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Which SDCard for the R8?

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gipper51 Veteran Member • Posts: 5,901
Re: Which SDCard for the R8?
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If you don't plan to use the high speed modes very much, good old UHS-I cards like the Sandisk Extreme Pro work great. These cards are proven, reliable, and are dirt cheap now and still give pretty good speed (100 MB/s write). I've bought a couple of 64GB versions for around $12-13 each. Again, if you don't use the burst mode very often, I'd say save your money and just get these. Pick your size; 64 and 128GB are very well priced.

They'll still handle using burst mode sporadically, but aren't quite fast enough for dedicated sports and wildlife. Those who go out and come home with 5000 images or more in a few hours will need faster.

V60 cards are good price/performance ratio now, and should handle the R8 buffer pretty well. Possibly not fast enough to handle a "few thousand frames per hour" type shooting, but for most uses should be sufficient. I've got a Lexar UHS-II 1800X V60 card for my R6II and have been happy with it. I haven't stress tested the buffer in the real world yet, but some quick test at home firing off 40FPS showed it cleared pretty quickly. I'll likely never use the 20/40 fps modes so I don't expect any bottle necks for my needs.

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