e3yc Posted February 6 Share #1 Posted February 6 Advertisement (gone after registration) Which card do you recommend for the Dlux 8? Only for photography Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BradS Posted February 6 Share #2 Posted February 6 SanDisk Extreme Pro 256GB SDXC UHS-i, U3, v30 or SanDisk ImageMate Pro 256GB SDXC UHS-i, U3, v30 Buy from a reputable retailer, to reduce the probability of getting a counterfeit. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandokan Posted February 7 Share #3 Posted February 7 https://www.l-camera-forum.com/sd-card-leica/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradS Posted February 7 Share #4 Posted February 7 11 hours ago, Sandokan said: https://www.l-camera-forum.com/sd-card-leica/ last updated in November 2022, that list is out-of-date, verging on obsolete. ...and it includes a bunch of third party brands which are best avoided. I'd stick with the primary manufacturers: SanDisk, Kingston, Samsung, PNY Pretty mush anything from one of these that meets specs for: UHS-I, U3, V30 will be plenty good enough for up to 4K 30fps and all still photo needs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoCruiser Posted February 7 Share #5 Posted February 7 I use for many many years the golden Lexar SD and CF cards and never had a problem, but i never had a problem with Sandisk Extreme Pro too in many different cameras from compact cameras for undewater use to my Nikon DSLR's. Not sure what is the requirement for your DLux, but you may can use a slightly cheaper and less fast one to save some Euros. Saludos Chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradS Posted February 7 Share #6 Posted February 7 People need to be cognizant of the fact that Lexar is no longer Lexar the corporation that was founded by (former) SanDisk employees (and rumored to have received start-up funding from SanDisk!). Today, 'Lexar' is just a brand name owned by some Chinese company - which means that Lexar is not much more than a third party player like all the rest of 'em. Caveat emptor. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einst_Stein Posted February 7 Share #7 Posted February 7 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have used Sandisk (UHS-1), Lexar, and recently PNY (UHS-2). so I can not comment other brands. So far they are all very reliable. Among them, with similar performance, Lexar has the best price in UHS-1 and PNY the best in UHS-2. Usually I would skip the most advanced generationand go for the more cost effective choice. The speed difference does not matter much to me. As of today, for Dlux 8, I would choose PNY or Sandisk, 256GB. But if Lexar dropped the price to be competible, I would not hesitate to choose it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWE192 Posted March 5 Share #8 Posted March 5 Is there a point in buying a superfast UHS II card, especially one at the upper end of transfer speeds (300MB/s r/w)? Price tags easily double for such cards. Can the D-Lux 8 even handle such r/w speeds? I couldn't find any specifications. Does anyone know? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted March 5 Share #9 Posted March 5 One only needs super fast cards for extended video . They won’t make any noticeable difference to your photography except maybe a moderately faster transfer to your computer, which may cost you the time to have a sip of coffee. I would also advise against large cards. Should your card fail-and it happens, albeit not too often- you lose all your photographs. A card that holds about the number of photos you normally take, a spare card in the pocket and regular downloads and backup is a far safer policy. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoCruiser Posted March 5 Share #10 Posted March 5 (edited) Also for saving many high speed series shots, but this is not really what most Leica are made for, but probably does not matter for a D-Lux. I just replaced twin Lexar Gold 288mb/sec cards with twin Sony Tough 300mb/sec cards and the speed for saving a photo is noticeable but barely noticable. However, i tested write speed on either cards and the Lexar Gold was considerable slower than the on the paper only slightly faster Sony Tough 300 mbp/sec card. Some/all SD cards are faster writing either small or big files and a photo SD Card should be fast writing smaller files in the size of max resolution photos, while for video a SD Card with the highest write speed for large files is desired. To check your cards you can use the free Blackmagic Speed Test. Chris Edited March 5 by PhotoCruiser Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted March 5 Share #11 Posted March 5 But in the camera the speed will be limited to the max speed of the camera/buffer anyway. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradS Posted March 5 Share #12 Posted March 5 (edited) 7 hours ago, SWE192 said: Is there a point in buying a superfast UHS II card, especially one at the upper end of transfer speeds (300MB/s r/w)? Price tags easily double for such cards. Can the D-Lux 8 even handle such r/w speeds? I couldn't find any specifications. Does anyone know? If you look on the bottom of DLux8, near the card slot door, you can see that it is only UHS-I so, no the camera itself cannot make use of the higher speed UHS-II cards and there is no point in spending extra for the UHS-II cards to be used in a DLux8. There is another thread on the subject... https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/418765-d-lux-8-does-not-have-a-uhs-ii-card-slot/ Edited March 5 by BradS add link to thread about DLux8 card slot Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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