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<\/a>I learnt the hard way that not all memory cards are the same and even the ones that claim to be suitable for HD video can let you down. Grab the wrong card and you\u2019ll be greeted with a message like this. \u201cMovie recording has been stopped automatically\u201dand basically when you see this it\u2019s game over. So here\u2019s some tips for choosing the right memory card for video.<\/p>\nCompact Flash or SDHC?<\/u><\/strong> The Class 10 rule<\/u><\/strong> Faster then fast<\/u><\/strong> From my experience both cards will work just fine at recording DSLR video but when you combine the faster card with a USB 3 reader, you\u2019ll be able access the data far faster.<\/p>\n I\u2019d recommend the left card is the minimum you should relay on for video, where as the card on the right is my preferred card.<\/p>\n Size matters.<\/u><\/strong> As a stills photographer I\u2019m used to grabbing the nearest memory card, popping it in the camera and shooting photos. As long as there\u2019s enough space on the card I\u2019m good to go. But when it comes to capturing video with your DSLR, life\u2019s not that simple. I learnt the hard way that not all … Continue reading Choosing an SD card for video<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[23,24],"class_list":["post-1884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","tag-featured","tag-spotlight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1884"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2250,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1884\/revisions\/2250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
If I have the choice then I\u2019d use compact flash cards every time. Generally speaking compact flash cards are faster, which is always good for video and from my personal experience I can testify to their durability too. Having said that, SD cards are now the norm for new cameras and there\u2019s no going back. So it makes sense to invest in decent SD cards if you\u2019re likely to be upgrading your camera body in the future.<\/p>\n
When it comes to choosing an SD card for video there\u2019s one golden rule\u2026 It absolutely must be rated as a class 10 card. DSLR\u2019s churn out video at an incredible rate and all that data has to be written to the card, a class 10 card can do that at least 10 megabytes per second.<\/p>\n<\/a>Good as the class 10 rule is, it doesn\u2019t always work. Take a close look at these two cards from Kingston<\/a>. They\u2019re both rated as class 10 but one is faster then the other. The card on the left is capable of shifting 15mb of data per second where as the card on the right shifts a whopping 35mb of data per second.<\/p>\n
For still photography an 8GB card will usually do me just fine for a days shooting but when it comes to video that same 8GB card will be full in just over 20 minutes. So unless you only want to shoot short clips you\u2019re really going to need a big card. 16GB cards represent good value for money but for me 32GB cards are the way to go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"