Being that these 64gb sdxc cards are available on ebay for only $80 from sellers such courtesytrading and sinceritytrading has anyone ever purchased one of those from ebay and tested it with h2testw?
64gb sdxc 45mb/s memory cards class 10
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Posted 1 year ago #
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Is not this card a bit slow for the newer cameras? 35MB/s write speed is what I saw.
Posted 1 year ago # -
be cautious when buying memory cards from ebay. Most are fakes. i bought several to test out and found that the majority of them are copies that dont even hold what they are said to hold.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Yes for sure its one of those danger areas on Ebay right up there with sunglasses, and software etc. Some of these Chinese fakes hold a charge 5 times for about 20 minutes! I bought one for my D700 back in 2010. Luckily it was just a third battery for $20 but still I'd pass on these memory cards archp2008...
Posted 1 year ago # -
@kanuck Agree w/the idea of buying unknown items on eBay.... If one considers a few facts, we are looking at the idea of the weakest link in our "image recording chain". Why, if we have spent a small fortune on camera body, lens, other accessories, would we want to be stingy in the one area which is going to hold all of our "gold"? It would seem a better idea to purchase a smaller size (fewer GB) card with higher speed and to get the best quality, as specified by the camera manufacturer, than to attempt to save fifty bucks or so on a cheap card and potentially lose it all in an important shoot. Certainly, anyone doing professional work would not want to skimp on the memory cards they were using. Well, that is my opinion, worth exactly what you have paid for it!...ha, ha, ha..
Posted 1 year ago # -
I am with msmoto on this one, makes no sense to cheap out on the thing that actually holds all of your treasure till you get the time to load it off your card.
The Lexar Pro 64gb sdxc card 400x (thats a 60mb/s!) is available on amazon for $89.00 ... so there is just no reason to go for a cheap ebay noname card just to save $9 bucks!
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According to NIKON, the 60mb/s cards will work, but, once one starts shooting bursts, at 40+MB files....the buffer may fill and the camera will belch quite possibly. So a card that loads 90mb/s should work better. Most likely this is an issue more critical on the D4 where one might just hold the button down for a long time if chaos is occurring in front of the camera.... i.e., cars, motorcycles, etc...The real issue is getting the info from the buffer to the card as I understand it...
Look on page 434 of the D800 manual, available online for complete information. http://support.nikonusa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/17722
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@Kidraver: I use that particular Lexar Pro 400x card in my D800 - very happy with it. Performance is more than adequate for my style of shooting (shooting events/festivals) and i never missed a picture yet.
I usually double/tripple-tag a shot (better chance of avoiding out-of-focus/eye-blinking issues) but very seldom take long bursts. If i do and fill my D800 memory buffer (about 15 pictures in raw) then the camera needs about 25 seconds to write everything down to card and clear the buffer. During that time the camera becomes sluggish, but still responds - i still can take another shot every 1-2 seconds. As soon as one of the pictures has been freed from the buffer i can take the next shot .. and i still can browse/view previous pictures during the write.
I found the Lexar 400x to be excellent value for the price. Sandisk 95mbs (and the lexar 600x) cost twice as much and don't expect them to give me any advantage in real-life ... but if you think you gonna take a lot of bursts then go for it.
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