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  1. Originally posted by LikeASong:I've asked it on the Photo thread as well, but it actually belongs here so here I go:

    Does the SD-card class really matter? I mean, everyone raves about their class 6 or class 10 cards, but I've never worried about it and I've been fine for years. Does anyone care to explain to me why should I spend the double on a class 10 instead of my old, resilient class-X (it doesn't even specificate) that's worked fine for years?

    Class 10 (and even faster, classification doesnt go higher than 10) is really cheap nowadays. Bought a 32GB for 20 euro's couple of weeks back.

    For shooting 1 pic at a time it doesnt really matter, but burst and video may not work well with slow cards.
  2. All class 10 guarantees is that the card is able to UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, write at a rate of at least 10 MB/s.

    Some cards easily get 40 MB/s now.
  3. Technology is always more expensive in Spain And I don't want to spend 20€ in a card and then 10€ in getting it shipped here Anyway, class 6 should be fine, I'm not going to film full-HD but 720p most of the times.


    By the way, my computer is having serious trouble rendering a 58-minutes 720p... I need a faster processor and more RAM memory asap
  4. Even with fullhd 6 MB/s is enough. Bluray quality is around 5 MB/s But sometimes you might notice that you cant take a pic quickly because the last file is still being written to the card.
  5. Yeah, prices on SD cards have dropped so low. I got my 32GB Class 10 microSD card for around 20 euros.
  6. Yeah, i mean its really nothing for 32 GBs
  7. My class 4 card buffers out after about 10 burst shots on my SLR. I don't use it for video.

    Bought an iPad camera connector too. Excellent when out and about for getting a better look at shots. Still lust for a Pureview. Considering flogging the SLR.

  8. Keep in mind that your SLR has an internal buffer as well. Without that buffer it would be sooner
  9. Thanks a lot for all this insight guys Appreciated! It seems that in fact it is important after all So glad I asked. I won't be using anything below class 6, and I will keep my eyes peeled just in case a cheapo class 10 comes out in Spain.

    Any preference in brands? Verbatim and Kingston seem to have the biggest part of the market cake, but do they deserve it?
  10. Well faster is better, the one i bought was good bargain (from 35 to 20). If you really want to make an informed choice you will have to check the benchmarks. But you cant really go wrong with a decent (verbatim, sandisk, kingston, etc).
  11. I use SanDisk.
  12. My Samsung card that I have in my phone works well. I'd think Sandisk is the biggest player though? I'm pretty sure the one I have in my camera is a Sandisk card. It has worked very well for one and a half year.
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