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Al Kidner · « **on:** October 10, 2009, 09:02:00 PM »

Hi all,

Just a quick question: does the type or brand of SD cards affect the quality of photos taken on a DSLR?

Just a thought...

ak.

DRR324 · « **Reply #1 on:** October 16, 2009, 08:19:00 AM »

Al,
I recently picked up a Nikon D90 and an 8mg card.
I don't think the card brand will affect the quality of the pics. I'm not positive, as I haven't researched this topic yet.... something to do a google search on, should find the answer there.
Dave

Tim Fishell · « **Reply #2 on:** October 16, 2009, 09:06:00 AM »

Al, I shoot the highest quality cards I can find. I dont think you sacrafice the quality of the picture but the write times to the cards can vary. By getting a high quality card typically you can write to them faster when in a continuous shooting mode.

Winterhawk1960 · « **Reply #3 on:** October 19, 2009, 09:26:00 AM »

Tim said it in a nutshell. I have my camera set up to take 3 shot bursts in manual mode. Since most camera's "simple" setting causes the picture to be overexposed, I take the series of three shots with two underexposed at two different settings, and the last one at what the light meter says is "right".

As far as being a sacrifice in quality, I don't think that it does. As Tim said, it becomes about "write speed". Buy at least one high speed card, and then I have at least two or three of the cheaper models floating around. I find that the cheaper ones, very rarely, if ever get used.

Winterhawk1960

OconeeDan · « **Reply #4 on:** October 22, 2009, 07:27:00 AM »

Not much difference in quality. But write and transfer speed is very different. Doesn't matter in a trail camera. In a good digital camera cabable of taking multiple photos in one second, you want fast write speed.
And when putting photos on your computer, you'll notice the speed difference when loading them on your computer.
For a trail cam, I wouldn't spend much extra for speed, but for a good camera, I would.
Dan

JJA · « **Reply #5 on:** December 17, 2009, 10:54:00 PM »

My experience has been very positive with the San Disk brand. B & H photo is a great resource.

longbow2364 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 06, 2010, 02:13:00 PM »

I agree with JJA I have had good luck with San Disk, be careful of the China knock-offs
Don

Nick559 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 08, 2010, 09:27:00 PM »

Buy quality or you'll really pay for it later. Stay away from the knock offs. Quality construction of a good name brand is just plain good insurance. Keep a spare "just in case" and keep it in that little plastic case it came in if its not in the camera. Everyone is right about the write speeds. Faster doesn't slow you down.

craig1955 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 10, 2010, 08:35:00 AM »

I like the San Disk also!

lonstand · « **Reply #9 on:** February 19, 2010, 09:45:00 PM »

San Disk

Ralphie · « **Reply #10 on:** November 18, 2010, 10:51:00 AM »

SD cards differ in how fast information is processed. You can shoot faster, and have the photos load faster with a high speed SD card.
Be careful !! Buy only from reputable sellers.
Fake SD cards are all over ****.

ermont · « **Reply #11 on:** December 18, 2010, 08:12:00 PM »

I use whatever is on sale and have not noticed any difference.

Don Stokes · « **Reply #12 on:** December 19, 2010, 12:21:00 AM »

Bought a San Disk 2 GB from Wally World for my game camera, and every time I use it, there is a corrupted picture after 30-something 5 MB shots have been recorded, with more good pictures past the corruption. All other San Disks I've had have performed flawlessly.

Ralphie · « **Reply #13 on:** December 27, 2010, 11:47:00 AM »

Each SD card has a serial number. I found out the cards I had bought were counterfeit by contacting the manufacturer.
ermont;
"I use whatever is on sale and have not noticed any difference."
It might be interesting to check to see if the cards you bought were fake.
I was told 80% if ePrey SD cards were fake.

Horney Toad · « **Reply #14 on:** January 03, 2011, 07:57:00 PM »

What size do you need to buy?

stickbowhntr · « **Reply #15 on:** May 29, 2011, 09:02:00 PM »

the fastest under $100 for a 16gb I have found has right spped of 30 per sec....a 10x speed card I believe.

waknstak IL · « **Reply #16 on:** December 23, 2011, 07:29:00 PM »

Photography is my side business and I've had good luck with the Sandisk cards. They have a very good reputation. I use 8gb class 4 or higher cards. Unless you are doing a lot of action photos or bracketing the read/write speeds aren't that critical. What is important is that you don't lose your or someone else's once in a lifetime pic because you your cheap off brand card fails. As others have mentioned watch out buying them on E+++. I normally get mine from Adorama.

stickbowhntr · « **Reply #17 on:** December 27, 2011, 10:10:00 PM »

Quiet Man · « **Reply #18 on:** March 07, 2012, 12:20:00 AM »

High speed cards are a good idea, many slrs now shoot video too. Size of the card will depend on what type shooting you do. My camera set on High quality resolution uses 4-6 mb per exposure

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