Specials/sale on Sandisk memory cards

Red Tie Photography wrote in post #13338307
Why not get the faster cards when there is a $10 difference?

Yeah, might as well get the Pro version.

I dont get it, all of them show lower than the price OP listed if you just buy ONE. Did they lower their price since OP posted this deal?

ben_r_ wrote in post #13339034
I dont get it, all of them show lower than the price OP listed if you just buy ONE. Did they lower their price since OP posted this deal?

No idea. I just passed on the offer that I got by email.

Yes. I got the 32gb extreme pro for less than $100 and the extreme pro sdhc's are a good deal too. I purchased 1 of ea (not 2 required as OP suggested)

The 16GB Pro is $59.95 now, gonna pick me up one!

Is there any way to stress test these cards before using them out in the field?

nicksan wrote in post #13339913
Is there any way to stress test these cards before using them out in the field?

What I do sometimes is go out with my 7D, set it to High Speed Continuous, and start shooting anything and everything. I would hope after a few times of that, including formatting and reformatting, is a good first-step.

spb wrote in post #13336962
Here:
Sandisk Ultra 16GB images corruption.
Massive Card Failure during event.

Thanks for links - i was thinking to get Sandisk because everybody say how reliable they are - in truth I never had a problem with cheaper Kingstone or Lexar.

nicksan wrote in post #13339913
Is there any way to stress test these cards before using them out in the field?

Yes, here.

However, i've had cards fail in camera that worked fine in a card reader. I suspect some cards are just incompatible with some cameras. In my case it was the cheap Transcend 400X cards and the D700, as they worked fine with the 40D/7D. The higher quality Transcend cards work fine in all my cameras.

nicksan wrote in post #13339913
Is there any way to stress test these cards before using them out in the field?

You could probably use a simple script that will fill up the card, copy the data off it and format the card for X number of cycles.

DiMAn0684 wrote in post #13340016
You could probably use a simple script that will fill up the card, copy the data off it and format the card for X number of cycles.

Just like the software I linked to a few minutes ago does, you mean? It's a bit smarter than that though.

tim wrote in post #13340027
Just like the software I linked to a few minutes ago does, you mean? It's a bit smarter than that though.

Yes, you've posted while I was typing

DiMAn0684 wrote in post #13340053
Yes, you've posted while I was typing

Fast as lightening, that's me

I had experiences in the past recording video (Transcend sdhc class 10 w/ 60D) and it automatically stops because the card wasn't fast enough. Now I need to decide on CF for my 5D. Is the speed from the pro cards more reliable or better in preventing that issue?

image monster wrote in post #13340309
I had experiences in the past recording video (Transcend sdhc class 10 w/ 60D) and it automatically stops because the card wasn't fast enough. Now I need to decide on CF for my 5D. Is the speed from the pro cards more reliable or better in preventing that issue?

I don't know much about SD cards, but the pro cards wouldn't be slower than the normal ones. Class 10 is 10MB/sec isn't it? I'd have thought that was more than enough. I have a class 4 for my tablet and it's 4MB/sec.