel like 95% of photographers need to watch this video. So helpful!
I buy SD Cards since 8 MB size, and i've had never a melon with Sandisk, Transcend, or Lexar SD Cards. But issues with Samsung EVO (into contrast with their SSDs, orange and white colored "EVO" series have been junk out of the box, DOA, in no camera working, it have been 32 & 64 GB SD cards.
I want to shake your hand for the video. Thank you for the education I appreciate it.
Correction. The speed indicated on the card in MB/s not only is "read" but also "burst" speed. Like old hard drives, cards have an I/O controller (computer executing firmware) in them with very fast "cache" memory. Burst speed references that I/O controller and the cache. With old hard drives, when you read something that is not in the cache any more, when you write more than the cache can hold, then you got down to "media speed" . This is what "sustained" references in the case of these cards.
A card that displays "30 MB/s" has that for read burst speed. It's C10 says that it can sustain a speed of 10 MB/s.
My CFexpress Type B cards can sustain write speeds of about 1,500 MB/s and my camera is fast enough to be able to work with, benefit from, that. I generally don't need that but after a lot of images in a shoot need transfer to the computer environment, the sustained similar read speed in a Thunderbolt card reader means that I can quickly import the images into the beast workstation for processing.
In short: it's always "burst" if nothing was added and only "sustained" if explicitly stated
Of course, a very helpful video to help select the best card suitable for the camera.
Hi Benj, I have a gfx 50s (I shoot in RAW + jpg) what SD memory would you recommend? greetings from Argentina
me watching this video preparing for my soon to be delivered PentaxQ7 from 2013 😅
Do you mean you really see us through the screen ?
Or this is a plain in your face marketing lie ?
super good bang for buck that I found was the V60 cards. They're generally barely any more expensive than the V30 cards, but can generally be a lot faster than basic V30 cards without costing as much as V90 cards.
I use a couple of V60 cards to record 4K at 200Mbps on my X-H1 (about 25MBps) and it was rock solid while the camera froze up a few times using V30 cards because of the card being too slow (probably because of thermal throttling of the memory modules that lost perforamnce as the card heated up)
It cost me just a few bucks more to upgrade to a V60 and never run into those issues again, even with long record times and heavy heat output from the camera. Maybe that was just a problem on this card specifically, or my camera specifically though
@matthieuzglurg6015 Agreed. I have a couple of Prograde V60s and on my Canon R6ii.. Recording in 4k 60 is a piece of Cake. V60s are the sweet spot and a standard for me.
I was searching about different types of cards just a couple of days ago. I'm so glad you made this video.
Benj, I hope you make a video about the Sony a6700.
I'm hoping to buy it when it's available. I would also like to know which card would be suitable for it if I wanted to get the most out of that camera. Would a v60 card be enough? Or would I have to spring for the v90 card?
And would 128gb be enough for video? I'm not planning to shoot very long videos, but I do want to create some short films and such. I am a photographer trying to get into video as well. Even though I have a lot of experience in photography, I have never shot any video with a mirrorless camera. Also I have never owned mirrorless camera, I have used them on shoots, but it was only for photography, so I don't know anything about which card to use for video and stuff.
Amazing video for camera noobies. So helpful and informative!
Which SD cards are good to use on steam deck?
You can get two Lexar 256MB V60 cards that are their gold variety for $150 right now. Even procapture on my OM-1 won't need more than that. It took a lot of research to figure this out. I'd always had V30 cards before. I wish I'd had your video to explain this all to me before! Thanks for the info, sir. I'm sure many people will really appreciate it.
Thanks for your tip. Where to get it? Ebay?
@@peeweebarney Any major retailer like Amazon or B&H Photo will have them. They work really well with fast cameras. The OM-1 writes to them incredibly fast, even if they're not the highest speed rated cards.
Great and informative video! Glad I purchased the right specs for my needs without knowing, haha :D
Great video, super helpful, learned a lot!
Do you have any recommendations on the most reliable SD Card brands? Thank you for doing this video!
I’ve used Lexar, Sony, Angelbird, and SanDisk without issue. The bigger thing is just having redundancy if at all possible.
@@benjhaisch Thank you!
v60 good enough for long videos im cluelss with cameras
For most cameras, yes. It just depends on your codec and frame rates.
Thank you for making this I was just looking to get some new cards, great timing and information!
We gave Madison Megan's old Rebel and couldn't figure out why none of my SD cards worked in it. Yep... TIL that it won't work with an sdXC card and needs a good old regular SD card.
Good information about the buffer and how many seconds it takes to clear. I'm shooting concerts and I'm always missing shots because of the buffer. V90 is the way to go for me.
v60 v30 july 24y
Much needed information. Thank you.
Thanks Benj, really helpful info here!
This is not a sexy topic, but you crafted this wonderful video for us because you care.
Thank you!
Sir can you help me my camera Sony a6000 which memory card use XAVC S video recording?90MB 64 gb low price memory card Amazon basic card.
SanDisk 300MB 64 gb high price
Which the valuable buying
Sandisk
does the angelbird 1tb sd card work with the sony fx30?
Cool stuff 🎉
Theu have been 13 usd for 7 years now.😮
Hey Benj, I was on B&H and saw Zeiss made lenses for the Sony E mount and was curious if you've shot with them before and if so what were your thoughts? Love your vids!
I have! I used the 25 and the 85 last summer and actually need to email Zeiss again about getting those lenses back in for a video :)
great i was just looking at buying new cards
Lexar professional 800x
very helpful. thank you.
Excellent info! Where are those card labels from?! 👀
ah I forgot, thanks! geni.us/TucTt6h
@@benjhaisch thank you so much!
Thank you!!!
Awesome video!
What is the C+1 that you wrote on the card mean at 09:33? You can use the Priority mailing labels and cut them to size to stick to those memory cards.