Which SD Cards To Buy | DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY

[@KevinUnger-o4b]

I feel like 95% of photographers need to watch this video. So helpful!

[@danielgontar6743]

I want to shake your hand for the video. Thank you for the education I appreciate it.

[@MRPR95]

Thank you for making this I was just looking to get some new cards, great timing and information!

[@jonathanscherer8567]

You can get two Lexar 256MB V60 cards that are their gold variety for $150 right now. Even procapture on my OM-1 won't need more than that. It took a lot of research to figure this out. I'd always had V30 cards before. I wish I'd had your video to explain this all to me before! Thanks for the info, sir. I'm sure many people will really appreciate it.

[@peeweebarney]

Thanks for your tip. Where to get it? Ebay?

[@jonathanscherer8567]

@@peeweebarney Any major retailer like Amazon or B&H Photo will have them. They work really well with fast cameras. The OM-1 writes to them incredibly fast, even if they're not the highest speed rated cards.

[@MauriceSnaps]

Great and informative video! Glad I purchased the right specs for my needs without knowing, haha :D

[@matthieuzglurg6015]

super good bang for buck that I found was the V60 cards. They're generally barely any more expensive than the V30 cards, but can generally be a lot faster than basic V30 cards without costing as much as V90 cards. I use a couple of V60 cards to record 4K at 200Mbps on my X-H1 (about 25MBps) and it was rock solid while the camera froze up a few times using V30 cards because of the card being too slow (probably because of thermal throttling of the memory modules that lost perforamnce as the card heated up) It cost me just a few bucks more to upgrade to a V60 and never run into those issues again, even with long record times and heavy heat output from the camera. Maybe that was just a problem on this card specifically, or my camera specifically though

[@pharaohstudiosllc]

@matthieuzglurg6015 Agreed. I have a couple of Prograde V60s and on my Canon R6ii.. Recording in 4k 60 is a piece of Cake. V60s are the sweet spot and a standard for me.

[@casualplayer.2501]

Amazing video for camera noobies. So helpful and informative!

[@gordonbunker3272]

Thanks Benj, really helpful info here!

[@marcp.1752]

I buy SD Cards since 8 MB size, and i've had never a melon with Sandisk, Transcend, or Lexar SD Cards. But issues with Samsung EVO (into contrast with their SSDs, orange and white colored "EVO" series have been junk out of the box, DOA, in no camera working, it have been 32 & 64 GB SD cards.

[@CoffeeT-v5j]

Samsung such at everything except TVs…that’s what they need to stick to

[@Aaditya1ad]

@@marcp.1752 how many samsung cards have you had issues with?

[@benjohnsoncreative]

Great video, super helpful, learned a lot!

[@WeddingStoriesByRakesh]

Much needed information. Thank you.

[@VST1254]

Of course, a very helpful video to help select the best card suitable for the camera.

[@hellobrandonscott]

We gave Madison Megan's old Rebel and couldn't figure out why none of my SD cards worked in it. Yep... TIL that it won't work with an sdXC card and needs a good old regular SD card.

[@magnolivision2150]

Good information about the buffer and how many seconds it takes to clear. I'm shooting concerts and I'm always missing shots because of the buffer. V90 is the way to go for me.

[@jpdj2715]

Correction. The speed indicated on the card in MB/s not only is "read" but also "burst" speed. Like old hard drives, cards have an I/O controller (computer executing firmware) in them with very fast "cache" memory. Burst speed references that I/O controller and the cache. With old hard drives, when you read something that is not in the cache any more, when you write more than the cache can hold, then you got down to "media speed" . This is what "sustained" references in the case of these cards. A card that displays "30 MB/s" has that for read burst speed. It's C10 says that it can sustain a speed of 10 MB/s. My CFexpress Type B cards can sustain write speeds of about 1,500 MB/s and my camera is fast enough to be able to work with, benefit from, that. I generally don't need that but after a lot of images in a shoot need transfer to the computer environment, the sustained similar read speed in a Thunderbolt card reader means that I can quickly import the images into the beast workstation for processing. In short: it's always "burst" if nothing was added and only "sustained" if explicitly stated

[@gsouchi]

How am I supposed to remove the micro sd card from this adapter to put into the computer? I'm new to this but there doesn't seem to be a place to remove a micro sd card.

[@peeweebarney]

What is the C+1 that you wrote on the card mean at 09:33? You can use the Priority mailing labels and cut them to size to stick to those memory cards.

[@rodgersasu]

Man, learned a tonne, thanks so much!

[@theotherdai1556]

This is not a sexy topic, but you crafted this wonderful video for us because you care. Thank you!

[@eduardoizquierdo309]

My camera says to use trans flash, what is that?

[@RussUmp24]

Can you update list please most items unavailable

[@drecool6976]

My 80d calls for a card of 90 mbs, amazon sent me a card thats 200 mbs . 128 g.can i still use this ?

[@androidplus.1]

Cool stuff 🎉

[@emmeau]

What sd card do I need to get for r5 mark ii ?

[@Buckeye-ish]

Awesome video!

[@katyg3873]

Your camera specs for video will be in Mbps as in mega BITS per second. Whereas your card will show MB/s which is mega BYTES per second. A 200Mbps output will only be about 20MB/s. So a v30 card will be more than enough because they’re all about 60-90 MB/s write speed.

[@benjhaisch]

It’s about sustained speeds as well. My cameras will do fine shooting 4k24 on a V30 but will reject it for anything faster.

[@AadidevSooknananNXS]

Do you have any recommendations on the most reliable SD Card brands? Thank you for doing this video!

[@benjhaisch]

I’ve used Lexar, Sony, Angelbird, and SanDisk without issue. The bigger thing is just having redundancy if at all possible.

[@AadidevSooknananNXS]

@@benjhaisch Thank you!

[@JoeCopenhaver]

Excellent info! Where are those card labels from?! 👀

[@benjhaisch]

ah I forgot, thanks! geni.us/TucTt6h

[@JoeCopenhaver]

@@benjhaisch thank you so much!

[@teatimeboy3240]

ChatGPT sent me here lol I don't get why no one talks about UHS-1 cards that have a higher write rating than UHS-2 cards .... also 256gb cards have higher write ratings than 128gb cards ..... Also some San disk extreme plus are basically better than extreme pro. I don't get the labeling anymore

[@noahahill]

Hey Benj, I was on B&H and saw Zeiss made lenses for the Sony E mount and was curious if you've shot with them before and if so what were your thoughts? Love your vids!

[@benjhaisch]

I have! I used the 25 and the 85 last summer and actually need to email Zeiss again about getting those lenses back in for a video :)

[@dhannysvallejocevallos6059]

does the angelbird 1tb sd card work with the sony fx30?

[@CoffeeT-v5j]

Any recommendations on game downloads

[@naseeb46]

I was searching about different types of cards just a couple of days ago. I'm so glad you made this video. Benj, I hope you make a video about the Sony a6700. I'm hoping to buy it when it's available. I would also like to know which card would be suitable for it if I wanted to get the most out of that camera. Would a v60 card be enough? Or would I have to spring for the v90 card? And would 128gb be enough for video? I'm not planning to shoot very long videos, but I do want to create some short films and such. I am a photographer trying to get into video as well. Even though I have a lot of experience in photography, I have never shot any video with a mirrorless camera. Also I have never owned mirrorless camera, I have used them on shoots, but it was only for photography, so I don't know anything about which card to use for video and stuff.

[@gpong1]

very helpful. thank you.

[@BRANDONTHOMAS-wj8ev]

Which SD cards are good to use on steam deck?

[@carlosvega76]

Hi Benj, I have a gfx 50s (I shoot in RAW + jpg) what SD memory would you recommend? greetings from Argentina

[@brsaravia]

Thank you!!!

[@jafarjafar4836]

Sir can you help me my camera Sony a6000 which memory card use XAVC S video recording?90MB 64 gb low price memory card Amazon basic card. SanDisk 300MB 64 gb high price Which the valuable buying

[@MeAndMyOpinions_OverYours]

Sandisk

[@MarcS4R]

great i was just looking at buying new cards

[@clubx1000]

v60 v30 july 24y

[@SamuelLukau-h8g]

Lexar professional 800x

[@TrentDan]

Theu have been 13 usd for 7 years now.😮

[@clipz1]

v60 good enough for long videos im cluelss with cameras

[@benjhaisch]

For most cameras, yes. It just depends on your codec and frame rates.

[@devcosmos1729]

😂 I think every sd card is unlocked

[@vivianvaldi7871]

Do you mean you really see us through the screen ? Or this is a plain in your face marketing lie ?

[@marshallr.8121]

me watching this video preparing for my soon to be delivered PentaxQ7 from 2013 😅