Ordered D7000 from B&H. Need to choose SD Memory Card.
I plan to buy small memory size (8, 16GB) initially, buy bigger when prices come down.
Harder than choosing out a camera... Brand, Class, Capacity: How does it matter for 6fps shooting, reliabiiity & lifetime, and saving to a computer through USB 2.0? And who are these brands (kingston, adata, patriot)? Sandisk is only name I recognize but they're more expensive.
SD memory for Nikon D7000
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Posted 2 years ago #
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I don't know that much about cards, but Sandisk is what I have. 8 and 16GBs is pretty big. Just something to think about, if you get a bunch of 4gbs or 2 gbs then when you do shoot you have the images on different cards and if one fails you, you wont lose all the work, just some of it. One of the best things my teacher told me. I didn't think it would happen till it did.
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Can't go wrong with a Class 10 Sandisk and can get a 8gb on Amazon for like $45. There are two slots on the d7000 so you can always add another one. I think if you are doing video you will need atleast an 8, but like Niz said you should have another just in case something fails. I've tried other ones (fake or really cheap ones from China) and they are about 80% going to fail. Whether it works for a yr or not it is a guessing game, but I have had a friend who bought one and it still works 2yrs. mine however always failed me, so I stopped buying them. Up to you though if you really need to save money or not
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Amazing what an 8GB card will hold. I shoot 14-bit RAW with lossless compression in the D700. When I format the card, it tells me that I have 310 exposures. I recently filled it, and in fact it took 535 exposures to do it. This was with no compromise in image quality.
I too have found no failures with SanDisk, having used them for a decade and many tens of thousands of shots. At one point, they were including a free disc with recovery software with the purchase of a card. Never needed it, but tried it on some old cards and it not only found everything one would hope for, but it also found a bunch that had been discarded when the card was formatted!!
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I like this 8GB Class 10 one by SanDisk... pretty cheap too.
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-High-Performance-Card-SDSDX3-008G-P31/dp/B002GEQDK4/ref=pd_cp_e_3
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I have always done well with transcend. I ordered 2 16gb class 10 cards off Amazon for about 70 bucks.
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Just brought 2 of Sandisk SDHC 4 GB and 2 of Sandiks Ultra SDHC 4 GB with Sandisk memory wallet.
Price is 50 USD.
But in Bangkok, Thailand.
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You can get good deals on Transcend 32gb class 10's. They aren't as fast as Sandisk, but if you're shooting video you're going to need them.
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I recommend the Sandisk too, keep in mind you don't need the "extreme" version as they are much more expensive. The difference is realyl in the speed which your camera will write to them, this is something you probably would not notice unless you are a pro who shoots a lot of rapid action sequences.
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Thanks! Based on your inputs looking at getting maybe 1-2 4GB for photos and an 8GB for video (all Sandisk)
Leaning toward the Ulras based on their lower price.The D7000 specs say they used Class10/Extreme to get up to 100 shots at 6fps.
If I got Class 6/Ultra hopefully I'd get a few seconds (3 would be enough for me) before it slows?!On the video side, other than longer read times when I move it to my laptop is there any downside to getting Class6/Ultra (15mbps) or even Class4? I will be shooting either 720p or 1080p at the highest frame rate allowed. There's nothing I found in the D7000 specs, so I assume it won't be an issue?!
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My experience is that both Kingston and Sandisk are pretty interchangeable and Kingston will be a bit cheaper. I'd recommend class 10. I think the increase in speed is worth it and at the 4 GB size, the cost is pretty manageable. I have had good success with the transcend class 10 as well.
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we had this discussion before - which memory card should I buy, so please do a search. generally, don't save on memory cards. I use sandisk and can recommend it to everyone as the quality is good, speed is decent and price is affordable. as for sizes, You shouldn't need more than 8gb. if You need more, just go for 2-3 card setup, as it's more reliable option.
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adamz,
Hi! Found some threads on this searching, but didn't find 1080p and 6fps discussed.
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Indeed, what cards are good for shooting video? Obviously big capacity, but what are the recommended class, speed etc?
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I haven't seen the bitrate listed for the D7000's video (I even poked around in the Japanese language version of the user manual since it's available). For 1080p H.264 video, a normal bitrate is around 20Mbps (give or take 4Mbps). At 8 bits to the byte, that's about 2.5 megabytes per second (give or take 0.5MB/s), so you might need something faster than class 2. SD is nice that way because the speed classification of the card is just the rated transfer speed in megabytes (edit: I just looked around and see that I'm wrong: read/write speeds are usually higher than just the class rating in MB/s). I use class 6 and class 8 cards with my NEX-5, which also shoots 1080 video and uses the H.264 codec at about 17Mbps, and I've never had any problem storing video with those cards.
As to 6fps, the file sizes can be seen here:
http://imaging.nikon.com/products/imaging/lineup/digitalcamera/slr/d7000/features03.htm
I always shoot raw, so the ones that are interesting to me are:
Type, Size, number buffer can hold
lossless 12-bit, 15.5MB, 11
lossless 14-bit, 19.4MB, 10
lossy 12-bit, 13.6MB, 15
lossy 14-bit, 16.7MB, 12So, assuming you're using an SD card with a write speed of 10MB/second you'd expect the following timeline for continuous 6fps shooting at 12-bit lossless compression (15.5MB/image with room for 11 images in the buffer):
0.00s: 1st frame, 1st frame writing from buffer to card
0.16s: 2nd frame, 1st frame writing and one other queued
0.33s: 3rd frame, 1st frame writing and two others queued
0.50s: 4th frame, 1st frame writing and three others queued
0.67s: 5th frame, 1st frame writing and four others queued
0.84s: 6th frame, 1st frame writing and five others queued
1.00s: 7th frame, 1st frame writing and six others queued
1.16s: 8th frame, 1st frame writing and seven others queued
1.33s: 9th frame, 1st frame writing and eight others queued
1.50s: 10th frame, 2nd frame writing from buffer to card and eight others queued
1.67s: 11th frame, 2nd frame writing and nine others queued
1.84s: 12th frame, 2nd frame writing and ten others queued **shooting slows to empty the buffer**
3.00s: 13th frame, 3rd frame writing from buffer to card and ten others queued
4.50s: 14th frame, 4th frame writing from buffer to card and ten others queued
6.00s: 15th frame, 5th frame writing from buffer to card and ten others queuedPosted 2 years ago # -
TL;DR?
The fastest SD cards out there won't maintain but 1 or 2 fps once you saturate the buffer. ;)(but beautiful example above)
And pay attention to Mb vs MB when it comes to speeds.
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Drab said:
TL;DR?The pot calling the kettle black. ;-)
Yes, the main thing is to make sure you understand that the buffer is a 'data reservoir' that will eventually fill and then frame rate is determined by card write speed. And, like Drab reemphasized, remember that 8 bits (b) make up 1 Byte (B).
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Johnny appleseed,
Thanks a ton!!!! Great detailed answer to my question. I think I'm set!
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If you go less than class six for video you're going to have problems. If you're going to record anything more than your cats licking themselves or your babies playing pickaboo you're going to need a lot more than 8gb for full HD.
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Johnnyapple,
Where did you get the Japanese d7000 manual?Posted 2 years ago # -
stevem1928 said:
Johnnyapple,
Where did you get the Japanese d7000 manual?http://www.nikon-image.com/support/manual/d_slr/D7000_NT%2810%2902.pdf
Posted 2 years ago # -
I get class ten 8GB cards. I prefer SanDisk but Delkin SD cards are very good according to the ones I have owned. I prefer Class ten cards due to video use but in high burst still (action at 800 ISO and up) the above cards are very good. I would not recommend really big cards over 16GB as you are better off I believe in every way with a more modest cards and switch them out between shoots.
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Count me in on SanDisk Class 10 8GB
Luckily I've only ever once filled up an 8GB.
Doesn't matter anyways since I have my Lowepro backpack with my Laptop at reach to offload pics/videos.
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jonnyapple said:
The pot calling the kettle black. ;-)Yes, the main thing is to make sure you understand that the buffer is a 'data reservoir' that will eventually fill and then frame rate is determined by card write speed. And, like Drab reemphasized, remember that 8 bits (b) make up 1 Byte (B).
Thats generally true :-)
8 bits = 1 Byte in terms of storage. but even then sometimes there are check bits for error detection and recovery. In terms of data transfer I usually think of a byte as 10 bits due to the extra bits needed for the transfer protocol to ensure data gets there in "one piece" :-)
( yeah... my day job...sigh)
Posted 2 years ago # -
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