Question to Canon 60D Owners - Which SDXC/HC card to use?

Started by CodeLyoko, October 08, 2014, 11:15:19 AM

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CodeLyoko

Hey guys I know te 60d's bus is limited to 20mb/s write so which 64 GB card is out there that will maintain a minimum of 20mb/s write even when completely full (it cant drop below 20mb/s at any time because I want to record at 960x540 continuous RAW) ?

I had the following card in mind: http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Extreme-SDSDXN-064G-G46-Newest-Version/dp/B00MBFPT3A
I believe this card can maintain a min 30mb/s write (bottlenecked to 20mb/s by 60d)

Edit: This seems like a cheaper but similar alternative: http://www.amazon.com/Transcend-Speed-Class-Memory-TS64GSDXC10U1/dp/B00AFTV3FC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1412762990&sr=8-1&keywords=transcend+64gb

whitelight

I strongly suggest you to go with cards with a minimum write speed of 45 mb/s. I had the 30 mb sandisk and kingston and rec time with the 60d is max 6-7 sec at max resolution. With 2 other cards with a write speed over 45 mb/s I can reach 9-10 seconds recording which is much more usable. Also you must consider the after shot processing time which is a pain in the a** for the slower cards.
My card of choice is this http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B00G9TXANK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (very fast and cheap).
If you don't like el cheapo brands, I have almost equal results with this: http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B008AN1DHI/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

CodeLyoko

Define Max Resolution? :/ you wont be able to record anything more than a few seconds at max resolution (1728x927) because the bus is limited to 20mbs. If you mean 960x540 then thats very strange you should be able to record continuously with a 30mbps write card.

whitelight

Sorry I wasn't clear, with max resolution I meant 1728x*** in 2.20 or 2.35 aspect ratio. For raw 960x540 I get continuous recording with the fastest cards, but I don't see any real advantages over h264 resolution-wise and the crop factor is massive, so I would consider it only when absolutely necessary. Probably you have some good reasons, though.