rlitschgy
Supporting Member
Got you thank you. You guys are amazing, on how well informed you all are, I feel like a cave creature, just coming out of the dark ages.
Recommendations regarding CF Express Type B memory cards
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rlitschgy
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OK now I'm going to go back up to the top and record all the insights everyone has provided, then juggle the info against the costs and see were I land. I would like to thank each of you for taking the time to offer you experience it is a huge help.
John Navitsky
Well-known member
oh, random tidbits:
most cfe readers won’t read xqd cards and vice versa. there are some exceptions like the sony, but generally speaking it’s probably just easier to just move to cfe. generally speaking, if the card reader doesn’t say it reads both, assume it doesn’t
the sandisk extreme and lexar gold cfe-b cards are prone to overheating. just avoid
most performance oriented cards will perform very similar in the current nikon cameras
most cfe readers won’t read xqd cards and vice versa. there are some exceptions like the sony, but generally speaking it’s probably just easier to just move to cfe. generally speaking, if the card reader doesn’t say it reads both, assume it doesn’t
the sandisk extreme and lexar gold cfe-b cards are prone to overheating. just avoid
most performance oriented cards will perform very similar in the current nikon cameras
rlitschgy
Supporting Member
JA I know what you are saying regarding the slower speeds of the XQD cards, but two points that stick with me a) at 400gb write speed for the XQD and 300gb write speed for SD cards, would that not make them a reasonable match? b) I had no buffer issues with my D5 camera's shooting with the XQD cards but here is what I don't know is how different the Z9 will eat up a card. Any thoughts
You've already received lots of great information and suggestions. However, as far as how fast your cards will fill up, one thing to keep in mind is that the D5 is 20.8 MPs, the Z6iii is 24MP, and the Z9 is 45ish MPs. When I moved to my Z9 from my 20MP D500, I was stunned at how quickly those cards filled up. I, also, am a bird and wildlife shooter and was also "old school" when it came to card sizes. Up until I bought my Z9, the largest card I ever considered using was 128GB. I now use 256 and 512GB cards in my Z9. I use slot 2 as back-up and that decreases my anxiety regarding card failures.
John Navitsky
Well-known member
as far as i can tell, the time to write to two cards is how long it takes to write to each, then added together, not the lowest common denominator
that said, if it’s fast enough for you then it’s fine by definition
A Z9 shooting lossless compressed RAW (approx 55 mb) will be about 5900 images on a 325 Gb card. Shooting HE* RAW (approx 36 mb) will be about 9027 images on a 325 Gb card.
Compare this to the number of images you shoot on a typical outing.
John Navitsky
Well-known member
then double what you typically shoot
Johan Schmidt
Well-known member
Delkin Black with a Blackout card reader. Good offers currently for the 'smaller' cards like 325Gb, 125Gb
Your Z9 can write to a CFE card at up to 800 MB/s. XQD cards will severely restrict write speed to the card. This will be very frustrating when shooting 20 fps bursts. As the camera’s write buffer fills, the camera will slow the fps rate and may stop altogether if you’re depressing the shutter button long enough.
Look for CFE cards with a “minimum sustained write speed” rating of at least 1200 MB/s. As I said, I recommend Delkin Black or ProGrade Cobalt, but there are other choices, too.
viper699
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Own 3 Angelbird cards- shot many thousands of stills, so far they are doing great with my z8. I shoot up to 20 fps, no issues yet.
Every so often they have good sales.
Every so often they have good sales.
Roy
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Of the several brands of CFexpress card I use Delkin is the one i'm most comfortable with.
Transcend seem good - Although most CFe B cards are pretty reliable compared to SD.
Many of the new very cheap CFe B cards seem as slow as a SD card..
