DaveV Posted August 31, 2020 Share #1 Posted August 31, 2020 Advertisement (gone after registration) Was going to pick up another set of UHS II cards and the Lexar V60 are literally 1/5th of the price of the Lexar 128 GB V90 cards that I actually have in my SL2 currently. My shooting style is pretty deliberate, in that I rarely shoot more than single shots or at most, 5-10 shot bursts and even thats rare. I also only shoot a handful of video clips per year. Other than the obvious (30% faster transfer to my computer for post processing), is there any real benefit to going with V90? Not that I'm complaining about spending money, if they'll be a real benefit, but that extra $220 could buy other things for my rig. Thoughts? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ardbeg Posted August 31, 2020 Share #2 Posted August 31, 2020 Yes, V60 (or V30 for that matter) is more than sufficient for stills. I stick with V60 in case I’m overcome with an occasional need for video. Based on quick bitrate back of napkin math, you’d really only need V90 for 5K video at best sampling and highest frame rates. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveV Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted August 31, 2020 Kind of what I thought. Thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Cato Posted August 31, 2020 Share #4 Posted August 31, 2020 I bought v90 cards because I shoot weddings and I burst a bit - and 80mb per shot adds up! In your case, even uhs1 cards would be fine. let alone the faster uhs2 cards. The raw buffer is pretty decent. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted September 3, 2020 Share #5 Posted September 3, 2020 I stay away from Lexar, it’s the only brand that has failed on me. I use the Delkin v90 works great Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveV Posted September 3, 2020 Author Share #6 Posted September 3, 2020 11 hours ago, Jim B said: I stay away from Lexar, it’s the only brand that has failed on me. I use the Delkin v90 works great Strange.....I have used Sandisk and Lexar for over 15 years and never a failure. Now of course that I said that, I'm due for a catastrophic collapse. LOL! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthaddie Posted September 3, 2020 Share #7 Posted September 3, 2020 Advertisement (gone after registration) 12 hours ago, Jim B said: I stay away from Lexar, it’s the only brand that has failed on me. I use the Delkin v90 works great Wedding photographer here and I confirm Lexar is the only brand I had fail on me. Thankfully I was able to recover the photos, format it and keep it as backup. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthaddie Posted September 3, 2020 Share #8 Posted September 3, 2020 On 8/31/2020 at 5:17 PM, Gavin Cato said: I bought v90 cards because I shoot weddings and I burst a bit - and 80mb per shot adds up! In your case, even uhs1 cards would be fine. let alone the faster uhs2 cards. The raw buffer is pretty decent. I agree. During my wedding shoots, I would normally run into a slow down while doing multiple shots. V90 all the way. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_tribble Posted February 8, 2021 Share #9 Posted February 8, 2021 Interesting. I’ve been getting a startup failure with the SL2 which is clearly related to SD card. Currently I’m using Lexar but think I’m going back to Sandisk. I don’t shoot video and hardly ever do burst so I think uhs 1 should be plenty. Any recommendations for 64GB Sandisk UHS 1? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
graeme_clarke Posted February 9, 2021 Share #10 Posted February 9, 2021 A few years ago I had start up problems when changing lenses - 24-90 to and fro with an R 180 ROM + Leica R-L adapter- on an SL (601) with Lexar UHS11 SD card. Screen would go black and everything lock up. Then it stopped working altogether. Body and lenses examined by both dealer then Leica in Wetzlar - neither were sent the SD card. Advice from Leica - change the SD card. Chris, now I only use Sandisk Extreme Pro 95mbs 64GB UHS1 and I've never had the problem repeat itself. On the SL 601 the buffer does fill when shooting birds in flight at 5fps I use the same cards on a new SL2-S and had no buffering problems shooting wildlife at 5fps, though I've not tried a long video recording so cannot comment of that aspect. Hope this helps, Graeme Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_tribble Posted February 10, 2021 Share #11 Posted February 10, 2021 Graeme - many thanks. I've researched and gone for later version equivalents (Extreme Pro 170 MM/s 64GB UHS1). All seems well for the moment. I remember I had performance problems with the M9 and different kinds of SD cards - though the M10 has been rock solid. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardC Posted February 10, 2021 Share #12 Posted February 10, 2021 Lexar isn't the same brand that it used to be. The branding was sold to a different company. They used to belong to one of the big memory OEMs (as are Samsung, Kingston and some others), but I'm not sure who makes them now. One brand that I have been pleasantly surprised by is Delkin. Their high-end cards are recommended by Sigma for the fp, so I bought a few. Very fast and reliable so far. Not many cards can handle the stress of CinemaDNG 4K files, but it doesn't bother them. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocalHero1953 Posted February 10, 2021 Share #13 Posted February 10, 2021 I had a Lexar fail on me recently - mechanical failure: the lock switch kept sliding into Lock each time I pushed it into the SL2-S, whichever slot. The other twin card worked fine. I've dropped Lexar and will stick to Sandisk.. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M11 for me Posted March 11, 2021 Share #14 Posted March 11, 2021 And just to inform those who might think that a memory card will never fail. Mine just failed today: Lexar Professional, SDHC, U3, II. 4 years old. My Mac did not recognise it any more. All attempts withe another Mac or formatting my card in the M10 failed. In the M10 it worked fine and I could see the shots on the back screen of the camera. But 2 Macs did not recognize them anymore. Its no big problem for me. But it just shows, that it might make more sense to have a few 64 GB cards that one with very high capacity. And most important: Have always a space card with you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photoworks Posted March 11, 2021 Share #15 Posted March 11, 2021 1 hour ago, M10 for me said: And just to inform those who might think that a memory card will never fail. Mine just failed today: Lexar Professional, SDHC, U3, II. 4 years old. My Mac did not recognise it any more. All attempts withe another Mac or formatting my card in the M10 failed. In the M10 it worked fine and I could see the shots on the back screen of the camera. But 2 Macs did not recognize them anymore. Its no big problem for me. But it just shows, that it might make more sense to have a few 64 GB cards that one with very high capacity. And most important: Have always a space card with you. Lexar always fails. I gave up on them Sandisk is very good and not I am using the ProGrade 256 V90 and they have works well. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M11 for me Posted March 11, 2021 Share #16 Posted March 11, 2021 I just ordered 2 new Sandisk cards Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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