www.artoftheimage.blogspot.com – I’ve had quite a few questions about memory cards, their working lifespan, and when should they be replaced. I address that here in this video… When to Replace Your Memory Cards SD or Compact FlashCheck out the new Art of the Image Recommended Photography Gear List at http PS If you have kids or know someone with kids, check out my latest online book, “Diary of a Nerd King” at www.nerdkingdiary.com. It’s funny and it’s FREE! Please pass it along… thanks! PSS If you have toddlers or small children, check out http for my children’s ebooks for Kindle, iPad, iPod, iPhone, laptops, etc! Please pass it along… thanks!
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19 responses to “When to Replace Your Memory Cards – SD or Compact Flash”
Great work!!
damn, thats really clean green screen work.
During some trips I’ve taken 1000+ pics a day, and shot several movie clips. I also shoot in RAW + Jpeg L Fine (what’s the point on having a 16MP sensor if you’re not going to record all it’s data), requiring about 25MB per pic, and 8GB per 20 minutes of video. Solved with a 64GB class10 card for JPEG and video; and a 32GB class 30MB/s min writing speed (Sandisk) for RAW. This speed and size discrepancy between the cards allow them to write at the same time. Enjoy!
UHS-1 aren’t necessarily faster than SDHC/SDXC (they’re advantage is the size, up to 128GB). Some UHS-1 are actually quite slower than most class 10 SD cards. Second, there is no real difference on the D3100 if you use anything faster than class 6 (page 177 of the manual). Class 10 cards will probably be your best bang for the buck. Enjoy!
Any class 6 or higher will do, if all you’re interested in are full HD 1080p/24 videos (page 319 of the manual). If you’re into shooting sports, independent testing has shown that the D7000 can take advantage of cards that *write* at 30Mb/s – but they’re expensive, and are overkill if you only care for HD videos, not fast shooting. Keep in mind that the D7000 only shoots movies of up to 20 minutes each, and that it requires ~150Mb/min (think about 6-8GB per 20 minute video). Enjoy!
Just be sure to get class 10 and you’ll be grand.
Google how much HD footage you can fit on say 8gb, 16gb etc etc and see for yourself
I use Sandisk Extreme (Class 10), 16Gb. You can find them on Ebay for very good prices.
good one Matt,,,keep em coming
SD = Secure Digital, it will remap bad sectors. There are no moving parts like hard drives. By the time the write cycles are used up you would want bigger anyway.
Thanks Matt, for another informative video. Always on point, very helpful. Keep them coming.
I’m planning to buy a Nikon D7000. I would like to shoot FullHD videos too. What type of SD card do you recommend for me to buy?
I always empty my card after evrey photoshoot, I always photograph in RAW and JPG, and the moss I have photographed in a day is 700 photos, which is a few Gigs. I have the 16 GB card now, and would never leave photos on the card. If you leave them, u end up with many pics, some good and some need to be deleted.
On the topic of accessories, what neck strap do you use?
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Damn, 64GB cards… would not want to fail such a huge space of photos. I’m happy with my 1 year old 8GB card. However, I agree on your statements.
Though, please let us thumb up (or down). It does bother me not beeing able to vote up the videos I like. And you are the only of my 150+ subscriptions that do it.
Philip Bloom was talking about memory cards on his high end camcorder that is about $7,000 dollars and Sony has cards that has data error correction. Those memory cards cost a arm and a leg. I do not know if they have those kind of cards with data error correction on SD cards.
That’s a tough question really. What I use is a Nikon D7000 with the 35 1.8 for video. I don’t have a mic yet either, but I do have a nice lavalier microphone. But I am looking into getting the Rhode Videomic or a Audio-Technica shotgun mic. I been using the built in mic of my D7000 and it’s been sounding really good. Check out my channel, I did a guitar cover with this camera and lens with the built in mic and it didn’t sound that horrible.
i shoted 8736451723645 times and nothing hapend to card :S
Matt i am looking to buy a DSLR for filming this summer and i dont know what should i choose because i need a good external mic and a good dslr for filming and a good lens all under 1000$ Please reply 😀
Keep up the good work