Q2 - Micro SD: 170 or 300 mb/s?

[JS2020]

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Hi,  I'm about to get delivery of my new Q2. I won't be shooting any video, photos only (in RAW). Will I be fine with San Disc Extreme Pro 170 mb/s or do I need 300 mb/s with the large file sizes of the Q2?

[matted]

I would think you will be fine with 170 MB/s card if you don't shoot video, unless you do a lot of burst shooting, in which case you may hit the buffer limit. With how I shoot my Q2, I have never hit the buffer limit so I'm sure a slower card would be fine, but now that they have added 400 Mbps video codecs I will be using only 300 MB/s cards even though technically anything above 50 MB/s should work.

[matted]

Also, don’t buy Micro SD card for Q2… it is much too small. Buy regular SD card

[JS2020]

Oh yeah, meant SD. Thanks!

[mikelevitt]

It depends on if you are shooting events and bursts.  In my work, I often fill up the buffer, and waiting for a slow card would be impossible.  I use the prograde 300/250 cards, or the Sony tough 300/299 cards.

You really only need one big card, and you just bought a $5000 camera.  Spend a few hundred bucks and get a fast card (unless you are shooting landscapes!)

[liggy]

6 hours ago, mikelevitt said:

It depends on if you are shooting events and bursts.  In my work, I often fill up the buffer, and waiting for a slow card would be impossible.  I use the prograde 300/250 cards, or the Sony tough 300/299 cards.

You really only need one big card, and you just bought a $5000 camera.  Spend a few hundred bucks and get a fast card (unless you are shooting landscapes!)

I use those two V90 cards as well.  Excellent results.  Overkill?  Maybe.  I'm not going to scrimp on the cards.  And the 170mb SanDisc cards are *really* slow IMO.  Unusable for burst shooting in my other cameras.  

Edited May 18, 2022 by liggy