I have a Canon 5d mark2 and was wondering if I should purchase the 1000x card or can I get by with the 800x? I will be shooting in RAW + jpeg.
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I am a professional wedding photographer but am a Nikon shooter. We have never had issues with 800X. Perhaps if you were shooting sports and needed quick bursts of shoots one after the other the faster card may make a difference.
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I have both and I notice a big difference in both transfer speed as well as loading speeds. Get the 1000x
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The 800 is more than enough for a 5d2. If you're planning to do portrait or weddings and plan to get a 1dx in the near future then get the 1000x. Also be sure to get a usb3 or thunderbolt card reader. USB2 is painfully slow.
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Thanks, Tech. Funny that teleconverters are available for so many other size lenses but not this one. I could have lived with a 1.4x. Like you said, I'll have to live with what I've got... until I can pony up $1500+ for Canon's 100-400mm zoom.I guess I'd better plan on having a good number of 8mb and 16mb cards with me and shoot JPEG and RAW so I can seriously crop and/or enlarge the best shots (which will be many if the weather is good). I want some 20" x 30" or 24" x 36" posters from what I'm shooting. A telecoverter would have helped.
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Can you confirm that the M30 accepts SDXC cards? I've looked online including Canon's site and they're not showing that card in the specs. Thanks.
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Look up "canon chdk". It's a firmware that you load from your sd card. I'm getting optical zoom in my SD800IS, along with many other features, like shooting in raw, and control over shutter speed. For those cameras with aperture control (mine just has a NS filter), you can even adjust that.Still, I really like the looks of the SX1 coming out. I'm going to start saving for Christmas now.
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I use a 16GB class 10 card in my XP200, but not sure if its overkill for my typical useage as I very rarely record video. If you're into video its probably a good investment. The class 10 likely helps save single pix faster too though.
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My Lexar 133x and 400x were not sufficient to capture images quickly in my new Nikon D800. So I bought the Lexar Professional 1000x 32GB to achieve faster deposits and succeeded fully. But my previous card reader no longer work for this card so I must buy a card reader also more quickly as a logical consequence of this.
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Sorry I forgot to mention that the Lexar Professional 1000x is a very good card but Lexar also makes a SD card which I use the Lexar Professional 600x which I would also highly recommend.
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I use the Lexar Professional 1000x 16GB CompactFlash Card with mine and have had no problem. I bought the card initially for a D800, but decided to keep my D700. Note: the write speeds of the D700 will probably not be fast enough to take advantage of the card.
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The body on the 1100 is not plastic. And no, the 2 megapixel difference is not going to matter unless you plan on blowing up the photos to poster size, and in that case 10 won't cut it either. I personally like the color choices that you get with the 1100. It's a great little camera. I think the menu is fine for changing settings, and as long as you take the time to get to know your camera, you shouldn't have any problems. The key is learning everything so you can find it in a pinch.
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It does depend on your need, but not for the reasons referenced in other answers. A) are you going to shoot video or continuous (sports)? If so you want a faster card Class 6 minimum but probably class 10. Also if you shoot Raw or video you want at least 8gb but probably 16gb in size. Another question is; if you buy one big card 32 or 64 and lose the card or it becomes corrupted you lose all your photos. All professionals recommend multiple smaller size cards for this reason instead of 1 big card. I use a 16gb Sandisk pro Class 10 high speed card, which covers everything and has a free data recovery feature if needed. If this helps please hit the "yes" button! Thanks. It does depend on your need, but not for the reasons referenced in other answers. A) are you going to shoot video or continuous (sports)? If so you want a faster card Class 6 minimum but probably class 10. Also if you shoot Raw or video you want at least 8gb but probably 16gb in size. Another question is; if you buy one big card 32 or 64 and lose the card or it becomes corrupted you lose all your photos. All professionals recommend multiple smaller size cards for this reason instead of 1 big card. I use a 16gb Sandisk pro Class 10 high speed card, which covers everything and has a free data... » Read More It does depend on your need, but not for the reasons referenced in other answers. A) are you going to shoot video or continuous (sports)? If so you want a faster card Class 6 minimum but probably class 10. Also if you shoot Raw or video you want at least 8gb but probably 16gb in size. Another question is; if you buy one big card 32 or 64 and lose the card or it becomes corrupted you lose all your photos. All professionals recommend multiple smaller size cards for this reason instead of 1 big card. I use a 16gb Sandisk pro Class 10 high speed card, which covers everything and has a free data recovery feature if needed. If this helps please hit the "yes" button! Thanks. « Show Less
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I think it's at least 500 - 800, depending on your settings. If you're worried about the capacity why not just get a 4Gb card for the camera? They're going for under $10... I'm still amazed at the quality of the pictures... Video quality is also good. making stills from the video is a pain but much better than I dared hope for...
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yep. I am going to amend my advice and recommend the Tokina 11-16 2.8. This gets excellent reviews and is faster than the others for low light shooting such as UW. I shot with the 10-24 such subjects as a gilded church. It came out spectacular. All in all, if money is not an issue, it is a tossup between the nikon and tokina. I switched to fx format and now use the nikon 12-24. It's a monster. BTW, another great option for the Nikon DX is the great 18-200 zoom.
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RAW really gobbles up memory space. If you plan to do a lot of RAW shooting I'd go with a minimum 16GB card with a Class 10 rating and a write speed of at least 30MB/sec. This should deliver satisfactory performance. This camera makes excellent fine jpegs. My RAW images were not significantly better to justify use of RAW except in very special circumstances. I believe a 16GB card will hold 2200 fine jpegs.
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64 gig class 10 sdxc is the best card you can use. They make bigger but dont know if the camera will work with it. This is what I have and it holds appx 8500 pictures or can take almost 9 hours of video. Get like two and you'll never need another one again.
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I've been using the KomputerBay cards in my 5D Mark iii and I've had no issues shooting weddings and portraiture. I tend to overshoot and thin my pickings, so I average about 1,000-1,200 pictures per wedding and I've not encountered an issue with the three KB cards I have. Can't say that I won't ever have an issue, but thought it was worth commenting.
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I'd say - Depends upon how fast and furious you shoot, and how often you download. I use San Disk Extreme II and III, 1g and 2g cards, and download almost every day. You get about 285 full res pics on a 1g card. I suggest getting the fastest cards you can afford as the speed of the card will partially determine how fast the buffer clears, which in turn, effects how many shots you get on a single burst in burst mode. Personally, I use several smaller cards - 1 and 2 gig - rather than a larger card. Avoids the "all your eggs in one basket" syndrome, plus I'd have to work to hard to fill up those 4 gig things in a day. Just me though. You may want larger cards if you shoot video, which I do not.
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From past experience with point and shoot I have had good results using Class 4 cards. This is Class 10, it will give you way far more better quality than what you are looking for.