Most suitable card for Canon 600d/t3i RAW capabilites?

[Viva Love]

Hey friends. I am a relatively new ML user so I would appreciate some advice. I have, prior to this thread, scanned the internet thoroughly for some information but I can't find anything definitive.

I am under the impression that the "KOMPUTERBAY 64GB COMPACT FLASH CARD CF - 1000x 150mb/s" card would be more than adequate to record a reasonable amount of RAW footage on the 5d's without any frame-dropping issues. What kinda of alternative could I use that would provide similar results card wise for the 600d? Also - any idea what kind of settings I could achieve with this combo E.G Bit rate, clip length etc.

Apologies if this topic has been covered elsewhere, as I said I have looked through these forums prior to this.

Thank you very much!

Link to the card:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/KOMPUTERBAY-COMPACT-FLASH-professional-Extreme/dp/B009JCL55Y/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

PS: I am currently running ML off of a previous SDHD / class 10 / integral ultima PRO / 32gb with up 45mb/s. Worried this will not be a powerful enough card for much access into the RAW potential. Cheers.

[Andy600]

Good luck trying to cram a CF card into an SD slot

[Viva Love]

Haha well that's embarrassing... No wonder It was only suggested for the 5d's  Which card would you recommend, alternatively?

[Andy600]

No worries

Try benchmarking your current card. It' probably fast enough already. You will have limited frame sizes available because of the SD buffer bottleneck (it's hardware I'm afraid).

[tupp]

Yes, the 600D/T3i takes SD cards -- not compact flash.

It looks like the fastest Komputerbay SD cards on Amazon are 600x.

Sandisk Extreme Pro cards work well, but they are expensive.  I have been using a 64GB PNY Elite Performance card with my T3i, not for raw, but for 2.5x boosted bit rate with all I-frames, and it works on all but the most complex subjects.

[Viva Love]

Thank you for the swift replies, both of you. I think it may be a good bet myself to settle for H.264 with boosted bit-rate, at least for now!

[tupp]

It might be worth it to also try all I-frames (GOP 1) or at least 1 I-frame out of every three frames (GOP 3).  Here is a thread that discusses ideal settings for the original TL1 and TL2.  Here is a related article.

I believe that the latest TL builds allow bit rate boosting and GOP adjustment while lacking slice and d-block control.  I am still using TL1 for the extra control, but I will soon try a more recent TL build.

[Viva Love]

Thank you tupp.

Looking to purchase this card as you suggested. However the low price is putting me off and also lack of any customer reviews... I am aware there is an issue occasionally with fake cards. Any thoughts?

http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/4-/23919910/809836643/-/ListingDetails.html?_%24ja=tsid:13315|cat:23919910|prd:23919910&$$ja=cgid:7111954857|tsid:48121|cid:130773177|lid:54121492737|nw:g|crid:22715960097|rnd:9760878112120837131|dvc:c|adp:1o1|mt:

Play.com is a renowned and highly respected store. Mind you, it is from an external seller...

Thanks, James.

[Walter Schulz]

1.: Price is a bit high ...
2.: Customer reviews would not help preventing to purchase a fake card. Benchmark the card using a fast USB 3.0 cardreader and send fakes back.
3.: 600D is bottlenecked by a rather slow memory controller chip. About 21 MByte/s ... end of the line. A faster card will not help here.

[tupp]

Looking to purchase this card as you suggested. However the low price is putting me off and also lack of any customer reviews... I am aware there is an issue occasionally with fake cards. Any thoughts?

Not sure to which card (of the ones I mentioned) you refer, but more reviews on the Sandisk card can be found here.

[tupp]

3.: 600D is bottlenecked by a rather slow memory controller chip. About 21 MByte/s ... end of the line. A faster card will not help here.

Yes, but people should keep in mind that card ratings are often outrageously wrong. My PNY Elite Performance card is rated at 90MB/s, yet, on the camera, it is consistently slower than my Sandisk Extreme Pro rated at 80MB/s.  The card with the higher rating is definitely limiting the recording speed of the camera.