What card(s) will you use for the 7DII?

[Quasimodo]

I will only use the camera for stills.

Will you both have a CF and a SD card, and if so which are you planning to use. I have several CF cards for my 1Dx, but I would like dedicated cards for the new 7DII.

G.

 

[Old Sarge]

I will only use the camera for stills.

Will you both have a CF and a SD card, and if so which are you planning to use. I have several CF cards for my 1Dx, but I would like dedicated cards for the new 7DII.

G.

I have several CF cards and it is always best to have cards dedicated to each body. I have three bodies (when my Mark II arrives I will still have three as I keep the two latest, my 40D goes to wife, her 30D goes to son, his 20D goes to daughter, etc.) and will have at least two sets of new cards, CF and SD. I haven't decided on size yet, though I expect I will use 32 gig UDMA-7 and UHS-1 cards....unless someone on here can convince me otherwise.

 

[Sabaki]

I ordered 2x Sandisk 32gb 160mb/s UDMA 7 CF Card & a Sandisk 32gb 120mb/s SD card

lol I just hope it gets here soon, our post office is on strike!

 

[Quasimodo]

I have a Lexar Professional 800x 64bg UDMA 7 card (in slot 1), and a SanDisc Extreme 32gb, 60MB/s UDMA (in slot 2) on my 1Dx, and the cards have never held me back so far (as far as I know). So I am thinking that I might buy a dedictated Lexar Professional 800x 64GB UDMA7 for my 7DII? If you look away from the possibilities to have the second cards slot at back up, or to be able to continue shooting when first card is full, is there a reason to start to invest in SD cards as I have none from before?

 

[Davebo]

I prefer to use 16G cards (for stills)...just in case one fails. Will also get 160mb/s UDMA7 CF cards and 120mb/s UHS-I
SD cards. Don't waste your $ on UHS-II SD cards, since you won't enjoy the 3x speed advantage.....the 7D II only supports UHS-I. UHS-II cards will work but will only operate at normal speed.

 

[darth mollusk]

120mb/s UHS-l SD cards exist?

 

[Hjalmarg1]

I will only use the camera for stills.

Will you both have a CF and a SD card, and if so which are you planning to use. I have several CF cards for my 1Dx, but I would like dedicated cards for the new 7DII.

G.

As a precaution I shoot in both RAW and JPEG in different card. RAW in Sandisk 32gb 160mb/s UDMA 7 CF Card and JPEG in a Sandisk 16gb 120mb/s SD card. Both formats in high resolution

 

[DominoDude]

If I get one, I will continue to use CF cards for my shots. I could possibly consider to buy the smallest possible SD card onto which ML will fit and go like that. (Yes, I assume ML will find a way to run on the 7D Mark II.)

 

[Old Sarge]

I will only use the camera for stills.

Will you both have a CF and a SD card, and if so which are you planning to use. I have several CF cards for my 1Dx, but I would like dedicated cards for the new 7DII.

G.

As a precaution I shoot in both RAW and JPEG in different card. RAW in Sandisk 32gb 160mb/s UDMA 7 CF Card and JPEG in a Sandisk 16gb 120mb/s SD card. Both formats in high resolution

That is my general intention, shoot raw to the CF and jpeg to the SD. Not sure of the sizes yet but your method seems good.

 

[Steve Balcombe]

CF - Lexar Professional 800x, 120 MB/s, UDMA 7.

SD - Lexar Professional 600x, 90 MB/s, Class 10, UHS-I

I didn't go for the highest spec SD card because I'll only use it for JPEG and as an emergency overflow if I let the CF card fill up, and there's a big price difference. But in any case that should be fast enough to get maximum performance.

 

[Quasimodo]

CF - Lexar Professional 800x, 120 MB/s, UDMA 7.

SD - Lexar Professional 600x, 90 MB/s, Class 10, UHS-I

I didn't go for the highest spec SD card because I'll only use it for JPEG and as an emergency overflow if I let the CF card fill up, and there's a big price difference. But in any case that should be fast enough to get maximum performance.

I am actually thinking about going for that CF Card with 64GB and dropping the SD altogether. Thats how I did it with 1Ds III.

 

[2n10]

I ordered a 32 GB Sandisk Extreme UDMA-7 120mb/s CF and a 32 GB Sandisk Extreme UHS-1, Class 10 90mb/s SD. I plan on using the SD as an overflow.

 

[Old Sarge]

As a precaution I shoot in both RAW and JPEG in different card. RAW in Sandisk 32gb 160mb/s UDMA 7 CF Card and JPEG in a Sandisk 16gb 120mb/s SD card. Both formats in high resolution

That is my general intention, shoot raw to the CF and jpeg to the SD. Not sure of the sizes yet but your method seems good.

Are you actually writing the RAW and jpg both on every shot? It seems that would seriously impact the high speed frames per sec.

I often shoot both RAW and JPG on every shot on my 7D. I haven't actually tested to see how much it slows the FPS down but haven't noticed a problem. Difference will be the recording of the two formats to different cards. IF (notice that is a big if) I read the manual correctly the 7DII should allow about twenty frames before slowing any using this configuration. I probably rarely shoot more than that at one push of the shutter button. I may do a test of it after I receive the camera and see what it does in the real world.

 

[Don Haines]

I have a drawer full of 32Mbyte CF cards at work....

It would be like the good old days... changing film holders on the 4x5 Swap one out for every picture....

 

[Steve Balcombe]

I have a drawer full of 32Mbyte CF cards at work....

It would be like the good old days... changing film holders on the 4x5 Swap one out for every picture....

Landscape photographers seem to make a virtue out of working at that pace!

 

[Steve Balcombe]

CF - Lexar Professional 800x, 120 MB/s, UDMA 7.

SD - Lexar Professional 600x, 90 MB/s, Class 10, UHS-I

I didn't go for the highest spec SD card because I'll only use it for JPEG and as an emergency overflow if I let the CF card fill up, and there's a big price difference. But in any case that should be fast enough to get maximum performance.

I am actually thinking about going for that CF Card with 64GB and dropping the SD altogether. Thats how I did it with 1Ds III.

I did think about that. I went for a 32 GB CF because I know that is enough for my typical usage, but the SD card is 64 GB because it was a good deal. I could have bought a 64 GB CF card for about the same price as those two.

To be honest my main reason for getting both cards is that I've never had the option before so I wanted to see how I get on.

 

[Quasimodo]

CF - Lexar Professional 800x, 120 MB/s, UDMA 7.

SD - Lexar Professional 600x, 90 MB/s, Class 10, UHS-I

I didn't go for the highest spec SD card because I'll only use it for JPEG and as an emergency overflow if I let the CF card fill up, and there's a big price difference. But in any case that should be fast enough to get maximum performance.

I am actually thinking about going for that CF Card with 64GB and dropping the SD altogether. Thats how I did it with 1Ds III.

I did think about that. I went for a 32 GB CF because I know that is enough for my typical usage, but the SD card is 64 GB because it was a good deal. I could have bought a 64 GB CF card for about the same price as those two.

To be honest my main reason for getting both cards is that I've never had the option before so I wanted to see how I get on.

LOL

 

[NancyP]

Don Haines wins the award for best response to this thread.

 

[DominoDude]

I have a drawer full of 32Mbyte CF cards at work....

It would be like the good old days... changing film holders on the 4x5 Swap one out for every picture....

Haha
I can picture the following at your nearest Canon center in a near future: *looking at Don's 7D Mk II that has been sent in for service and repair* -How the h*ll could this card door be all worn down already after two months?? It has to be a design flaw.

 

[icassell]

I ordered a couple more SanDisk Extreme 32GB CF cards yesterday. I use them in my 7D1 and figure I'll use them in the Mark 2 as well. I haven't given any thought to the SD slot yet. I have a couple of 32GB SD cards for my Olympus TG-3 and think I'll try them in the Mark 2 and see what I think of the 2 card system before I order any since I have no experience with a 2 card camera.