Do you have playback initial delay on GH5 II with fast SD Cards?

[kgg]

Recently got new GH5M2, updated firmware to Ver.1.1 and started using with my old 32GB Transcend SD Cards SDHC UHS-I Ultimate Class 10 U1 with no problems.

Today decided to make small upgrade and bought two 128GB SanDisk SD Cards Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-I U3 V30.

Inserted both 128GB cards and noticed odd thing: after pressing playback button you have to wait about 2 seconds before you see the image from SD card. Annoying. With Transcend old cards it works without noticable delay - instant image on LCD.

All the cards are formatted in camera body. Old 32GB cards have many photos and videos and start playback with no delay. New 128GB cards have just couple of images.

Initially, I suspected it is not GH5 or SanDisk but perhasp 128GB card size and SDXC. But after checking in GH4 body found that 128GB card works there without initial delay - perfectly fast. Tried to format in GH4 body. Same result: no delay in GH4 and initial delay about 2 seconds in GH5M2 if 2 SD cards inserted. If just 1 SD card inserted, initial delay is about 1 second.

32GB card has FAT32 partition and 128GB card has to have exFAT partition. Perhaps the issue is about GH5M2 and exFAT partition.

Did anybody face same issue with GH5M2 or another camera? May it be solved somehow, example use other brand SD card? Is the only solution to use 32GB FAT32 cards?

 

[kgg]

Thank you for the links

 

[jrsforums]

I just did a test on G9 with Sony ‘G’ 128GB cards. In both ‘relay’ & ‘backup’. Press & release button and image appears. Yes, there is a “delay”, but it is not a second. Maybe a small fraction of a second.

I suspect anyone’s problems are probably card dependent…either speed or card controller. BTW, the ‘G’ cards are 300mbs read & 299mbs write

 

[jrsforums]

I just dug out 2 Transcend 32GB type I cards. Same speed as noted above. Really, no noticeable delay.

I could test 2 other G9’s but doubt there would be any problem.

It is possible that a really full card might cause a slow down…not gonna load one up. I took about 20 shots with Transcend and it took forever for buffer to clear, which is why I have the G’s.

 

[kgg]

Thanks for the info. Perhaps next Friday I'll be able to check Sony G 64GB card.

 

[kgg]

One 128GB card inserted has about 1 second playback delay. When 2 crads inserted, there is 2 seconds delay. Does not matter if the cards are just formatted and emty or have single image.

One or two 32GB cards inserted no playback delay at all. Does not matter if the cards are empty or contain 1000 of images. Just when there are many images, then over already displayed current image there is a small animation icon for a while showing reading process progress.

 

[jrsforums]

1. kgg wrote:

One 128GB card inserted has about 1 second playback delay. When 2 crads inserted, there is 2 seconds delay. Does not matter if the cards are just formatted and emty or have single image.

One or two 32GB cards inserted no playback delay at all. Does not matter if the cards are empty or contain 1000 of images. Just when there are many images, then over already displayed current image there is a small animation icon for a while showing reading process progress.

What cards (plus details) are you using?

I didn’t try when card empty. Where the images freshly taken on that camera?

 

[User_S]

I'm having also a delay after pushing the playback button on the GH5 II. Not two seconds though, maybe one. Never had this issue with the GH5 and the same cards.

Used card: SanDisk Extreme 150 MB/s 128 GB ( https://www.amazon.de/-/en/SDSDXV5-128G-GNCIN-SanDisk-Extreme-128gb/dp/B07H48412Q/ )

 

[kgg]

Thanks. I think my SanDisk cards are close in performance but I found not a perfect but acceptable solution. Will post now to this thread.

 

[Interceptor121]

Recently got new GH5M2, updated firmware to Ver.1.1 and started using with my old 32GB Transcend SD Cards SDHC UHS-I Ultimate Class 10 U1 with no problems.

Today decided to make small upgrade and bought two 128GB SanDisk SD Cards Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-I U3 V30.

Inserted both 128GB cards and noticed odd thing: after pressing playback button you have to wait about 2 seconds before you see the image from SD card. Annoying. With Transcend old cards it works without noticable delay - instant image on LCD.

All the cards are formatted in camera body. Old 32GB cards have many photos and videos and start playback with no delay. New 128GB cards have just couple of images.

Initially, I suspected it is not GH5 or SanDisk but perhasp 128GB card size and SDXC. But after checking in GH4 body found that 128GB card works there without initial delay - perfectly fast. Tried to format in GH4 body. Same result: no delay in GH4 and initial delay about 2 seconds in GH5M2 if 2 SD cards inserted. If just 1 SD card inserted, initial delay is about 1 second.

32GB card has FAT32 partition and 128GB card has to have exFAT partition. Perhaps the issue is about GH5M2 and exFAT partition.

Did anybody face same issue with GH5M2 or another camera? May it be solved somehow, example use other brand SD card? Is the only solution to use 32GB FAT32 cards?

I normally save raw on card 1 and jpeg and video from card 2

I have no delays on any cameras

are you saving jpeg or raw and how do you use the two slots

 

[kgg]

Hi all and thanks for your responses,

Here is how the story ended for me at least for now.

As I wrote last time, I found a place to try UHS II card. There was only Sony card SF-M128T what is SDXC UHS-II U3 V60 128GB. When I tried it, it played back not as instantly as 32GB card but with really small delay, maybe 0.2 seconds. I decided to buy 2 such cards. Now, when 2 such cards inserted, playback delay is maybe half a second. This is acceptable to me but not perfect.

I also tried how this Sony card works in GH4 body. There it works same way - instant playback as for all other cards I have.

If Panasonic make firmware fix, it will be a really good update. Maybe I'll find time to report them, else nothing happens

 

[kgg]

I do not have fixed 2 slot usage setup. Before this GH5 II body my cameras had one card slot. Usually, I select slot 1 -> 2 switching to 2 -> 1 just to decide which material should go to which card. Sometimes activate mirror copy to both cards. I do not shoot RAW always. Usually only JPG or activate RAW+JPG when importance of subject rises or when there is high scene dynamic range. Never used that mode when I should select folders for different types on material.

But the issue has nothing to do with card usage. Delay is same on just formatted empty cards or cards having single image taken in this body or other body or cards with hundreds of images.