Best card for P80? I just bought a P80. What's the best card? I picked up a Lexar Pro 4gb 133x, but it seems slow to write. Is a SanDisk faster? Is the SanDisk Extreme III 30mbs a good choice? Other thoughts?Thanks. Best card for P80? I just bought a P80. What's the best card? I picked up a Lexar Pro 4gb 133x, but it seems slow to write. Is a SanDisk faster? Is the SanDisk Extreme III 30mbs a good... » Read More Best card for P80? I just bought a P80. What's the best card? I picked up a Lexar Pro 4gb 133x, but it seems slow to write. Is a SanDisk faster? Is the SanDisk Extreme III 30mbs a good choice? Other thoughts?Thanks. « Show Less
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I use the D90 and the sandisk extreme III is an excellent card. If you want to save a little money go with the sandisk ultra. I purchased the P80 for my girlfriend; she is using the ultra and loves it. You will notice a considerable difference with the extreme and ultra compared to a "regular" card.
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I was told by a Nikon representitive that you want to format any card before using or the display can malfunction months to even years after.
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A Sandisk Ultra (15MB/s) writes at about 9-10 so anything faster would be wasted, generally. I tested shooting RAW+JPEG continuous (11-13MB per shot, max 0.9 fps) and got a small delay of 21 instead of 28 shots in 30 sec. Perhaps an Extreme III 20MB/s card would help, if the camera can in fact write any faster. The manual says class 4 for video but my 1st gen EyeFi (2.3MB/s write) keeps up fine. This is just not a camera that needs a fast card. FWIW, for burst shooting, try "low light" mode. min iso 320 and 1/4 res, but does 3 fps jpeg
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Transcend has about the fastest upload speed and make quality product. I've been using their larger cards in my digital SLR cameras for years and have never had one fail for any reason including my abuse. I purchased two of their 32GB cards when I bought the Panasonic Video recorder.
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From Sandisk's website for the Extreme Pro: write speeds up to 90 MB/s** (600X) and read speeds up to 95 MB/s** (633X) . The caveat and double asterisk is that the speed may be limited by your camera. They work just fine in full-frame professional DSLRs. Extreme Pro are much faster than Extreme cards. It varies by specific card by the rated speeds may be 1.5 to 2.0 times faster. You can see the specs on Sandisk's website. Their website also has a device-recommendation tool where you can get a recommendation for your camera or other device.
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I have been using a Sandisk 4GB SDHC (class 2 speed), and a Sandisk 8GB SDHC Extreme III (class 6 speed) with this camera and both seem to work fine. I've noticed that some retailers claim in their "specifications" sections that this camera can only use cards up to 2GB (not SDHC), but I haven't found this to be the case. I'm not sure if I'll actually be able to get the full 4-8GB storage capacity out of my cards, but compatibility hasn't been a problem. Hope this info helps.
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I had the same question so I spoke with a Canon rep today. He recommended SanDisk but noted that the sd780is only writes up to 18-19 MB/sec. So it's essentially a waste of money to purchase a card that writes any faster than 20 MB/sec. Check this one out: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0018M256G/ref=cm_cd_asin_lnk However, faster cards are likely to write and read faster through a card reader or on your computer.
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I purchased this one fo a slower machine. It went into a Digital Recorder for my Studio. I also shoot Photography Professionally and I've found that the Faster Class 10 Memory Cards work the best. When shooting photography you want the best CF or SD card you can get. With Photography I also use the larger size memory cards. I hope that helps. If you have any questions in regards to photography I'd be more than happy to answer it if I can.
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Its a Class 10 Card which means its fast. I can say it does write faster than other Class 10 cards I have. I have a 24 MP camera and even at its top quality setting I have never had to wait on it. It also works very well in the Video mode. And the price cant be beat.
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I paid $30 for a Sandisk 8GB card, and when I tried to take a video, after one minute, it shut down and said that the card doesn;t write fast enough. Is this a defect of the camera or the card. In any case, I feel burned by this and feel like sending the camera back to Amazon.
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Who on earth told you that? I bought the sandisk extreme at a great discounted price, it has been working until to-date since the last few months, without any problem. I have been buying from Amazon and so far I have not faced any problems on return or refunds. Have faith and trust in Amazon, it is one of the most reliable internet portal. Read the reviews before you order. It should be reliable and gives you a good idea.
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I'm using a class 4 8GB SDHC card (Sandisk Ultra II) with my Canon S90 camera. Haven't gotten any hiccups so far and it loads images plenty fast for me. Though there are some cameras out there that will want a minimum speed from SD cards. For instance, most dslr cameras will benefit from using class 6 (minimum write speed of 6MB/sec) SD cards because it can shoot multiple frames per second. Some go as high as 9fps. There aren't very many Point and Shoot cameras that support such a high frame rate so in short they can't benefit from the latest and greatest SDHC cards.
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It is a very good card!!, but if u don't mind spending more I would buy a 780, 780 should be about 20% faster. Regards!!
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$100 more bucks for an extra 28~gigs? ouch. might as well just buy the 32gb edition and then pick up a Sandisk 128gb SD card that comes out soon (yes, it's compatible) and get more for your money. just my opinion though!
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I am a Canon shooter, but several of my friends use Nikons. We all feel the SanDisk compact flash cards are the most reliable. I have been using SanDisk cards for nearly ten years, and Those cards are still reliable. I can't say that about some other cheaper brands. Each of the others worked fine at first, but they eventually failed, some after as few as 6 months. For my shooting, a 16 GB compact flash card is almost always sufficient, but I do carry a 4GB and an 8GB card just in case.
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I am using an 8 gb lexan memory card. It seems to working be working well. You also get about 1226 shots with this card at maximum resolution. I don't know if it will take a sd card with more memory or not. Thank you, T.P. Rose I am using an 8 gb lexan memory card. It seems to working be working well. You also get about 1226 shots with this card at maximum resolution. I don't know if it will take a sd card with more memory or not. Thank you, T.P. Rose
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"Formatting the card will definitely speed things up over an un-formatted card."Thank you Les. I follow your logic. Also, do you know how to format a card?Thanks again!
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I have a class 2 2GB card and a class 4 8GB card. Both of mine worked just fine. The only gripe I have is when I shot at 12 megapixels it takes a bit to load on the card if you are trying to shot several shots in a row. I think maybe lowering the quality a bit or possibly a class 6 card might help but really don't know for certain.