What is the closest to a CF card that would be the least restrictive being an SD card?
Thanks.
Thanks.
SD Card For Z8
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John Navitsky
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get one marked "v90". the "v" numbers are the best way to evaluate performance on sd cards. that said, note "v90" means it can sustain something like 250MB/s so compare that to a cfe-b card that can do over 1000MB/s.
John Navitsky
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yep, that's a v90 card
Those V90 SD cards are expensive!
Maybe it’s just better to buy another CF Card and change if needed.
Maybe it’s just better to buy another CF Card and change if needed.
arbitrage
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Yes they are pretty much the same as CFEx-B cards these days.
I would just buy another CFe-B or a larger capacity one so you don't have to switch.
Only if you wanted to shoot mirrored RAWs to two slots then I'd go for the SD but then you will be crippled to the SD slots' speed.
In studio it’s always mirrored. But never more then 3-5 FPS.
If you're maxing out at 3-5 FPS then v90 isn't necessary. The buffer on the Z8 sounds equivalent to the Z9 so you should be able to get 30 frames or so at 20FPS before things go south and then just wait for the buffer to clear. I'd have to imagine that at 3-5 FPS you won't max out the buffer even with slow/cheap SD cards.
Then again - if you're looking at wildlife situations, got with a larger/second CFe-B as @arbitrage says
Replytoken
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You may also want to look for UHS II cards instead of UHS I if the Z8 supports them.
--Ken
--Ken