robert7111a wrote in post #19335145
Recommendations please for pro SD cards and a reader to transfer images to PC.
I need a fast SD card to transfer images from camera but as my PC only has USB 2 ports, I'm not too bothered about transfer speed from card reader to PC. Currently, it takes only 2-3min to download a 16GB CF card through my Delkin reader to my PC
I'll let others, hopefully R6 users, address specifically some of your concerns about cards, but you may wish to read the content at https://alikgriffin.com …y-cards-for-the-canon-r6/. I do have a further recommendation as far as sourcing your SD cards. Do not use Amazon or eBay. Your profile does not have a location but if you live in the States, I suggest you purchase your cards direct from Best Buy, B&H Photo in New York or Adorama Photo in New York. All these vendors are big enough that they purchase their cards direct from the importer and then distribute through their retail or online stores. With a place like Amazon, there is likely a 3rd party vendor involved, and that introduces the probability of a "fake" card. The higher the price of the card, the more likely your exposure to a fake card situation.
I have written this before, but it may be worthwhile quoting my past content again.
John from PA wrote in post #19160844I would not buy any cards from Amazon, counterfeit cards are common. I have written this before and I’ll quote it again.
Actually just because they are filled and shipped by Amazon doesn't give you a good guarantee they are genuine.
It is my understanding by a neighbor (BB Manager) that Amazon sells the same product from many vendors, and the ordering system handles the sale. So let's say I give Amazon 100 counterfeit copies of a brand XYZ 32 GB SD card to sell for me. Amazon also buys direct from the importer 100 copies of the genuine brand XYZ 32 GB SD card for sell under the conditions filled and shipped by Amazon. All the cards labeled as brand XYZ are placed in the same stock bin and the computer simply handles who made the purchase and a robot (most likely) draws the card from the bin. But in this example you have 50/50 chance of getting a counterfeit card.
Amazon regards the products as
fungible, meaning that an SD card made by brand xyz is the same regardless of who is selling it. Further, if a warehouse in Brooklyn runs out of stock of the brand xyz 32 GB cards, the order may be filled from a warehouse in Harrisburg PA regardless of who has supplied the cards in any given bin.
So buyer beware on these small commodity type of items; you may not know what you get, until you get it!
Now my same neighbor tells me that Best Buy at the Corporate level purchases thousands of cards every year, and they purchase them direct from the importer. They are then disseminated downward to the individual stores based on the BB inventory system. There isn't any unknown middle person, the card is supplied from importer >> Best Buy Corporate >> local Best Buy store. The odds are much higher in this scenario to get the genuine article.
I would speculate that B&H, Adorama or any of the other biggies also buy in sufficiently large enough quantities direct from the importer to avoid any middle man being involved in the distribution chain.
