| These cards can look physically similar, but they are all very different. |
First of all, choosing an SD card to go into your camera may seem like an easy task. After all, they all look more or less the same, so someone should be simple as going to the store, finding the highest capacity that fits your budget, and puts it in your camera, isn’t it?
Unfortunately, this is not quite the case. While this strategy will probably work for most modern cameras, there are some ideas that you want to keep in mind if you are using old cameras or if you are shooting for a video or photo burst.
Speed requirement
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| There is a lot of information in the SD card label, but it is not all relevant. |
Seeing the label of a specific SD card may be attacking the senses. They are often covered with numbers and letters, and while some (such as size) can be clear, others are less.
Many cards advertise a writing and/or reading speed, usually represented in MBPS. You can ignore it very much; Often the card only shows reed speed, which is not particularly important for cameras, as you are mainly writing it, and even when it involves a writing speed, it is almost always showing the best-case landscape rating, which will not apply to the shooting of the real world, especially.
You can ignore listed read/right speed
If that number is not useful, what should you see instead? It depends on the matter of your use. If you just plan to take a single photo and perhaps some short video clips, most modern SD cards will work well; You do not need to make additional payments for super-fast models, which will often come with labels like V60 or V90.
If you have a high-resolution camera, plan a lot of bursts with both Raw and JPEG, or shooting a long 4K60p clip or even 8k video, you would like to spend extra money to get one of the high-ended cards. If you get a card with a low speed rating like V30 or even there is no V-turning, it can obstruct your camera performance.
What about other ratings?
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| The UHS-I card (top) consists of less pin than UHS-II (below). |
SD standard has several speed ratings over the years, enough that it can be its own separate article. If you are using an old camera, it may be worth the investigation whether it recommends a certificate C or U-Andering, but nowadays the most important Kalpana card will be the UHS rating of the card. Most cards that you are likely to run are UHS-I or UHS-II. The difference between the two is easy to mention, as the UHS-II card has the second line of pin on the back.
If you have an old or lower-end camera, it will be likely to have a UHS-i slot, and you will not get any benefit from the UHS-II card. It will still work with your camera, but it will only be able to walk at slow UHS-i speed. Similarly, UHS-I card will work in cameras with UHS-II slots, but as we have mentioned in the speed section, if your use is specifically demanding, they can hurt your camera performance.
Can an SD card contain too much storage?
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| Some cameras will not be able to accept large cards. |
While high -capacity SD cards are always becoming less expensive, there are situations where you may need to avoid getting one with most storage. For example, if you are using an old camera, it cannot work with a large card.
If you look at your card closely, you can see that “SD,” such as “SDHC” or “SDXC” contains some letters. These actually reflect different generations of the card, and while most new cameras will be able to use any of them, the old cameras cannot be compatible with new generations of the card.
Some cameras have a printed or engraved indicator that shows which version of SDs they support; If not, that information should be available in manual, or online. If your camera says “SDHC,” for example, you will probably be able to use it only with cards that are 32GB or small. Cameras that only support “SD”, in the meantime, are limited to cards that are just 2 GB or less, which can be difficult to find new.
The SD extended capacity, or SDXC, was introduced in 2009 and supports the card up to 2TB, so it would mainly be a concern for the cameras released that year or before, although some low-end cameras of the 2010s may have a lack of SDXC support.
MicroSD vs SD
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Although this is not particularly normal, some cameras use microSD cards instead of people of full size. The difference by the name becomes clear: MicroSD cards are SD cards, but are very small. Speed ratings and classes will be all the same, so the advice to buy microSD card is too much as for people of full size; Find out how big and fast card you need, and go from there.
If your computer has only one full -sized SD card reader or you want to be able to use your card in a variety of cameras, do not fear: MicroSDs are widely available for SD adapters, and even when you buy microSD cards can be included. It goes only one way, though; You cannot consistently fit a full -sized SD card in a microSD slot.
What is SD Express?
This is not particularly likely, but you can get into cards labeled as “SD Express”. If you do, we do not recommend buying it, as there is no camera on the current market that supports the standard. While SD Express cards are backwards with standard SD slot, they will only run at UHS-I speed, so you will pay for a high-speed card without any profit.
Wait, this SD is not at all!
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| High-end cameras can have a CFEXPRESS slot with an SD one … or two CFEXPRESS slots too! |
While SD cards are industry standards over years, if you buy Vintage point-endsYou can air with something that does not take them. Unfortunately, it may not happen that you can do a lot about it, because it is difficult to find an obsolete cards such as XD or original memory stick. In some cases, you may be able to find an adapter that will allow you to use SD or MicroSD card in other slots, and some old formats such as compact flash are still around, but usually it is best to stick to cameras with SD card slots.
There are high-end modern cameras at the opposite end of the spectrum, which can use standards such as CFEXPRESS Type B, while most people will not finish with one of these cameras by accident, if you see a port that is too large for a standard SD card, it may be that it may be.
When in doubt …
If you have bought a new camera and are uncertain as to which card to use it, check the manual. Most specific SD cards come up with recommendations that the manufacturer knows will allow you to benefit the most from your camera. Not in the list, the cards will definitely work with it, but if you want to make sure that you are not getting something that will slow down your camera, it is a good place to start.
