Which memory card is right? (for your Lumix)

Which memory card is right? (for your Lumix)
How to choose the right card for you Lumix.
My name is Matti Sulanto, I'm a photographer and a Lumix ambassador based in Helsinki Finland. I'll publish a new video twice a week.
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  • @robinwong
    @robinwong4 жыл бұрын

    Great video talking about different modern memory cards! While I did not have SD card failures (corrupted/errors), but I have broken (physically) a few SD cards. They are fragile little things. And I am a clumsy, clumsy photographer.

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Robin. Those SD cards really can be fragile.

  • @gabrielebergmann3621

    @gabrielebergmann3621

    4 жыл бұрын

    use Sony tough www.sony.de/electronics/speichermedien/t/sd-karten

  • @Dicedogg22

    @Dicedogg22

    4 жыл бұрын

    Get a Room you two!! lol Kidding! I love both of you guys! Keep it up guys! Good Video.

  • @aengusmacnaughton1375

    @aengusmacnaughton1375

    4 жыл бұрын

    Robin -- I think that you need to upgrade to Panasonic full-frame, those huge L-mount lenses and the CFexpress/XQD cards -- they can handle your clumsiness much better!!!! :-)

  • @augustuswright8541
    @augustuswright85414 жыл бұрын

    As always, timely information nicely presented. Now very interested in CFExpress for the S1r, and hope we can learn more about this new type of card soon. Thanks for all you do for the community, and Happy New Year.

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks you! Happy New Year to you too.

  • @user-oi7sn4xe5m
    @user-oi7sn4xe5m4 жыл бұрын

    Hello everybody and thanks Matti for another useful video. I had a CF card failure back in 2007 while on assignment, with a Canon 5D and that was the only bad incident for 12 years UNTIL two months ago when I had TWO SD card failures at the same time! I was shooting a heavy metal concert and two SD cards caused my G9 (which I recently bought, love and trust) to absolutely freeze for about twenty minutes. Both were LEXAR cards and I strongly advise all fellow photographers to avoid using this brand with Panasonic G9 bodies. The moment I borrowed a card of another brand (SanDisk) everything went back to normal with the camera. I am also extremely satisfied with Sony and Toshiba cards...

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing this.

  • @marklaurendet1861
    @marklaurendet18614 жыл бұрын

    A nice review and roundup of the different cards. I had not thought of dirt getting into the slot of the XQD cards. While dirt may not get in if careful the fluff from the inside of a camera bag could well do over time as the velcro dividers certainly produce fluff as they are repossitioned. I have had a few SD card failures over the years. I learnt to buy good brands like Sandisk. My failures were a cheap card broke, plastic came apart and one Sandisk developed read write problems. Also I have found some card readers give errors when the same card put into another reader reads fine. I now try to avoid cheap card readers as well. I will look into those Sony Tough cards as well

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing.

  • @jestavraspati939
    @jestavraspati9392 жыл бұрын

    Hello, Thank you for this discussion 🙏

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching.

  • @garydubberly6608
    @garydubberly66084 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this discussion of SD & QXD cards. I have used primarily Sansdisk UHS 1 cards with only one card being damaged inserting it in a computer. It was my understanding that the G9 required the faster UHS II cards for some of the features of the G9 so I purchased one. Frankly I have not needed the faster speed for my photography. I would appreciate you discussing when the faster UHS card is required, if at all. I always appreciate your straightforward manner in your videos.

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your feedback. I'll get back to UHS II in my G9 video features video that is under construction.

  • @alang253

    @alang253

    4 жыл бұрын

    I have a G9 and went all out with the most expensive sony UHS II card. IMO it really wasn't worth it. I did some rudimentary tests compared to my UHS I cards and there isn't much of a difference until you shoot in 4k/SH burst mode. On L/M/H bursts there is a negligible to 1-2 second penalty with the UHS I card. For my shooting (surfing and wildlife) I shoot in bursts of ~10 photos max and the card will always recover. If you are a heavy SH Preburst shooter then it will probably make a marginal difference. The only time I caught up with the buffer was shooting in L burst in L.Monochrome with red filter and noise added. So heavy image processing. There is a lot of talk on the forums that the G9 can't r/w faster than ~150mb/s (can't remember exact #) anyways so these ultra fast 300mb/s cards are overkill and I believe it. Also many people said that the transfer speed is limited to the slowest card, so you essentially have to shell out for two very fast cards to take advantage of UHS II speeds. I don't shoot video so not sure how card speed affects video on the G9.

  • @bricenoh

    @bricenoh

    3 жыл бұрын

    Did you ever finished that video? I am debatting for a faster card to make reviewing faster, but from other comment here, it might not make a difference.

  • @tapanituominen7866
    @tapanituominen78664 жыл бұрын

    A very interesting presentation with lots of good tips! Flash memory cards should never be the weakest link since the results of hard work we invest in our photos are stored in memory cards and only in there until we have an opportunity to make additional back up copies after a photo session. When it comes to flash card standards, I am a bit sceptical of XQD or any other new format replacing SD's any time soon. SD is pretty much a de-facto standard in photography, computing, automotive applications etc. Throughout the years we have seen new formats come and go, some stayed alive a little longer like the old CF. Haven't used XQD's, but they give an impression of being somewhat fragile, like you pointed out with the dirt example. There may be some natural applications for XQD's, but I am not sure the photography is one of them. If I am not mistaken, SD's have a sufficient performance level and reliability for still photography and videos too, at least for now. Also, the dimensions of XQD cards are a bit bulky in comparison to SD's and in smaller cameras, like m43:s that can be an issue. I have used SD's since 2002 with quite a few cards for different purposes, but mostly for photography. Maybe I have been lucky, but during that time I have encountered only two bad cards. Both incidents happened with a relatively new micro-SD card and in both cases they were inserted in a mobile phone (not the same one though). I suspect that there may have been a problem with the cards getting too hot in both cases. If that was the case, I would think that a regular size SD, like in cameras, is more resistant against the heat due to bigger casing. The manufacturer replaced the cards under warranty, but obviously the contents of failed cards was lost. I find the overall reliability of SD cards very satisfactory.

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! Yeah, SD card will be with us for a long time and with some improvements, like the Sony Tough, they are fine cards.

  • @alvaro5162
    @alvaro51624 жыл бұрын

    Nice video, I had the same problems with my SD cards. I usually glue the swith so it doesn't move and cause inconvenience.

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @aramb
    @aramb4 жыл бұрын

    I share your suspicion of SD cards. I'm happy the G9 has dual card slots. I use the write protect tab every time I put the card in my computer's reader. Mac has a habit of putting little files on the card, and keeping it write protected while I download the image files into lightroom avoids that. It also avoids any filesystem damage from taking the card out without properly ejecting it. I will say that I never had a failure of a CF card. Still use them in my Canon 5d3. ps. I always format cards in the camera, never on the computer. I also format cards after I offload them into the computer, and before I shoot with them again. I hope this will alert me to any card issues while formatting, rather than after I've lost images.

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing.

  • @jpmccormac
    @jpmccormac4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the video. Yesterday a tiny corner of the SD card in my Olympus OM-D E-M10 II broke inside the card slot and I've had to send it in to Olympus for repair. The camera was TWO days from the end of its warranty. I still may be billed for the repair. Oh well... I'll look into the new, stronger Sony SD cards.

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! Sorry to hear about your card failure. I hope you'll not get billed.

  • @aengusmacnaughton1375
    @aengusmacnaughton13754 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Matti! Yes -- I have had issues with the write-protect "switch" on my SD cards a few times (reminds me of the crappy write protect on 3.5" floppy disks!). Have not had the other issues with the plastic that you have noted, but I will keep my eye out. I used to leave my 64GB SD card in my G85 all of the time and download my pictures and videos over USB cable from the camera, but found that taking out the card and using a faster USB adapter made the transfers faster -- but as you noted, now I have more risk of damaging the SD card and debris getting into the SD slot in the camera. Good info on the speed as well -- shooting video on my G85 doesn't quite reach the transfer speeds needed of the GH5/faster cameras, but it's definitely important not to get too cheap of a card where the saving of the video fails because the card is too slow. Maybe one day I can afford a CFexpress/XQD card and a camera that uses them!!! Oh -- I have not lost or had an SD card blow away -- but I have a few cheap digital point-and-shoot cameras that use the MicroSD card and just one sneeze and those things are gone! :-)

  • @oneeyedphotographer

    @oneeyedphotographer

    4 жыл бұрын

    Be glad you never used the sticky tabs on 5.25" and 8" floppy disks, or on magnetic tape.

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! I also think the Micro SD is too small, you drop it and it's gone.

  • @aengusmacnaughton1375

    @aengusmacnaughton1375

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@oneeyedphotographer -- Oh, but I have -- all three! And the little plastic slide "switches" on DAT tapes, 8mm tapes and other defunct tape cartridges....

  • @fishballrox
    @fishballrox4 жыл бұрын

    Good video, my friend teach me to not to remove the SD card just use a cable to transfer the files, thats what i do for my nikon but i not sure how to do a cable transfer for Panasonic GX8. for SD cards i tend to only buy Sandisk as i dont really trust other brand, saw ppl drop their Sony cards and everything is gone XD

  • @andre785
    @andre78526 күн бұрын

    Does anyone have an experience with using MicroSD card with an SD Adapter for Lumix GX1?

  • @TheGuggo
    @TheGuggo4 жыл бұрын

    Great video. Clear and I like you are not a native English speaker so you speak at a speed that is perfectly fine for me (another non native English speaker). Great to know about the comparison between the two cards but this is not relevant for me as I can’t afford to spend 4000 Euro for the S1. So I can use only the SD cards. ,albe in a next video you could focus on those and tell us which brand and type you recommend also in terms of quality. I have decided to got for the Sony Tough. What do you think? Thanks for your work.

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! I don't own any Sony Tough cards, but I think I'll buy those next time.

  • 3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    3 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @klaus.bernhard
    @klaus.bernhard4 жыл бұрын

    thank you for this very interesting video! One question remains: if you used an Sd card and an xqd card on the Sr1, would you recommend the same amount of memory for the cards or could it be different? what do you mean? best regards to Finland Klaus

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks. If you plan to use the other card for backup, it makes sense to have the same capacity on both cards, but otherwise it doesn't matter.

  • @SPlusJaneEd
    @SPlusJaneEd3 жыл бұрын

    Hello, thanks for the video! I’m having an issue where my G85 is corrupting random video files. The other day I shot three 2 min videos and two of them are corrupted. I’m up to date on firmware and am using a Sandisk extreme pro I U3/10/170 mbs/XC/v30. Have you had this issue? Maybe I’m not giving enough time between videos? Writing issue?

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing. I've had zero problems with video files and I'm afraid I can't help you, because the problem can be anywhere.

  • @lorenschwiderski
    @lorenschwiderski4 жыл бұрын

    I buy SanDisk cards, for say $12.99 on sale -- no problems. Never have a failure. At 130 Mb/sec for the last card I bought for thirteen dollars, i am happy enough ;) I do not shoot video and thus have no need for largest load sizes.

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing.

  • @benicetoyou
    @benicetoyou4 жыл бұрын

    For my GH5 with the All-Intra 4K codec (400Mbs) I use Sony's "Extra Pro SDHC UHS-II 260MB/s" (those with a large red "M" written on them). Those are not true V60, but are very reliable and fast enough for the highest Bitrate of the GH5, and most important they are much cheaper than "real" V60 cards. Available up to 128GB. I tend to leave two of those in the camera and get the files off via USB-C which on my computer is even faster than the inbuilt SD card reader (of course only if I don't need to switch cards during a session). The GH5 has a small rubber knob on the opening door to the card slot which tends to rip off after some use, so better not to use it too often.

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing.

  • @adrianwhareham8921
    @adrianwhareham89214 жыл бұрын

    Hi Matti I have only ever use UHS 1 cards for photography I mostly single shoot and see no need for a faster card . The extra plastic on the UHS 2 cards are a problem . The XQD card with the possibility of getting Dust and dirt inside them this could be a big problem . Thanks for the video Matti .

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @happysawfish
    @happysawfishАй бұрын

    Like your video. Good production too! Bought a new 128GB SDXC card today for my old 2010 Lumix super zoom FZ35. Still a great camera. Card is from a big box computer retailer in US called MIcro Center. Pretty good store, been around since the 90s. This crazy cameral does not like the card: Keeps telling "Insert SD again" or similar. I thought I would have to format the new card in the camera. Cannot get to a formatting screen. Can't get past the initial error message. Maybe I got a card that is incompatible with this old camera.

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks. Some older cameras can't take big cards like 128GB.

  • @happysawfish

    @happysawfish

    Ай бұрын

    @@mattisulanto : I believe that is my problem. Danki

  • @charliewilson3234
    @charliewilson3234 Жыл бұрын

    The tee sucks. Great video.

  • @dan_kennedy
    @dan_kennedy3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. I have a new G9 on order which I will be using for bird/nature photography, so shooting in bursts and want to minimise buffing time. What card would you recommend and do you have a preferred brand?

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks. I have not timed cards with my G9 and I'd go by the manual's recommendation which is UHS Speed Class 3. I've had good experience with Sandisk Extreme Pro cards, but if your budget allows you might want to take a look at Sony Tough series cards.

  • @dan_kennedy

    @dan_kennedy

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@mattisulanto Thank you. As always your advice is very helpful and valued.

  • @bryce99999
    @bryce999994 жыл бұрын

    Hi Matti, Do you know if there are any leica micro four thirds lenses coming out in 2020 or even 2021? Cheers

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    4 жыл бұрын

    No, I have no idea what is coming up. Even if I knew, I couldn't say.

  • @danc2014
    @danc20144 жыл бұрын

    SD is a format size, with data formats in SD , SDHC , SDXC SDUC & Micro SD adapters. If you noticed there are now more contacts on the faster UHS version. Were your failures on the older style? Often swapping in incompatible card readers can damage the memory. (like breaking the plastic trim) PS you cannot use the faster memory on the older cameras either memory damage or corruption is possible !

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for that info, but I'm aware that there are different versions of SD card. If you watch my video, you'll notice that I'll show some of the cards that failed and I'll also talk a bit about the different versions, but I'll not cover all of them thoroughly.

  • @Moongaze_
    @Moongaze_3 жыл бұрын

    Hello Mr. Sulanto, thanks for the insight. Which of the Panasonic cameras you had where compatible with the XQD card? There was no mention of that in the video, I'm interested to get one and I have a G9.

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    3 жыл бұрын

    Please watch the video from 0:29 to about 1:15 and also some more at 9:37.

  • @Moongaze_

    @Moongaze_

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@mattisulanto Oh.. sorry for the misunderstanding, I'm a tool... thanks for the prompt response good sir, much appreciated.

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Moongaze_ No problem😀

  • @angelathomas2117
    @angelathomas21173 жыл бұрын

    Hi can you help I just got my Lumix s1r but my sd card keeps getting corrupted not sure what to do. Should I use cfexpress or xqd card and sd card. Please help me thanks

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    3 жыл бұрын

    I suggest you try another SD card.

  • @barryplant2895
    @barryplant2895 Жыл бұрын

    I've never had the problems you've had with the cheap SD card. Careful handling is the key.

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    Жыл бұрын

    Good to know and good for you.

  • @sharevideo122563
    @sharevideo1225634 жыл бұрын

    My DMC-ZS80 will not accept a 128 SD card, will not format, card error. Nothing wrong with card will format in another camera. Panasonic technician says I HAVE to use a Panasonic card NOT a ScanDisk. I find that unacceptable.

  • @hedydd2
    @hedydd24 жыл бұрын

    I'm afraid that Lexar cards are not 'premium brand'. They are cheaply built, which explains a whole lot. Micro SD cards are the way to go, because they are robust and no bigger than they need to be. 'Small' is relative of course and some people may consider Micro SD to be too small. Personally I like them and even buy them and use them in cameras with full size SD adapter, which usually comes with them as standard.

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your comment. I've lost my trust with Lexar. Micro SD looks simple and robust, but it's too small to handle for me.

  • @DroseMr
    @DroseMr2 жыл бұрын

    GH6 w new firmware 2.0? My GH6 w original firmware shipped to me would record any frame rate and codec to an ANGELBIRD 4TB CF EXPRESS CARD UNTIL the 2.0 update . Now an error not warning pops up that the cf express exceedes 2tb and wont allow any functions to work until ejected. The card was designed it says for the monster nikon Z9 so its capable and worked for the GH6! Until now. Why would capacity be throttled when suppose future ssds usbc be compatible at a less read write speed or reliability or as warrant as the ANGELBIRD 5yr?

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'd like to help you, but I'm afraid I don't know how. I don't have the GH6 and I'm not a Lumix ambassador any more, so I really don't know. Maybe you could post your question on some Lumix user group?

  • @DroseMr

    @DroseMr

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mattisulanto Yessir. Thanks

  • @DroseMr

    @DroseMr

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mattisulanto did thank you

  • @einarjungmann273
    @einarjungmann273 Жыл бұрын

    Hello, dont you know why GX80 drain so much power during video recording? On 1 battery I record 30min. Is this normal?

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm afraid I can' help you and because I'm not an ambassador any more, I don't have contacts at Panasonic any more. I'd imagine you should get more than 30min though, maybe an hour at least.

  • @gerenarquero1485
    @gerenarquero14853 жыл бұрын

    Is 64 gb tough SD card enough for recording 4k/60 fps and how many recording time is the and shot u can take?

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think you have to see your camera manual and the card manufacturer's web site. Here is one link for you: www.sdcard.org/consumers/about-sd-memory-card-choices/speed-class-standards-for-video-recording/

  • @yadiapriyadi3906
    @yadiapriyadi3906Ай бұрын

    Sorry, may I ask what brand of memory card for the Lumix fz35 camera should be used?

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    Ай бұрын

    I don't think the brand really matters that much but I'd stick with the big names like Lexar, Sandisk etc.

  • @rendermanpro
    @rendermanpro4 жыл бұрын

    "CF Express Testing" on youtube. CF Express *cost the same* as XQD but 3x-4x faster.

  • @OverAGlassOrTwo
    @OverAGlassOrTwo3 жыл бұрын

    What's the max size (GBs or TBs) for G85?

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm afraid I don't remember, but if you have the manual, please see there. I don't think the limit has any real life meaning, because it's most likely high enough. I have only 64GB cards and they seem to work on all my cameras, but I don't have the G85.

  • @peasantfarmer3030
    @peasantfarmer30303 жыл бұрын

    Is a card with a 90MB per sec transfer rate fast enough for the G7 at 4k, 100Mb/s ?

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    3 жыл бұрын

    Please see this and pay attention to the write speed: www.sdcard.org/consumers/about-sd-memory-card-choices/speed-class-standards-for-video-recording/ Your camera manual also tells you which card to choose.

  • @queenwonderlands128
    @queenwonderlands1282 жыл бұрын

    hi sulan, I'm very new to camera, I had plan go to on trip and recording video with lumix, but I don't bring laptop, how can I record for days ? did I have to buy many memory card ? I'm always so thankful for ur information

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    2 жыл бұрын

    You have to bring enough memory cards, if you don't have any device to transfer the videos on. There are devices that have a built in hard drive and a card reader for transferring photos/videos from a card. That could be one option, if you don't want to carry many cards.

  • @queenwonderlands128

    @queenwonderlands128

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mattisulanto thank you so much for replying my comment, can u please recomend me some brand ?

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    2 жыл бұрын

    I have used Sandisk cards with good success, but there are other good brands too.

  • @queenwonderlands128

    @queenwonderlands128

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mattisulanto thank you so much, I really appreciated it.

  • @sbsphotographer
    @sbsphotographer4 жыл бұрын

    I have never had an SD Card failure in almost 2 decades of digital photography... I have only had one CF card fail and it was recovered and replaced by Lexar. I have had multiple shutters replaced as I shoot a tremendous amount of images. Almost all of Lumix cameras use only SD cards, less than 1% use XQD cards and 99% of us neither need or desire those cameras... This video seems to be a little frivolous considering this...

  • @aengusmacnaughton1375

    @aengusmacnaughton1375

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think more and more cameras which record high bit-rate video are shifting to the XQD/CF types of cards because of the speed of the cards (many professional "video" cameras have been using them for a while). So I think since consumer *some* cameras are now adopting them (Nikon and Panasonic) it's definitely worth being part of the discussion -- though it is odd that Sony, who developed the standard, has stopped using them. But since Matti supports things Panasonic, and the S1 series includes the XQD/CF slot, it's worth it for him to talk about those cards also.

  • @sbsphotographer

    @sbsphotographer

    4 жыл бұрын

    Aengus MacNaughton I concur with the concept of an XQD card potentially being useful by an extremely limited number of users, and at a high cost penalty... For the vast number of us it is a moot point... Beginning his discussion by casting aspersions on SD cards was also not helpful. Lumix Ambassadors have been tasked with marketing the S1. I think it would be far more helpful to compare the S1 to its competitors... rather than cast aspersions upon the card that 99% of Lumix users have to use.

  • @oneeyedphotographer

    @oneeyedphotographer

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@aengusmacnaughton1375 I don't know what the video crowd in general is doing, but Black Magic has some cameras that can write directly to something like a Samsung T5. You don't transfer the footage, you just transfer the disk. And Smallrig has an accessory holder for the T5.

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    4 жыл бұрын

    Panasonic does not tell their Ambassadors what to do, nor do they pay us to make content. The reason to make the video was exactly what I said in the video, no conspiracy of any kind😀 I'm happy for you, if you've never had card failures.

  • @AnandaSim
    @AnandaSim4 жыл бұрын

    I started digital with huge shaped CF cards. They were awful - lots of fine pins at the card reader/writer end, I bent a few pins. The card was relatively thick and rigid but the pins were a problem. Then the other extreme, xD cards from Olympus/Fuji - the card was physically small and easy to use but there was proprietary metadata written on a sector. If you took the card out quickly, data would corrupt (normal risk) but the metadata could be corrupted and the whole card would no longer be recognised even though the actual images were good. SD cards have thin plastic problems - like Matti says the delamination at the welded edges, stupid write protect tab. Those Sony TOUGH SD cards are overpriced - by just welding the edge properly and removing the write protect tab - how does that need the retail price to be such a premium? The problem with XQD and CF Fast cards is typical notebooks don't have a card reader for them - that means if you haven't migrated with an appropriate camera and an appropriate card reader, you the inconvenience of not being able to borrow and shoot that card

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your comment. Sony Tough cards are expensive, but they are also supposed to be mechanically stronger than other cards. They certainly feel very strong when you feel them. I think their pricing is not that far off compared to other fast premium cards, they are all kind of pricey.

  • @oneeyedphotographer
    @oneeyedphotographer4 жыл бұрын

    You did not clarify the difference between megabits/sec and megabytes/sec. The difference matters, and can vary a little, but assume ten bits/byte because in transmission there is always some packaging wrapping the data. None of my SD cards has those plastic bits you break. I value the write-protect slider, I am glad to see it's there. It means I can choose to insert an SD card in a card reader on my computer with write-protect enabled and be sure it's not going to be altered. I would do this when attempting data recovery, and maybe when testing the import capabilities of unfamiliar software. If a camera doesn't warn me about protected cards, it's buggy firmware. It should. There are at least three varieties of SD cards. SD cards, the original. SDHC, high capacity. SDXC eXtended Capacity. I have had no SD cards fail. I have, however, had problems with CF card readers (pins bend/break), and I imagine dirt could be a serious problem. Possibly, my handling of SD cards has contributed to my good results. I have larger cards than I expect to use, and they stay in my cameras until it's time to empty them. The camera is the cleanest, safest storage for them, and harder to lose.

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing your experiences.

  • @CarolyneMacMillan
    @CarolyneMacMillan4 жыл бұрын

    So far I've had 2 card failures over about 18 years. The first was with a CF card in a Canon body and technically wasn't the card. Although the card caused it. One of the pins in the socket got bent so the card couldn't go in properly. After that I was happy to have a camera with an SD card slot instead. I've had one SD card failure on a really old cheap card. It just died and wouldn't record at all. I try to buy higher branded cards like Sandisk pro so maybe that's why I haven't had others..... yet

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sandisk seems to be quite reliable.

  • @Leptospirosi
    @Leptospirosi4 жыл бұрын

    One of my two 1YO lexar v60 left me while I was in Thailand. I didn't lost pictures but now it's convinced to be "write protected" for some reason. Worth mentioning these cards are expensive so you don't just throw them away lightheartedly...

  • @mattisulanto

    @mattisulanto

    4 жыл бұрын

    Exactly, you don't want to throw away cards.