Casey Cheung
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Also, I was at the mall last week whereby an Amazon kiosk was selling a Sandisk 1 Terabyte card for $449.99. See picture attached. No, I didn't buy it, haha!
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Also, I was at the mall last week whereby an Amazon kiosk was selling a Sandisk 1 Terabyte card for $449.99. See picture attached. No, I didn't buy it, haha!
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But at the Amazon kiosk store, I did buy a fast UHS-1 speed Sandisk 512GB SD card (non-microSD) for $149 on sale with an Amazon Prime account. I use this for my new Canon EOS 90D DSLR camera. B&H was selling the same card for $199.
Some peeps might poo-poo this card cuz it's only UHS-1 speed, not the faster more expensive UHS-2 speed. But Sandisk only makes 128GB as the largest size for UHS-2 speed which costs much more versus an equivalent UHS-1 speed card. I will wait until Sandisk comes out with a larger 256 or 512 GB size cards in UHS-2 speeds. Essentially, any SD cards in UHS-2 speeds costs MUUUUUCH more, something like 2 to 3 times greater in cost! I realize none of this means much if you're simply using the card for a smartphone, but it does make a difference for buffer speed in DSLR cameras while shooting in uncompressed RAW files. Additionally, you also need a card reader that is rated for UHS-2 speed for the faster transfer rate.
@Casey Cheung Nice! I now have three 256GB microSD cards to figure out what to do with (I replaced a 256GB EVO with a PNY 512GB card in my Surface Pro). I'm thinking of putting them in my GoPros. Then move a 128GB to my EOS 6D (which has a 64GB).
Note 10+: 1TB (512GB internal + 512GB microSD)
Tab S5e: 576GB (64GB internal + 512GB microSD)
Surface Pro: 768GB (256GB SSD + 512GB microSD)
Note 10+: 1TB (512GB internal + 512GB microSD)
Tab S5e: 576GB (64GB internal + 512GB microSD)
Surface Pro: 768GB (256GB SSD + 512GB microSD)
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I got the 256 for 27 bucks, or something like that during that sale. I only keep music and movies on it, so I didn't feel the need for the 512
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Laaaaarge cards are great, almost a necessity, for shooting many 4K videos. Videos can fill up a memory card rather quickly. If you are editing videos using a video app, the rendered finished product also takes up more space. Everything takes up space.
Here's another example. I'm using a Sandisk 256GB micro-SD card for my late model Lenovo Thinkpad Windows laptop. I have the laptop set for automatic backups saved to the external micro-SD card inserted into the side of the laptop. One day, a couple months later, I noticed that the 256GB card was filling up quickly to the point it was nearly full and the drive was showing in red color to indicate nearly full capacity. I'm thinking to myself, what the hay? It turns out that all the regular periodic backups going to the memory card kept making the same backup file bigger and bigger over time. I ended up deleting the backup file on the card and immediately the card was freed up by nearly 80 percent! So is there any point to all this? Not sure. I'm just pointing out that large cards are useful for periodic computer backups saved to the card. Yes, you could argue that I could have used an external drive plugged into the laptop, but that's a hassle to always have to attach a device to my laptop. I have multiple external drives in a variety of sizes. I'm sort of lusting for a fast 5 Terabyte Lacie SSD storage drive, but I don't feel like paying over $500 for the privilege. I'm also just too lazy for the extra manual labor of constantly plugging in an external drive for backups.
Here's another example. I'm using a Sandisk 256GB micro-SD card for my late model Lenovo Thinkpad Windows laptop. I have the laptop set for automatic backups saved to the external micro-SD card inserted into the side of the laptop. One day, a couple months later, I noticed that the 256GB card was filling up quickly to the point it was nearly full and the drive was showing in red color to indicate nearly full capacity. I'm thinking to myself, what the hay? It turns out that all the regular periodic backups going to the memory card kept making the same backup file bigger and bigger over time. I ended up deleting the backup file on the card and immediately the card was freed up by nearly 80 percent! So is there any point to all this? Not sure. I'm just pointing out that large cards are useful for periodic computer backups saved to the card. Yes, you could argue that I could have used an external drive plugged into the laptop, but that's a hassle to always have to attach a device to my laptop. I have multiple external drives in a variety of sizes. I'm sort of lusting for a fast 5 Terabyte Lacie SSD storage drive, but I don't feel like paying over $500 for the privilege. I'm also just too lazy for the extra manual labor of constantly plugging in an external drive for backups.
I think that happened to me at the USA Gymnastics invite in Kona last month. I had a 256GB EVO Plus in my phone with 180GB(ish) of music on it. I was shooting video of all of my daughter's team's routines. When I offloaded them to share with the other parents, I found videos in the internal DCIM folder. The only way that could have happened would be that the camera needed more space to save the videos.
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I'm sure your Go Pro and EOS 6D can chew up memory cards quickly! By the way, have you ever tried using micro-SD cards inside the full size SD card adapter for your EOS 6D? It should work. I do this sometimes if the micro-SD card is on sale but the full size SD card is regular price. Might not be ideal, but what the hay?!
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With the aforementioned 512GB SD card, I can shoot 4K videos aaaaaall day long! Over 9 hours worth! See picture attached of my Canon EOS 90D camera with the card inserted. Notice the length of recording time available in top right of the LCD screen.
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I use a microSD card inside an adaptor in my 6D. It is a 64GB Sandisk Extreme microSD in a Sandisk adapter and it works great. I have yet to fill it up, even though I shoot RAW+jpeg capture. At my daughter's meets, I use my 6D for still capture and my Note 10+, either co-axially mounted on the camera's hot shoe, or on a Joby tripod, to capture video.
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Here's my newly purchased fast Sandisk 512GB SD card from Amazon that happily lives inside my Canon EOS 90D! I will just keep pressing my finger down on the shutter release button until my finger gets sore!
Am I now an Extreme Pro...LOL?!?
It's a card that you can load it on Sunday and shoot all week long.
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I'm guessing in the future when we're both using the faster and more expensive UHS-II speed cards, we're going to need a faster card reader to go along with it.
Might as well put this in your cart now, haha!
https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Extr...ag=hawk-future-20&ascsubtag=UUacUvbUpU6700710
Might as well put this in your cart now, haha!
https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Extr...ag=hawk-future-20&ascsubtag=UUacUvbUpU6700710
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Here's a very informative YouTube video that explains about SD card speeds and UHS-I versus UHS-II.
I've watched many of Gerald Undone's videos. He's quite analytical in all his reviews. All of those many numbers and abbreviations on the box actually means something!
https://youtu.be/Tcxon-T6Q8I
I've watched many of Gerald Undone's videos. He's quite analytical in all his reviews. All of those many numbers and abbreviations on the box actually means something!
https://youtu.be/Tcxon-T6Q8I
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For glory!
Oh my.... But i thought Leonidas said THIS IS SPARTAAAA and proceeds to kick the person off hahaha.
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I bought these 2 micro-SD cards from Best Buy locally on sale last week.
The 256GB card was about $39, I already inserted that into a new Samsung Tab A tablet that I bought on sale from Best Buy for $159 (this very average tablet only has a measly 32GB of internal storage and 2GB of RAM).
The 512GB card was about $62. I haven't opened it yet, haven't decided whether to use it for my Note 10+ or my new Samsung tablet (for video editing storage) or maybe my Canon EOS 90D DSLR camera. Choices, choices!!!
The 256GB card was about $39, I already inserted that into a new Samsung Tab A tablet that I bought on sale from Best Buy for $159 (this very average tablet only has a measly 32GB of internal storage and 2GB of RAM).
The 512GB card was about $62. I haven't opened it yet, haven't decided whether to use it for my Note 10+ or my new Samsung tablet (for video editing storage) or maybe my Canon EOS 90D DSLR camera. Choices, choices!!!
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