Best Bargain CF Cards for the 50D ML raw video??

Started by IronFilm, December 17, 2015, 10:10:15 PM

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IronFilm

Now that the 50D is going cheaper than ever (seeing a few on eBay have sold in the US$150ish region recently!), I've jumped on board as well & have purchased my own 50D for filming with.

Based on this Google Doc I don't think I need to buy the latest and greatest (and more expensive!!) CF Cards that others are using:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16cgnRivbUv7nA9PUlCLmLdir3gXdIN3pqzCNAAybepc/edit#gid=5

As it seems most of the discussion about which cards to use that I've been seeing is around the 5D mk3 raw video, which can use up to a more demanding 100MB/s requirement.

But the impression I get, is with the 50D anything that is more than 70MB/s is a bit of a waste as the 50D isn't faster enough to use that extra speed.

So I could settle for a slower (and cheaper!) card than what the 5D mk3 guys are using?

Thus I should go for the Komputerbay 128gig 800x cards, which handle a minimum of 75MB/s:
http://www.amazon.com/KOMPUTERBAY-128GB-Professional-COMPACT-Extreme/dp/B00ESCR2KM/
http://www.amazon.com/KOMPUTERBAY-PACK-Professional-COMPACT-Extreme/dp/B00D09AH88/

IronFilm

Yay, just now collected my "new" 50D tonight!! :-D Got it here in my  hands. But oops... the seller forgot the charger cable. And I don't have a single CF Card to use with it! (well, I have one on its way.... but thanks to a screw up with NZ Customs it is not here yet)

http://ironfilm.co.nz/does-canon-50d-magic-lantern-raw-make-sense-in-late-2015/


Walter Schulz

Charger cable replacement is a problem? Seriously?

IronFilm

Nope, not a big problem at all! Did I say anywhere it is? I'll just have to wait a little while first.