Can someone reccomend a good, fast memory card for the 7D?

[Coppatop85]

Hey everyone. I recently got a 7D, and I am finding my Transcend 16GB card to just not be enough. I have no idea how fast it is, but it doesn't even come close to keeping up with the 7D.

I am looking for a memory card that is 32 or 64GB, and fast enough for the 7D (At least 45MB/s). Can anyone recommend some to me? The cheaper the better -- looking to spend around $150 on a card.

[Jethro790]

Hey everyone. I recently got a 7D, and I am finding my Transcend 16GB card to just not be enough. I have no idea how fast it is, but it doesn't even come close to keeping up with the 7D.

I am looking for a memory card that is 32 or 64GB, and fast enough for the 7D (At least 45MB/s). Can anyone recommend some to me? The cheaper the better -- looking to spend around $150 on a card.

I only use Lexar Pros, I don't know why, have had good luck with them. Anyway, I just saw this which fits into your budget if you consider the cost per:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/680143-REG/Lexar__CompactFlash_300X_32GB_Card.html

[vmdc]

I purchased one of these (http://www.king-cart.com/cgi-bin/cart.cgi?store=dvnation&product_name=Photofast+533X+Plus+Compact+Flash+16G B+Card&exact_match=exact) from Ebay. You can't beat the price with that performance.

Here is the Ebay link (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260556991958&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT#ht_654wt_1165) to the seller I purchased from. It's 148 with free shipping, but it will take about a good 10 days to get to you since it's shipping from China.

Here is one of the reviews (http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-10043-10255) I read on the card, doing a few comparisons.

edit: I didn't see that you wanted a 32 or 64. The card I purchased was a 16 for $148. But I do recommend you give it a look.

[Jon]

I ran through about 1400 frames on the 7D and another 900 on the 5D2 in about a week with SanDisk Extreme IV cards, including some fairly tight bursts, without hitting the buffer limits.

[tenchi950]

I purchased a photofast memory too. I have yet to try it but I heard for the price it cant be beat.

[Coppatop85]

Hmm... thanks for the info guys. I will do some reasearch on that photofast

[QuitePossibly]

Transcend has new 400x and 600x Compact Flash cards that are also very competitively priced. You should be able to pick up a 32GB Transcend 400x Compact Flash card from B&H for about $120 shipped.

[Mocows]

I have a photofast 16GB 533x (non plus version, 40MB/s or something) which is pretty good. I don't shoot burst that much but it's kept up pretty well, haven't noticed any slowdowns. The plus versions are rated at 80MB/s (or so). No complains for the price point.

[kingdaddy]

Memory capacity has nothing to do with it, transfer rate is judged by class rating, you need a class 6 or better for the video and RAW buffer portion.

Some manufacturers use the speed rating like 4X or 16X which confuses things.

Explained here
http://www.gadgetspage.com/cameras/understanding-sd-flash-memory-card-speeds.html

[Mocows]

Memory capacity has nothing to do with it, transfer rate is judged by class rating, you need a class 6 or better for the video and RAW buffer portion.

Some manufacturers use the speed rating like 4X or 16X which confuses things.

Explained here
http://www.gadgetspage.com/cameras/understanding-sd-flash-memory-card-speeds.html

The class spec only refers to SD/SDHC/SDXC cards, class representing the minimum sustained "transfer" speed. CF cards are rated via 80X/133X/233X/300X/etc... and/or given specific read/write speeds.

I don't think anyone was referring to memory capacity vs speed although I've heard smaller cards are slightly faster (correct me if I'm wrong).

[pinoyplaya]

I ordered the Transcend 16GB CF card for my 7D. I have had several transcend cards before and never had any issues with them whatsoever. I also bought a Transcend Multimedia card reader cuz for some reason the one I already have doesnt read SDHC and some CF cards.

[Simon_Gardner]

I’m using Lexar 16Gb UDMA 600x card in combo with a Lexar UDMA firewire 800 reader with my new 7D and my MacBook Pro. I’ve got no complaints other than I don’t like the camera info maxing out at 999 on me. I shoot burst a fair bit and the card clears the camera pretty quickly.

http://s3.static.mymemory.co.uk/images/product_shots/21513_1256745582.jpg http://s0.static.mymemory.co.uk/images/product_shots/11896_1201006098.jpg

[DarthSparky]

I use a 16gb Sandisk Extreme. Reliable and fast.

[ChrisMichels]

Hoodman Raw cards.
http://www.hoodmanusa.com/HoodmanNews.asp

[vmdc]

I’m using Lexar 16Gb UDMA 600x card in combo with a Lexar UDMA firewire 800 reader with my new 7D and my MacBook Pro. I’ve got no complaints other than I don’t like the camera info maxing out at 999 on me. I shoot burst a fair bit and the card clears the camera pretty quickly.

http://s3.static.mymemory.co.uk/images/product_shots/21513_1256745582.jpg http://s0.static.mymemory.co.uk/images/product_shots/11896_1201006098.jpg

I want that card reader, but I don't have FW800 port. I'm waiting for the USB 3.0 version to come out!

[myjunk]

http://www.hkgolden.com/hardware_price/item_price.aspx?model_id=17072

got mine here at HKD635 which I believe is much cheaper than USD99.