When shooting video on a DSLR, you will be recording to one of the camera’s memory slots to a card. You’ll often feel as though you don’t have many choices when it comes to choosing your camera storage format. While some manufacturers support more than one format (offering both a CompactFlash and a Secure Digital card slot), the choice is still made by the camera manufacturer. Card format Knowing what each format is capable of is important. All modern storage formats have their advantages and limitations. You can use this knowledge when … [Read more...] about Advice When Shooting Video to a Memory Card
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Digital Camera Basics – 10 Tips For Keeping Your Memory Cards From Becoming FUBAR
When you first start out trying to learn any subject, you don't know - what you don't know. While this post may be very old hat to most of you, every day a brand new photographer visits Photofocus for the first time and I want to make sure everyone can get something valuable from the site. So newbies - today is your day. (And a refresher never hurts anyone.) Keep Those Memory Cards Safe I want to share some best practices with you regarding memory cards. This isn't a memory card Bible. I won't mention every single thing you need to know about … [Read more...] about Digital Camera Basics – 10 Tips For Keeping Your Memory Cards From Becoming FUBAR
10 Tips for Healthy Camera Memory Cards
Memory Card Healthcare Lets talk memory cards. We all have them, need them and use them. But what does it all mean? Lets discuss taking care of our cards and preventing potential problems that can and will happen to all of us. Here's ten practical tips. 1. Keep your camera up to date. From time to time your camera manufacturer will send out firmware updates to your camera. Sometimes this can affect the way your camera talks to your memory card. 2. Make sure you replace batteries before your camera dies. If your camera dies while writing a … [Read more...] about 10 Tips for Healthy Camera Memory Cards
Five Things (and more) You Should Know About SD (Secure Digital) Memory Cards
Some cameras use Compact Flash (CF) memory, but most point and shoots, compact cameras, micro four thirds cameras and even some DSLRs use SD cards. They are also used in many cell phones, GPS units and other electronic devices. Since CF cards have been around longer, most photographers are familiar with them. But when I ask photographers detailed questions about SD cards, I find there's some information commonly missing. So this is a quick and dirty SD primer. I think these are the five MOST important things to know about SD cards. 1. There … [Read more...] about Five Things (and more) You Should Know About SD (Secure Digital) Memory Cards
Memory Cards – Workflow
I get lots of questions about my backup workflow, my travel packing workflow, my post-processing workflow but not enough about my memory card workflow. Memory cards are kind of important - if they don't work nothing else matters. It's not a big deal really but I do think it's worth a short post just to make sure everyone has at least considered this. Here's my basic memory card workflow. 1. Test every new card in at least two cameras - download images, reformat card - make sure it's solid. 2. Label every card with my name, phone number and … [Read more...] about Memory Cards – Workflow
Lexar Introduces Several Professional-Grade Memory Products (SD and CF cards & new card reader)
Photographers use memory cards unless they shoot film. So when a new card comes out I pay attention. I've tested a wide variety of these cards over the last decade and here are my general conclusions 1. Most of the cards perform similarly. 2. All are subject to failure eventually. 3. As long as you are using a well-known brand card (like one from Lexar) you are probably as safe as you can be. 4. Abusing cards can lead to their failure but not always. 5. Most cards offer similar speed, performance and reliability. That all said, two things do … [Read more...] about Lexar Introduces Several Professional-Grade Memory Products (SD and CF cards & new card reader)
SanDisk Extreme Pro 32gb Compact Flash Card – Mini Review
Review of the SanDisk 32GB Extreme Pro CF memory card. I vividly remember when a 4GIG CF card made me nervous. I was deathly afraid that a "big" card like that might fail and cause me to lose all my images. Fast-forward to 2009 and we're talking about cards eight times bigger and beyond. In this case, it's the SanDisk Extreme Pro 32gb card. High-speed cards used to be something that I ignored. I never felt the extra second or so was worth the extra money. But now that we have larger file sizes, big buffers on 8FPS cameras and 1080p video, … [Read more...] about SanDisk Extreme Pro 32gb Compact Flash Card – Mini Review
Everyone Always Asks What Kind of Memory Card I Use
There are many factors to consider when buying memory cards. Sure I want a fast card, but I also want a reliable card. For me, the Hoodman UDMA cards fit both requirements. Their 4GB CF RAW cards are down to $99.99; the 8GB CF RAW are $179.99, and 16GB CF RAW cards are $299.99. They're NOT TWIP sponsors (although I wish they were), and I selected their products as a result of testing most of the popular brands. 45 MB per second. Built in the USA. Lifetime Warranty. Lead Free. What else do you need? NOTE: Not all cameras take advantage of … [Read more...] about Everyone Always Asks What Kind of Memory Card I Use
