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Scuppy Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #1 · Opinions on CD cards for 1d MKIII Hi all... Just ordered a 1D Mark III and will be here next week I have been using 4gig San Disk Extreme III's on my 40Ds and was going to get some new cards or a card for the new body. Any opinions on the San Disk Extreme IV and does it take a different card reader? How much better do you feel is the Extreme IV as opposed to the III's Was thinking about getting two 8 gig cards as opposed to a 16gig. I have always had the fear if something went wrong and I had a total shoot on one card. How many of you use the small card for backup..? along ith the CD card? Any opinions will be appreciated. Thanks, Scuppy Jul 03, 2009 at 06:04 PM

Ty Holland Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #2 · Opinions on CD cards for 1d MKIII We use the 4GB Extreme III's (CF and SDHC) in our Canon 1DMKIII's. It makes it easy for back-ups, one card, one single layer DVD. Ty www.thephotomafia.com Jul 03, 2009 at 06:25 PM

helimat Offline Dedicated FM Upload & Sell: On p.1 #3 · Opinions on CD cards for 1d MKIII No advantage to the Extreme IV in write speed on the Mark III, as it is not UDMA. However you will see an increase in speed in read time when downloading to your computer, but only if you have a UDMA reader as well. I use Extreme III's both CF and SDHC and am quite happy with them in my Mark III. YMMV... Jul 04, 2009 at 02:31 AM

phillipyan Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #4 · Opinions on CD cards for 1d MKIII I almost opened an identical new post...I just have my 1DIII and wondering which SDHC to use. RG's data suggest the Mark III tops out at 15mb/sec read/write speed, makes me wonder if I should blow extra 20 bucks for the Extreme III 30mb/sec version. Downloading to computer is no concern to me. Jul 04, 2009 at 02:45 AM

David Israel Offline Dedicated FM Upload & Sell: On p.1 #5 · Opinions on CD cards for 1d MKIII helimat wrote: No advantage to the Extreme IV in write speed on the Mark III, as it is not UDMA. However you will see an increase in speed in read time when downloading to your computer, but only if you have a UDMA reader as well. I use Extreme III's both CF and SDHC and am quite happy with them in my Mark III. YMMV... I used the same in my Mark III and never had a problem. Jul 04, 2009 at 04:44 AM

gdanmitchell Offline Dedicated FM Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #6 · Opinions on CD cards for 1d MKIII You don't need to get anything all that special when it comes of CF cards. I always by inexpensive cards from vendors with guarantees and I've never had a problem. I would never pay extra for "name brand" cards nor would I pay for more speed than my camera can take advantage of. CF cards are basically a cheap commodity item these days. Spending a bunch of extra to "get the best" is mostly a waste of money. Dan Jul 04, 2009 at 05:16 AM

Tomagado Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #7 · Opinions on CD cards for 1d MKIII gdanmitchell wrote: CF cards are basically a cheap commodity item these days. Spending a bunch of extra to "get the best" is mostly a waste of money. Dan You must not fill your buffer often, if ever. Or shoot anything that demands bursts. A CF card that matches your cameras write speed is worth spending for. Thankfully, the mid end is often fast enough, but I would strongly urge people to not get the cheapest they can find, once you hit that buffer, waiting 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 15 seconds sure feels like a lot longer when you need to get the next shot. Also, downloading with a nice FW800 card reader and a high speed card vs USB and a standard speed card can be a difference of 5-15minutes depending on the size of the card. Cheers, Thomas Jul 04, 2009 at 05:42 AM

helimat Offline Dedicated FM Upload & Sell: On p.1 #8 · Opinions on CD cards for 1d MKIII gdanmitchell wrote: You don't need to get anything all that special when it comes of CF cards. I always by inexpensive cards from vendors with guarantees and I've never had a problem. I would never pay extra for "name brand" cards nor would I pay for more speed than my camera can take advantage of. CF cards are basically a cheap commodity item these days. Spending a bunch of extra to "get the best" is mostly a waste of money. Dan I am sorry but I have to disagree here. I get the best my camera can handle, but no further. When the rebates are going the price of SanDisk Extreme III's are pretty low, and are a quality name brand card that I wholly trust. Jul 04, 2009 at 01:38 PM

halse Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #9 · Opinions on CD cards for 1d MKIII fwiw: the new 34 nm process cards will be coming out soon (a few weeks) so look for big price drops on the current versions (and SSD prices will become almost reasonable) Jul 04, 2009 at 03:52 PM

globalkiwi Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #10 · Opinions on CD cards for 1d MKIII FWIW, I haven't been able to persuade myself that shelling out the extra for the Extreme IV's is worthwhile - I use the Sandisk E. III's in various (increasing) sizes for both my 1DIII & 5DII. Jul 04, 2009 at 04:06 PM

kster Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #11 · Opinions on CD cards for 1d MKIII Sandisk has some good deals going on now if you don't mind waiting for the rebate to arrive; I bought an 8GB extreme III card from adorama.com last night for my 1DmkIII. Jul 04, 2009 at 04:53 PM

gdanmitchell Offline Dedicated FM Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #12 · Opinions on CD cards for 1d MKIII I don't expect you to actually look at my photography but it is there if you want to see it. Among the photographs are wildlife including birds in flight and also professional bicycle racing. I fill my buffer. A CF card that matches your camera's speed makes sense. That's what I use. I never suggested anything else. Paying extra for a brand name card that matches your camera's speed or paying extra for a card that exceeds your camera's speed do not make sense. (Yes, your images may download from your card reader a few seconds faster... ) The card you use does not make a "5-15 minute difference" in the speed of download from the card reader. I regularly fill a 16GB card and it doesn't take that amount of time to download the entire batch of photos. If your reader is taking 15 minutes it is not the card's fault. Dan Tomagado wrote: gdanmitchell wrote: CF cards are basically a cheap commodity item these days. Spending a bunch of extra to "get the best" is mostly a waste of money. Dan You must not fill your buffer often, if ever. Or shoot anything that demands bursts. A CF card that matches your cameras write speed is worth spending for. Thankfully, the mid end is often fast enough, but I would strongly urge people to not get the cheapest they can find, once you hit that buffer, waiting 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 15 seconds sure feels like a lot longer when you need to get the next shot. Also, downloading with a nice FW800 card reader and a high speed card vs USB and a standard speed card can be a difference of 5-15minutes depending on the size of the card. Cheers, Thomas Jul 05, 2009 at 05:36 AM

rextter Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #13 · Opinions on CD cards for 1d MKIII I have a couple of Scandisk cards and they're ok. One has let me down in the past. An Extreme III would store images but corrupt them so they couldn't be downloaded/read by a PC. My prime card is a Lexar Professional 8Gb UDMA 300x speed. I know the camera (nor my PC) can take advantage of UDMA. The card is brilliant, has never ever let me down is is always the first one I use for the most vital images. I prefer 8gb over 4gb because of the fps of the 1dm3. A card can fill quite quickly and with over 500 RAW shots on a 8GB you're not constantly worrying about space. So I have three 8GB cards. It's easy to fill two of them doing a fairly small wedding. Jul 05, 2009 at 05:56 AM

Lars Johnsson Offline Dedicated FM Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #14 · Opinions on CD cards for 1d MKIII I just pick a cheap card in my box Just keep your Sandisk Extreme III. There is not any reason to upgrade to the Extreme IV with your camera. I have a couple of Extreme III 16GB for my 1D3 body and it's a good combo. But mostly I prefer the lower priced Transcend cards. The Transcend UDMA 133x cards are really good and has a low price. Not fast but if you need a fast there is the Transcend UDMA 300x card. It's as fast as Extreme IV or anything else that Sandisk makes. Jul 05, 2009 at 08:02 AM

Breitling65 Offline Dedicated FM Upload & Sell: On p.1 #15 · Opinions on CD cards for 1d MKIII I am using Sandisk Extrime III - 30m/sec and Extrime III SDHC both 8G. Other brands might be fine, but I prefer Sandisk with rebates option. Jul 05, 2009 at 06:32 PM

phillipyan Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #16 · Opinions on CD cards for 1d MKIII Lars Johnsson wrote: I just pick a cheap card in my box . Your cache of cards have a total memory more than my desktop computer and laptop +CF+ SD combined Jul 05, 2009 at 06:36 PM

Scuppy Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #17 · Opinions on CD cards for 1d MKIII Quick follow up to my original post.... Does switching cards between camera bodies mess things up at all... Reason I am asking that I do have San Disk Extreme IIIs that I have used in my 40Ds but my new Mark III will be here on Wed and am still looking for some deals on some new cards and was wondering if I can switch between camera bodies of different types and still be ok..I have tried to use the same cards all the time in the same bodies in the past... Does this question makes sense? Thanks, Scuppy Jul 06, 2009 at 04:24 PM

nathanlake Offline Dedicated FM Upload & Sell: On p.1 #18 · Opinions on CD cards for 1d MKIII Scuppy wrote: Quick follow up to my original post.... Does switching cards between camera bodies mess things up at all... Reason I am asking that I do have San Disk Extreme IIIs that I have used in my 40Ds but my new Mark III will be here on Wed and am still looking for some deals on some new cards and was wondering if I can switch between camera bodies of different types and still be ok..I have tried to use the same cards all the time in the same bodies in the past... Does this question makes sense? Thanks, Scuppy In theory, it should not mess things up, but I always re-format a card when I place it in the camera. That means I avoid shooting some shots on one body and switching the card to another and shooting some more. Jul 06, 2009 at 07:32 PM

helimat Offline Dedicated FM Upload & Sell: On p.1 #19 · Opinions on CD cards for 1d MKIII It might mess up the file numbering order, but nothing else. As Nathan Lake said, a quick reformat before switching bodies is advisable and would eliminate the changing of file numbers. Jul 07, 2009 at 12:48 AM

EB-1 Offline Dedicated FM Upload & Sell: On p.1 #20 · Opinions on CD cards for 1d MKIII If a 5D MK II or newer is in your future, then EX4 cards are better. If there is a 1d MK IV, you may also regret getting the slower cards. However, a mere 16GB is nothing, so you can get faster cards later and use the "slow" EX3 cards for secondary storage. If you plan to use the SDHC card for backup, the 16GB EX3 is OK. EBH Jul 07, 2009 at 01:05 AM

Methodical Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #21 · Opinions on CD cards for 1d MKIII I use the Lexar 8gb UDMA 300x as I had purchased them when I got the 50D which takes advantage of the UDMA. I always look for rebates. The last 2 I purchased (recently) they had a $60 rebate. So I got both for $100. Plus I alway reformat the card after transferring the files to the hard drive...to me it's easier and faster than deleting the files. Jul 08, 2009 at 04:53 PM

Colin Key Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #22 · Opinions on CD cards for 1d MKIII phillipyan wrote: Lars Johnsson wrote: I just pick a cheap card in my box . Your cache of cards have a total memory more than my desktop computer and laptop +CF+ SD combined And that is just the top layer!!! How deep is that box? Colin Jul 08, 2009 at 05:29 PM

Seth Tower Offline Dedicated FM Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #23 · Opinions on CD cards for 1d MKIII Colin Key wrote: phillipyan wrote: Lars Johnsson wrote: I just pick a cheap card in my box . Your cache of cards have a total memory more than my desktop computer and laptop +CF+ SD combined And that is just the top layer!!! How deep is that box? Colin Damn! Jul 08, 2009 at 05:59 PM

Alex Paul Offline Dedicated FM Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #24 · Opinions on CD cards for 1d MKIII Lars: I would guess under the cards is your stash of replacement shutter assemblies Take care pal Aug 08, 2009 at 04:22 PM

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