Snowman Posted December 22, 2015 Share #1 Posted December 22, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hello, I will shortly be receiving my new Leica Q here in the UK. I'm looking a buying a decent 64Gb SDXC card for the camera, keeping in mind compatibility with regard to maximum data transfers etc. Can members recommend a decent SDXC card that meets this criteria, personally in the past I have looked at Sandisk. Thanks, Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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stantius Posted December 22, 2015 Share #2 Posted December 22, 2015 I am using a Sandisk Extreme Pro without problems. The Sandisk Extreme should also be fast enough. I have heard from other people using Transcend. Just make sure it is a (speed-)class 10, on the card shown as a number within a C-shape. There is also the UHS-class, which is displayed as a number within a kind of U-shape. The options here are 1 and 3, with 3 being the faster one. I am not sure whether the Q can make use of the higher speed, but I would just go for UHS-class 3 to be future proof. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowman Posted December 22, 2015 Author Share #3 Posted December 22, 2015 I am using a Sandisk Extreme Pro without problems. The Sandisk Extreme should also be fast enough. I have heard from other people using Transcend. Just make sure it is a (speed-)class 10, on the card shown as a number within a C-shape. There is also the UHS-class, which is displayed as a number within a kind of U-shape. The options here are 1 and 3, with 3 being the faster one. I am not sure whether the Q can make use of the higher speed, but I would just go for UHS-class 3 to be future proof. Thanks for the reply, I will look into the Sandisk ones. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iduna Posted December 22, 2015 Share #4 Posted December 22, 2015 I am using a Sandisk Extreme Pro without problems. The Sandisk Extreme should also be fast enough. I have heard from other people using Transcend. Just make sure it is a (speed-)class 10, on the card shown as a number within a C-shape. There is also the UHS-class, which is displayed as a number within a kind of U-shape. The options here are 1 and 3, with 3 being the faster one. I am not sure whether the Q can make use of the higher speed, but I would just go for UHS-class 3 to be future proof. I share the same experience for the Q needs a fast card to write the data quickly enough. UHS 1 -class should be required, the normal Cards are too slow. The SanDisk Extreme Pro with UHS 1 works perfectly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marchyman Posted December 23, 2015 Share #5 Posted December 23, 2015 Unless you shoot thousands of images at a time I'd recommend several 8 or 16Gb cards over one 64Gb card. When a card goes bad (and it does happen) it's less of a shock to your system to lose 1/8 or 1/4 of your images instead of 100%. Besides that I also use Sandisk Extreme Pro cards. I also have an Extreme Plus (still class 10) that I use, too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowman Posted December 23, 2015 Author Share #6 Posted December 23, 2015 Unless you shoot thousands of images at a time I'd recommend several 8 or 16Gb cards over one 64Gb card. When a card goes bad (and it does happen) it's less of a shock to your system to lose 1/8 or 1/4 of your images instead of 100%. Besides that I also use Sandisk Extreme Pro cards. I also have an Extreme Plus (still class 10) that I use, too. Thanks for the comment, that's a good tip. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
beez Posted December 25, 2015 Share #7 Posted December 25, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) I am using a Sandisk Extreme Pro without problems. The Sandisk Extreme should also be fast enough. I have heard from other people using Transcend. Just make sure it is a (speed-)class 10, on the card shown as a number within a C-shape. There is also the UHS-class, which is displayed as a number within a kind of U-shape. The options here are 1 and 3, with 3 being the faster one. I am not sure whether the Q can make use of the higher speed, but I would just go for UHS-class 3 to be future proof. The Q can not take advantage of the faster UHS class 3 - it's optimized for the class 1. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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