What SD card for the Mev1?

[mustafasoleiman]

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Hello Forum

 

What do you recommend as an SD card for the Mev1?

 

Many thanks

 

Alex

[PhotoCruiser]

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UHS-II (recommended), UHS-I, SD/SDHC/SDXC memory card (SDXC cards up to 2 TB)

 

Brands i had good experience are
Sandisk Extreme Pro SD
Sony G UHS-II Tough SD
Lexar Gold SD and CF type
I can't remember having any memory card failing in the last 20+ years, but i mostly use high quality, fast cards from well known brands.
i suggest to get the fastest you can find and afford.

Chris
 

[lct]

2 hours ago, mustafasoleiman said:

[...] What do you recommend as an SD card for the Mev1?

ProGrade, Delkin, Sandisk 64gb cards. Lastly a 64gb Sony Tough card i had issues with on the M11 but it seems to work well on the MEV1 so far. All UHS2 cards.

[mustafasoleiman]

Thank everybody for the advice!   Playing now with the new MEV1... Did not take into account how useful it can be when shooting very dark scenes... interesting... I had gotten it to use it with a 135 and 21mm but this might be a new use I did not think about!

 

Alex

[Pelu2010]

Hi, 

theres an entry for that in the forum: 

https://www.l-camera-forum.com/sd-card-leica/

 

I only use fast cards. Write 300 mb/s 

And if I am looking for cheap alternatives I take the V60s. 
with write 200 mb/s. 
 

sandisk or lexar 

 

cheers 🥂 

[JNK100]

I am using Angelbird at the moment.

[CDodkin]

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Delkin Black - I got tired of poor quality Sandisk and others which may have been fakes, as there are so many in the market.

Delkin Black are pro grade, extra tough, and have a serial number to confirm they are genuine with the manufacturer. Also have a lifetime warranty, and speedy replacement should there be any issue.

I won't use anything else now.

I use their 128 Gb, UHS-II, C10, U3, V60 card.

 

 

 

[bcaslis]

1 hour ago, CDodkin said:

Delkin Black - I got tired of poor quality Sandisk and others which may have been fakes, as there are so many in the market.

Delkin Black are pro grade, extra tough, and have a serial number to confirm they are genuine with the manufacturer. Also have a lifetime warranty, and speedy replacement should there be any issue.

I won't use anything else now.

I use their 128 Gb, UHS-II, C10, U3, V60 card.

 

 

 

I agree, I only use Delkin Black on the M11 and now the M EV1. Never had an issue with them. I've used both 128GB and 256GB versions.

[mustafasoleiman]

I noticed that the M EV1 takes longer to show the evf active... Would that be affected by the speed of the SD card?  If not is there a way to make the evf to turn on faster?

The power saving mode is now set at Camera Standby 2 min, Display 1 min...

Thanks for the help!

 

Alex

[lct]

Default power saving mode here: Camera Standby 2 min, Display Standby 30 sec. Irrespective of cards, the EVF of my MEV1 takes about 2 sec to activate at startup and almost immediate at wakeup. I did no measure though.

[SrMi]

4 hours ago, lct said:

Default power saving mode here: Camera Standby 2 min, Display Standby 30 sec. Irrespective of cards, the EVF of my MEV1 takes about 2 sec to activate at startup and almost immediate at wakeup. I did no measure though.

My settings: Camera Standby 60min, Display Standby 30s. This is still battery-efficient and avoids slow wakeups.

[lct]

7 minutes ago, SrMi said:

My settings: Camera Standby 60min, Display Standby 30s. This is still battery-efficient and avoids slow wakeups.

I tried this with no significant difference re startup or wakeup times so i reverted to the default setting. Thank you for sharing anyway.

[SrMi]

36 minutes ago, lct said:

I tried this with no significant difference re startup or wakeup times so i reverted to the default setting. Thank you for sharing anyway.

Hmm. I just tried it on M-EV1. Wake-up from Display Standby is instant, wake-up from Camera Standby is 2 seconds. By setting Camera Standby to 30 or 60 minutes, the camera is always ready after a half-press of the shutter. 

[mustafasoleiman]

Makes sense… will try tomorrow… does it reduce the battery a lot?

 

alex

[SrMi]

21 minutes ago, mustafasoleiman said:

Makes sense… will try tomorrow… does it reduce the battery a lot?

 

alex

I have not noticed that it does.

[lct]

7 hours ago, SrMi said:

Hmm. I just tried it on M-EV1. Wake-up from Display Standby is instant, wake-up from Camera Standby is 2 seconds. By setting Camera Standby to 30 or 60 minutes, the camera is always ready after a half-press of the shutter. 

 Startup and wake-up times appear to be similar to mine while your camera remains in standby for longer. Interesting setting if battery drain is not an issue. Thank you for sharing.

[davidmknoble]

If you have long standby modes, is anyone seeing the camera get warm?  I used to find that with the M-10D and cut the time back.  I would set it to never sleep.

[mustafasoleiman]

At 30 min camera standby it has drained to 80% by the end of the morning... maybe ten pictures taken...

[lct]

53 minutes ago, mustafasoleiman said:

At 30 min camera standby it has drained to 80% by the end of the morning... maybe ten pictures taken...

That's what i feared. Thanks for warning.

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[SrMi]

With Leica FOTOS off, Camera Standby 30 minutes, Display Standby 30 seconds, the camera used about 10% of the battery in those 30 minutes.

In my use case, 30 minutes of standby is mainly to safeguard from forgetting to turn off the camera, but when I am not using it, I turn it off with the power switch. It is very rare for the camera to stay in standby for 30 minutes. However, I want the camera to be ready when I need it, so I do not want it to go to standby by itself. 

Edited 10 hours ago by SrMi