NEWBIE what is the best storage card

[FLYGIRLBLUESKY]

for a EOS 1D Mark II. What is the best combination of price and performance, and where would you suggest I get it?

Thanks!

[jonnypb]

If you're in the UK try http://www.mymemory.co.uk/ some good deals on sandisk memory at the minute

[FLYGIRLBLUESKY]

What is the best memory card balancing cost and function for this camera? I take it reading the forums that I was a high speed transfer type of card, and these seem to be a bit pricier.

Thanks!

[KevC]

Sandisk Ultra II or Extreme III is what most pros swear by.

I must recommend a smaller/lighter camera for a first though. A 30D will be great, a 1DsMk2 is a little overkill.

[Andy_T]

Take a look at www.robgalbraith.com ... the CF database.

IMO, most leading brands (Sandisk, Lexar, ...) offer good quality. I'm partial to Sandisk's Ultra/Extreme series.

The database shows that there is actually little speed difference in the leading cards ... however, price differences can be substantial. So while there's no absolute need to go for the absolute latest and greatest, don't skimp on CF cards, you don't want to lose images of an important meet because of a faulty CF card...

Best regards,
Andy

[FLYGIRLBLUESKY]

Yeah I thought about the 30D too. I hope I don't regret purchasing the other, but I have already bought it. Thanks for the advice!

[Mark_Cohran]

Yeah I thought about the 30D too. I hope I don't regret purchasing the other, but I have already bought it. Thanks for the advice!

Well, the 1DsMKII is currently Canon's top of the line offering. You've got a steep learning curve ahead of you, but you've got a magnificent tool to work with.

Mark

[Pete]

It's one heck of an outlay if it's your first camera too. If you decide you don't get on with it, you're going to lose a heck of a lot of money one the deal...

[cosworth]

If you are buying such an expensive camera, why do you have to ask online what the best value in a memory card is? I would assume that you'd just buy the fastest one you could find that can fit as many images as you want.

Forget a 30D, since you are shooting for the top. Get a 5D and spend the OTHER money you would have spent on some good glass.

Then go buy some 2 gig Sandisk Ultra II cards. They are faster than the 1ds Mk. II buffer and don't cost much. I own three that have been workhorses getting formatted many times daily.

[Zilly]

8 gig cf extreme IV scandisk card and a scandisk extreme 2gig sd card

what camera have you got as in one tread you call it the 1dsmkii and in this one the 1dmkii there is quite a bit of diffrence

[Zilly]

i have given you my recomndations here http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=2741562#post2741562

how ever you might want to look at something like the epson p-2000 image veiwer

[Exit]

I hope you have another $2000-10,000 set aside for lenses and flashes.

[FLYGIRLBLUESKY]

I actually got the 1D MK II camera. Sorry for typo. Thanks!

[Salleke]

for a EOS 1D Mark II. What is the best combination of price and performance, and where would you suggest I get it?

Thanks!

Go for the best: Sandisk EXTREME III or IV.
IMHO these are the best on the planet.

Good luck...

[daletu]

This may be able to help you decide which card to get.

http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007-6896
http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007-8462

[SuzyView]

Where did I read that some of the older models can't accept CF cards greater than a couple of GB's?

I would recommend the Extreme III's or IV's as well. They are lightning fast transferring data to your computer.

[Anh Nguyen]

any thoughts on PQI?

[Tee Why]

This site has actual write speeds on various cards on many cameras.
http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007

I personally like Ridata from Newegg. The 150X card is extremely fast and it's cheaper than the Sandisk's fastest cards. Have two cards worth about 10,000 shots so far and not one hiccup.

I used to use Kingstons, but even their 100X ultimate card was about a 1/3 slower than the Ridata on my camera.

[cosworth]

KevC and I have seen massive Ridata failure in the field. I won't buy that card make...

[John7]

This has got to be a wind up?

Who buys a 1DS as a first camera and then doesn't know what mem cards to buy and queries cost?

[cosworth]

It's POTN, i've seen it before.

[Mark_Cohran]

It's POTN, i've seen it before.

More than a few times, unfortunately.

Mark

[Az2Africa]

Mark- love the Lazarus Long quote. The notebooks have some of my favorite quotes.

[KevC]

KevC and I have seen massive Ridata failure in the field. I won't buy that card make...

Yeah... extremely strange. Might've been camera being wonky either. Worked in your camera, but not in mine. But now everything's fine. Strange indeed.

Anyway I wouldn't rely on it for mission critical work.

[85lesabre]

What is the best memory card balancing cost and function for this camera? I take it reading the forums that I was a high speed transfer type of card, and these seem to be a bit pricier.

Thanks!

I believe we have a Troll on our hands.

[Tee Why]

As an FYI, I've personally saw Sandisk ultra SD card fail on a 1DMII and my Lexar Pro grade CF card failed on my 300D (I even checked their website to see if my card wasn't the batch that was having a problem with Canon's too). I've never owned Sandisk, so I can't speak from personal experience, but I've not had a problem with either Kingston or Ridata yet, with about 40,000 shots between all the cards.

I think given enough users and camera/card combo, failure is just a probability.

[Tareq]

Post in 1DsMKII images sample;):D

[imageswest]

KevC and I have seen massive Ridata failure in the field. I won't buy that card make...

Huh? Ridata is the only brand I've used that hasn't suffered from "massive failure"... certainly much more reliable than Lexar or SanDisk.

[calicokat]

Thats a hell of a way to start out, congrats :)

[cskn0125]

Huh? Ridata is the only brand I've used that hasn't suffered from "massive failure"... certainly much more reliable than Lexar or SanDisk.



Ridita sounds like a wonky, sometimes work, sometimes mess up kinda card. i own three lexar cards and havnt had any problems with them for two years. i would suggest lexar or san disk. san disk would probably be your best bet.

[Longwatcher]

I personally prefer the Sandisk Ultra II, but the Extreme III is also very good to go with that camera. The extreme IV cards are not really going to make very much of a difference on the camera end of the equation, but will help on the computer end.
Note: if going for 8GB card or larger aim then maybe aim for the extreme IV as it will start making a difference at that point.

I know others that like Transcend, the only card to maybe avoid is Lexar, although less so now then before.

Just my opinion,

[grego]

I have Transcend and Lexar. Doing fine there. You'd do fine with Sandisk too.

[Jon]

SanDisk Ultra II and Extreme III cards are probably one of the best deals for overall reliability and performance per dollar currently. I'm buying 4 GB Extreme IIIs for my 5D; lesser capacity and performance cards are trickling down to the older cameras.

[evandavies]

Another Transcend user here with no probs after 2 years on the same 2Gb card.

[CyberDyneSystems]

I happily use a lot of the less known brands, (I'm a long time happy user of Ri-Data) but the best for a Canon always seems to be the Sandisk Ultra and extreme.

Yes, there are better values @ cost per MB, but IMHO the best cards for Canon cameras are Sandisk Ultra and Extreme

[Skids]

If you're in the UK try http://www.mymemory.co.uk/ some good deals on sandisk memory at the minute

I bought a MyMemory own brand CF card and the first time I used it I had a few corrupted pictures. It may be that it was just a faulty card but in the last three years or so I have never had corrupted images on a CF card before.

Needless to say I sent it back and got a refund.