which memory cards you use for your 5D mark II?

Which memory cards do you use for your 5DM2? Sandisk extreme? TRanscend? Lexar? what min speed for the card?

I always buy generic cards from reliable vendors, cards that simply meet the minimum spec for the camera. I never pay extra for so-called name brand cards or cards spec'ed faster than the camera requires.

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Which memory cards do you use for your 5DM2? Sandisk extreme? TRanscend? Lexar? what min speed for the card?

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I use Transcend and Sandisk and have always been pleased.

Beware of purchasing cards off eBay as many times they are inferior cards with name brand manufactures labels on them.
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Even 30MB/s ones would be great if you are not planning to shoot raw brusts.

I was using LEXAR 16gb Pro 300x and just bought two LEXAR 32gb Pro 300x cards - both 16gb 300x and 32gb 300x work very nicely. I shoot a huge amount of RAW images on movie and television sets. I've NEVER had a problem with LEXAR....

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I use Sandisk Extreme and Lexar Pro 300x. I just got one of each in 16GBs. I was happy with 8GB cards on a 12MP camera but 21 MP files of the 5DMKII really need a 16.
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Thanks for the reply...which version of sandisk or transcend did you use with your 5D Mii?

I have had sandisk extreme 3, extreme 4, and their new extreme 60mb/s. the best bang for the buck, for me was the 16gb, 60mb/s for 93 from amazon
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I've been using the Lexar Pro UDMA 16 GB 300x cards, plus some legacy Lexar and SanDisk Extreme III 30 mb/s cards. I've never had a bad experience.

If I planned to rip off a string of RAW files, I would invest in the new Lexar 600x cards. There was a YouTube video recently demonstrating how fast they can "digest" a string of RAW photos. Otherwise 300x is plenty.

Thanks for the reply.

The 5M MII Manual said the min speed is 8MB/sec. so do you really see an improvement by using the card you mentioned below? There is a limit speed for the camera to write

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I've been using the Lexar Pro UDMA 16 GB 300x cards, plus some legacy Lexar and SanDisk Extreme III 30 mb/s cards. I've never had a bad experience.

If I planned to rip off a string of RAW files, I would invest in the new Lexar 600x cards. There was a YouTube video recently demonstrating how fast they can "digest" a string of RAW photos. Otherwise 300x is plenty.

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This Lexar YouTube video impressed me. It really highlights the difference in the card write speeds:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOALy-tYdUk

But unless you were going to motor off a string of raw files, a less speedy card should be fine.

Out of curiosity, I just tested my 5DII shooting raw+jpeg with the Lexar 300x. Once the buffer filled, I could keep shooting at the rate of 2 frames per second, which ain't bad. Hope this helps.

.....I bought some 16gb 'sandisk' from ebay some time ago - they looked genuine - came with all the packaging etc etc, then another ebayer mailed me to say he had received fakes & directed me to a website that explained how to spot a fake sandisk - I checked mine & they were fake too. I raised an ebay/paypal claim against the seller & got my money back with very little trouble - well done ebay & paypal. the sellers account was frozen & 'kicked' off ebay.

I subsequently (about a year later) bought from a more reliable supplier genuine Sandisk 32gb Extreme (60mb/s) card as at the time (recently) it was the best (sandisk) bang for the buck.

To be honest, I have yet to notice a significant performance difference between the fake & genuine cards.......although I did not with the fake cards that if I grabbed a still while videoing it tended to stop recording video of its own accord & the amber read/write buffer warning light illuminated for a time. Not sure if I have done the same test with the genuine card yet to prove a difference.

I've switched to all Photofast GMonster 533x Plus 16gb cards. They're rated at 90MB/s both read and write. I shoot a lot of RAW bursts and these cards really fly. I also shoot a lot of video, and the ability to get 1080p video off many cards with my Firewire reader quickly is a real benefit.

Here's more on real world usage...

http://www.neutralday.com/photofast-gmonster-compactflash-533x-and-533x-plus-review/

Sal