Firefly Posted December 10, 2014 Share #1 Posted December 10, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi folks, guess this might be a question asked before but as the title says "SDHC card for M8?" I am not looking for the biggest or fastest, just a reliable trouble free and easily obtainable card here in the UK. I understand some cards have been known to give trouble in the past although maybe this has been overstated? Thanks in advance, Rob Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lct Posted December 10, 2014 Share #2 Posted December 10, 2014 The M8 has pretty well the same performance with fast and slow cards. A good Sandisk 45 MB/s or same will be enough. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjans Posted December 10, 2014 Share #3 Posted December 10, 2014 I have used Sandisk, Lexar and Transcend without any problems with my M8. Regards 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefly Posted December 10, 2014 Author Share #4 Posted December 10, 2014 May I ask what sizes, there seems to be advice not to go over 32GB, some say smaller, what would happen if you tried a 64GB card? Cheers Rob Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjans Posted December 10, 2014 Share #5 Posted December 10, 2014 I always used 8 gb cards. Best 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted December 10, 2014 Share #6 Posted December 10, 2014 8GB indeed. With 16GB cards, let alone 32 or 64, the total frame number will always exceed the maximum of the top LCD frame counter (999). 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefly Posted December 10, 2014 Author Share #7 Posted December 10, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thanks everyone, any particular speed to go for or avoid? Any dodgy makes? Cheers Rob Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjh Posted December 10, 2014 Share #8 Posted December 10, 2014 May I ask what sizes, there seems to be advice not to go over 32GB, some say smaller, what would happen if you tried a 64GB card? SDHC is limited to 32 GB max. 64 GB would require SDXC cards which are not supported. At about 10 MB per raw file 8 or 16 GB should be plenty. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted December 10, 2014 Share #9 Posted December 10, 2014 Consider also potential for card damage or loss; I'd rather have more cards with fewer pics. Of course there are various security and back-up measures one can take, but every bit helps. Jeff 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philinflash Posted December 10, 2014 Share #10 Posted December 10, 2014 8GB indeed. With 16GB cards, let alone 32 or 64, the total frame number will always exceed the maximum of the top LCD frame counter (999).I don't mind the fact that the 16GB card greatly exceeds the frame counter digital display. I do not start to worry about card capacity until I am in two-digit territory. On the other side, it is nice to shoot and shoot and shoot on the 32 Gb card for so many frames as it will accomodate. I am unable to detect any performance (read/write) downside so my attitude is "why not?". The fewer cycles of swapping cards and downloading images the better. It used to be with the smaller cards that I was always full-up when it was least convenient. Now, I swap cards when it is convenient to me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted December 10, 2014 Share #11 Posted December 10, 2014 Consider also potential for card damage or loss; I'd rather have more cards with fewer pics +1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted December 12, 2014 Share #12 Posted December 12, 2014 Thanks everyone, any particular speed to go for or avoid? Any dodgy makes? Cheers Rob I'm very new to the M-digi world so take all the following as coming from a 'newbie' but FWIW I conducted a basic test with 4x and 10x cards in both 8Gb and 16Gb sizes and from two makers which showed no appreciable difference in write-speed across the whole set. Where the 10x cards really scored, however, was transfer-rate to laptop. Just my impression. Probably better to see if anyone more 'versed' has had a different experience. Philip. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefly Posted December 12, 2014 Author Share #13 Posted December 12, 2014 Thanks, I have purchased a pair of 8gb cards, regards Rob Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfspencer Posted December 12, 2014 Share #14 Posted December 12, 2014 Consider also potential for card damage or loss; I'd rather have more cards with fewer pics. Of course there are various security and back-up measures one can take, but every bit helps. Jeff +2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathanrupert Posted January 9, 2015 Share #15 Posted January 9, 2015 FYI Jimmy at Leica Mayfair has told me that the M8 only saves at 15mb/sec, so no use buying faster cards except for card -> computer transfer speed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgk Posted January 9, 2015 Share #16 Posted January 9, 2015 May I ask what sizes, there seems to be advice not to go over 32GB, some say smaller, what would happen if you tried a 64GB card? Cheers Rob Mine works fine with Sandisk 16 & 32gb cards. No problems. They aren't terribly fast cards though (the 16 is 15Mb/s, I've just extracted it and checked). Despite there being a risk of data loss if the card fails, I find that large cards can take such a lot of photos that one card loaded into the camera will usually suffice for long enough for a decent trip away - so there is less risk of actually losing loose cards..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted January 9, 2015 Share #17 Posted January 9, 2015 Unless you lose the camera with its thousands pics... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgk Posted January 9, 2015 Share #18 Posted January 9, 2015 Its all about risk management:eek: - I'm more likely to lose loose cards I hope;). Actually, using a large card and frequently downloading it makes good sense to me..... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leika Posted May 19, 2015 Share #19 Posted May 19, 2015 Sorry for kicking this subject, but I wonder what your writespeed is, and in what setting? In DNG+JPEG mine takes almost up to 10sec! Thought only my old digilux2 was slow.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenshacker Posted May 19, 2015 Share #20 Posted May 19, 2015 The camera is doing a lot of extra work to produce the Jpeg file. Try it on DNG only if you need speed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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