Recommended SD card for EM1 Mk1

[pbm2]

I recently got myself two OM-D E-M1 mkI bodies. I have lots of SD cards, lower speed. I do NOT do video. Just wondering if I need to upgrade some of memory cards to Extreme Pro with the 90mbs? Will I see much different with just doing stills? Thanks!

 

[dougjgreen1]

I recently got myself two OM-D E-M1 mkI bodies. I have lots of SD cards, lower speed. I do NOT do video. Just wondering if I need to upgrade some of memory cards to Extreme Pro with the 90mbs? Will I see much different with just doing stills? Thanks!

Only if you do a lot of high speed burst shooting. Otherwise, any and all Class 10 UHS I cards will be perfectly fine. BTW, they are also fine for HD video - as opposed to 4K video. The things that need the 90mbs write speeds are full-frame rate 4K video and continuous high speed burst shooting.

 

[pbm2]

I recently got myself two OM-D E-M1 mkI bodies. I have lots of SD cards, lower speed. I do NOT do video. Just wondering if I need to upgrade some of memory cards to Extreme Pro with the 90mbs? Will I see much different with just doing stills? Thanks!

Only if you do a lot of high speed burst shooting. Otherwise, any and all Class 10 UHS I cards will be perfectly fine. BTW, they are also fine for HD video - as opposed to 4K video. The things that need the 90mbs write speeds are full-frame rate 4K video and continuous high speed burst shooting.

Thanks... I believe all my cards are Class 10... I do portraits and rarely any sort of action work like sports... Good to know!

 

[dougjgreen1]

I recently got myself two OM-D E-M1 mkI bodies. I have lots of SD cards, lower speed. I do NOT do video. Just wondering if I need to upgrade some of memory cards to Extreme Pro with the 90mbs? Will I see much different with just doing stills? Thanks!

Only if you do a lot of high speed burst shooting. Otherwise, any and all Class 10 UHS I cards will be perfectly fine. BTW, they are also fine for HD video - as opposed to 4K video. The things that need the 90mbs write speeds are full-frame rate 4K video and continuous high speed burst shooting.

Thanks... I believe all my cards are Class 10... I do portraits and rarely any sort of action work like sports... Good to know!

For portrait work, any class 10 card is perfectly sufficient. Even the UHS I spec is only needed for HD video.

 

[Terrible Photographer]

I recently got myself two OM-D E-M1 mkI bodies. I have lots of SD cards, lower speed. I do NOT do video. Just wondering if I need to upgrade some of memory cards to Extreme Pro with the 90mbs? Will I see much different with just doing stills? Thanks!

Getting the UHS-1 U3 95MB/s extreme cards really make a difference if you’re shooting somewhat quickly. They make image review and general operation faster

 

[joeletx]

I have shot with the Extreme 32GB 45mbs with the E-M1 Mark 1 for the past five years without running into problem. I also had Micro Center slower card in the camera with no ill effect.

 

[Michael Meissner]

I recently got myself two OM-D E-M1 mkI bodies. I have lots of SD cards, lower speed. I do NOT do video. Just wondering if I need to upgrade some of memory cards to Extreme Pro with the 90mbs? Will I see much different with just doing stills? Thanks!

Getting the UHS-1 U3 95MB/s extreme cards really make a difference if you’re shooting somewhat quickly. They make image review and general operation faster

Though I would imagine you get to the point of diminishing returns, and the E-m1 mark I just cannot write bits to the card fast enough that you would see any difference between a card that is rated for 30MB/s and 95MB/s. Ditto for reading.

The only place where it might make a difference is if you remove the card from the camera to upload to your system, and you have a suitably fast SD card reader and USB 3.0 on the system. There it might be a few seconds faster at the upload.

The GH5 and E-m1 mark II should show a difference, particularly since they both support high speed 4K video and have direct support for UHS-2. But the E-m1 mark I was designed in 2012-2013 before the faster cards were on the market.

I would imagine the Panasonic G85 probably would not show a difference since its 4K video is limited to 30MB/s.

 

[pbm2]

I have shot with the Extreme 32GB 45mbs with the E-M1 Mark 1 for the past five years without running into problem. I also had Micro Center slower card in the camera with no ill effect.

As always all the feed back has been extremely helpful. I found a deal at a local BestBuy on Sandisk UltraPlus 64gb 80mb for $19.95 each. (apparently someone mis-labeled the cards and I got myself a sweet deal!). So I got a 64gb for each body along with all the other SD cards I have, I should well set for a long time! Thanks all!

 

[CBR1100XX]

I have shot with the Extreme 32GB 45mbs with the E-M1 Mark 1 for the past five years without running into problem. I also had Micro Center slower card in the camera with no ill effect.

As always all the feed back has been extremely helpful. I found a deal at a local BestBuy on Sandisk UltraPlus 64gb 80mb for $19.95 each. (apparently someone mis-labeled the cards and I got myself a sweet deal!). So I got a 64gb for each body along with all the other SD cards I have, I should well set for a long time! Thanks all!

Just in case you do ever have this question again or someone stumbles upon this thread here's a great resource for picking memory cards:

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www.cameramemoryspeed.com

The EM-1 mkI tops out at 32 MBPS and your card is ~20 MBPS for writes so it should be a solid choice.

Also I got that write figure from their table here:

SD Card Reviews - Fastest Secure Digital Memory Cards - Camera Memory Speed Comparison & Performance tests for SD and CF cards

Reviews of SD Memory Cards comparisons, benchmark, speed tests using various digital cameras. Fastest Secure Digital cards.

www.cameramemoryspeed.com

 

[User2241459735]

I have a Lexar 633X 64 GB, 95 MB/s card but am wondering if the newer faster cards will work in this camera?

Such as this one:

https://www.amazon.ca/Lexar-Profess...=64+gb+card+professional+,aps,104&sr=8-6&th=1

Which is Lexar Professional (LSD64GCBNA1667) 1667X 64GB SDXC Uhs-II/U3

I have shot with the Extreme 32GB 45mbs with the E-M1 Mark 1 for the past five years without running into problem. I also had Micro Center slower card in the camera with no ill effect.

As always all the feed back has been extremely helpful. I found a deal at a local BestBuy on Sandisk UltraPlus 64gb 80mb for $19.95 each. (apparently someone mis-labeled the cards and I got myself a sweet deal!). So I got a 64gb for each body along with all the other SD cards I have, I should well set for a long time! Thanks all!

Just in case you do ever have this question again or someone stumbles upon this thread here's a great resource for picking memory cards:

https://www.cameramemoryspeed.com/olympus-e-m1/fastest-sd-card-tests/

The EM-1 mkI tops out at 32 MBPS and your card is ~20 MBPS for writes so it should be a solid choice.

Also I got that write figure from their table here:

https://www.cameramemoryspeed.com/reviews/sd-cards/

 

[Michael Meissner]

I have a Lexar 633X 64 GB, 95 MB/s card but am wondering if the newer faster cards will work in this camera?

In general, the faster cards will work, but unless your camera supports UHS-II cards running at V90 speed, you won't see any speed improvement using the faster cards. Even if the camera supports faster cards, there is a point where you won't see a speed improvement.

In general, there are 3 places where a camera that supports faster cards might see an improvement:

• If you are shooting in machine gun mode (i.e. Pro Capture or just having a high FPS) then having a faster card will mean you will have more images saved before the camera slows down.
• If you are shooting 4K/C4K video and you specify as much detail and smallest compression as possible.
• If your camera has a high speed USB connection, a faster card may mean uploads are faster. Similarly, if you use an external reader, and your computer's USB and card reader both run at higher speeds, the upload will be faster.

When I bought the E-m5 mark III, I did buy one Delkin 128GB UHS-II V90 card, and I moved that card to be the main card on the OM-1 when I bought it. I looked at the SanDisk Extreme Pro card, but I was already over budget, and I went with the cheaper Delkin. Generally, I've used UHS-I V30 cards in my cameras.

Recently, I saw a good deal on Delkin 128GB UHS-II V60 cards, and I picked up a few, and now have the main card in the E-m5 mark III and the secondary card in the OM-1 both be UHS-II V60 cards. However, since I typically don't shoot machine gun mode at high speeds, and I no longer do much video, I don't think I need the speed.

 

[Snapsh0t]

Yes, it will work but it would be money wasted as, unless I'm very wrong, your camera does not support UHS II.

The 95MB/s on your cards is the read speed, not the write speed, so does not really tell you how fast the card is. The post that your replied to says the maximum speed the E-M1 can reach is 32MB/s and as your cards probably have a write speed of at least 45MB/s there's absolutely no point to buying faster UHS I cards.