leffe Posted June 17, 2015 Share #1 Posted June 17, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) Any experience which SD card works fastest in the Q? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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alee Posted June 17, 2015 Share #2 Posted June 17, 2015 Also interested to hear if anyone has tested UHS3 cards vs UHS1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitalfx Posted June 17, 2015 Share #3 Posted June 17, 2015 according to the specs its UHS-1: "SD/SDHC/SDXC, multimedia cards, speed class: UHS-1." I have been using the Sandisk Extreme Pro 95MB/s cards and they perform well. I'll test some newer cards and see how they compare. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alee Posted June 17, 2015 Share #4 Posted June 17, 2015 Ouch, only UHS-1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitalfx Posted June 17, 2015 Share #5 Posted June 17, 2015 (edited) Ouch, only UHS-1 Typical Leica... I ran a few quick tests with thee following cards: Sandisk Extreme Plus 64GB SDXC1 (80MB/s) UHS-3 ProSandisk Extreme Plus 16GB SDHC1 (95MB/s) UHS-1 Both fresh format Camera in C Shutter- JPEG + RAW depressed shutter for 30 seconds both cards performed the same and both recorded 24 exposures in 30 seconds. Edited June 17, 2015 by digitalfx Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alee Posted June 17, 2015 Share #6 Posted June 17, 2015 Thank you! Well at least I can feel good about using cheaper cards. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLeicaWorld Posted January 13, 2018 Share #7 Posted January 13, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) I bought 3 64gb extreme pro 95mb/s.. and happy with them.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leica Guy Posted January 13, 2018 Share #8 Posted January 13, 2018 I use the SanDisk Extreme 32 GB Pro 95 Mbit SD cards. I’ve been interested in anyway to increase the write speed. On the highest shutter rate of 10 FPS, I’m only getting about 2 1/2 sec. of continuous shutter. Or said another way around 25 images before the buffer is full and it slows down a lot on new image captures. It compares very similar to my Canon 5D3 writing to the same card, but if I write to the Compact Flash on the 5D3 same brand and type card I get around 10 secs. Really amazing the difference in SD versus CF in my 5D3. I have a need for around 4 secs of continuous image capture at 10 FPS on the Q and have not yet found if there’s even a way. Slowing down to the med. capture rate on the Q gives me around 4 sec. capture. I think that’s around 24 images. It may simply be that the Q cannot write any faster no matter what speed SD card is in it. If anyone is using a faster than 95 Mbit card, I’d really appreciate hearing the results. Thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanz Posted January 18, 2018 Share #9 Posted January 18, 2018 (edited) HELlo... Is 128 GB sandisk extreme pro / 95mb/s is good for Leica Q ? Edited January 18, 2018 by Tanz Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leica Guy Posted January 19, 2018 Share #10 Posted January 19, 2018 HELlo... Is 128 GB sandisk extreme pro / 95mb/s is good for Leica Q ? Afraid I have no idea. I’ve never owned a 128GB card. I personally am reluctant to use such large capacity cards unless it’s for video. I would be afraid to have such a large number of photos on one card. What if it malfunctioned? I’ve only had that happen once, but you literally could lose multiple thousands of photos if it did. Presently I mainly use 16GB cards with the occasional 32GB card. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Chef Posted January 19, 2018 Share #11 Posted January 19, 2018 I agree on using smaller cards. I have a small stack of 16GB cards that reduce the risk of catastrophic loss. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
piran Posted January 19, 2018 Share #12 Posted January 19, 2018 Well... "good" depends on your viewpoint, I will offer my own experience to counter the usual naysayers:-) This particular media works for me in the Q. I have several of this media at that size. None have ever let me down. I have been using Sandisk media and all have been absolutely trustworthy. No failures - ever - decades? As for losing the lot I place more importance on the safekeeping of THE one media actually in my hand than in my ability to safeguard any such additional items loose in various pockets, cases, cars or other apparently safe locations etc. It all depends on your viewpoint but, yes, this media works in my Q. IMHO brilliantly. Several thousand (?) full size RAWs and whatever capacity with opportunist video footage. It's a usefully good size:-) FWIW I also have another one in my vehicle loaded with FLAC music files. YMMV Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighlandK Posted January 19, 2018 Share #13 Posted January 19, 2018 FWIW I also have another one in my vehicle loaded with FLAC music files. Now there's a thought for a Q firmware upgrade ... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erratic Posted December 9, 2018 Share #14 Posted December 9, 2018 On 1/13/2018 at 11:39 PM, Infiniumguy said: I use the SanDisk Extreme 32 GB Pro 95 Mbit SD cards. It may simply be that the Q cannot write any faster no matter what speed SD card is in it. If anyone is using a faster than 95 Mbit card, I’d really appreciate hearing the results. Thanks. Well, given that the Q's specs say it only supports UHS-I, you are stuck with the fastest UHS-I card, currently that is the SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-I series: write speed up to 90 MB/s (burst), and 30 MB/s sustained. (V30, U3) UHS-I's theoretical limit is 104 Mb/s UHS-II's theoretical limit is 312 Mb/s So, there are faster cards out there, but not for the Q. To me the Extreme Pro UHS-I series card is the best you can get for a Leica Q. (they are all 90 write, 95 read, max) Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LexS Posted December 29, 2018 Share #15 Posted December 29, 2018 Say a DNG+JPG picture is about 65MB on the Q. 16GB cards then hold as a max 250 Photos and the 32GB holds max 500 photos. Personally I see no reason to use a larger size SDHC card. I am not doing video. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted December 29, 2018 Share #16 Posted December 29, 2018 On 12/9/2018 at 10:25 PM, erratic said: Well, given that the Q's specs say it only supports UHS-I, you are stuck with the fastest UHS-I card, currently that is the SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-I series: write speed up to 90 MB/s (burst), and 30 MB/s sustained. (V30, U3) UHS-I's theoretical limit is 104 Mb/s UHS-II's theoretical limit is 312 Mb/s So, there are faster cards out there, but not for the Q. To me the Extreme Pro UHS-I series card is the best you can get for a Leica Q. (they are all 90 write, 95 read, max) But - the camera will take faster cards, which is an advantage when downloading to your computer - especially using an USB-3 reader. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted December 29, 2018 Share #17 Posted December 29, 2018 On 1/19/2018 at 3:58 PM, piran said: Well... "good" depends on your viewpoint, I will offer my own experience to counter the usual naysayers:-) This particular media works for me in the Q. I have several of this media at that size. None have ever let me down. I have been using Sandisk media and all have been absolutely trustworthy. No failures - ever - decades? As for losing the lot I place more importance on the safekeeping of THE one media actually in my hand than in my ability to safeguard any such additional items loose in various pockets, cases, cars or other apparently safe locations etc. It all depends on your viewpoint but, yes, this media works in my Q. IMHO brilliantly. Several thousand (?) full size RAWs and whatever capacity with opportunist video footage. It's a usefully good size:-) FWIW I also have another one in my vehicle loaded with FLAC music files. YMMV Maybe the card won't fail although I have had it happen, but after you take it out it may be corrupted/mechanically damaged/lost/chewed by the dog, etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erratic Posted January 18, 2019 Share #18 Posted January 18, 2019 On 12/29/2018 at 2:21 PM, jaapv said: But - the camera will take faster cards, which is an advantage when downloading to your computer - especially using an USB-3 reader. so are you saying that despite the specs saying it only supports UHS-I, the camera supports UHS-II ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel Posted January 20, 2019 Share #19 Posted January 20, 2019 On 1/18/2018 at 5:03 PM, Tanz said: HELlo... Is 128 GB sandisk extreme pro / 95mb/s is good for Leica Q ? Yes I have one you can never have too much capacity When I travel i keep all photos on a single card and download to a laptop every night, so I effectively have all photos in two places until I return i am wondering whether a 512gb card will work before I buy one Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
faxao Posted January 20, 2019 Share #20 Posted January 20, 2019 IMHO, and unless you shoot films, it would be better to use multiple 32 or 64gb cards rather than 128gb (or more) in order to minimise probabilities of potential card failure. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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