Worth getting an SD card for 5D3?

[jdramirez]

I'm surprised that the write speed are only between 10-20 mbs. any idea what the write speeds are in the 60d? I upgraded from a class four to a class ten and it seemed crazy fast... then I started shooting in both raw and jpg and it seemed slow, but I assumed it was still faster than the old class four.

as I have said, I use both c.f. and sd at the moment, but I will likely remove the sd when I shoot sports.

How you define crazy fast? You buffer never went full while shooting raw? 60D could have same SD controller (at best) than 5D3, so 10-20MB/s is probably max.

Also C10 is not that much if you look the spec minimums, it's 10MB/s (or more).

crazy fast: shooting in large jpg, 18 megapixels, and getting 60+ shots at 5.3 shots per second without filling up the buffer and no slowing.

I got tired before the camera did...

 

[tpatana]

I'm surprised that the write speed are only between 10-20 mbs. any idea what the write speeds are in the 60d? I upgraded from a class four to a class ten and it seemed crazy fast... then I started shooting in both raw and jpg and it seemed slow, but I assumed it was still faster than the old class four.

as I have said, I use both c.f. and sd at the moment, but I will likely remove the sd when I shoot sports.

How you define crazy fast? You buffer never went full while shooting raw? 60D could have same SD controller (at best) than 5D3, so 10-20MB/s is probably max.

Also C10 is not that much if you look the spec minimums, it's 10MB/s (or more).

crazy fast: shooting in large jpg, 18 megapixels, and getting 60+ shots at 5.3 shots per second without filling up the buffer and no slowing.

I got tired before the camera did...

Ok. Did the camera choke when you were using C4 card?

At least with any CF (most bodies I assume), you can shoot jpg any duration you want, until you fill up the card.

 

[jdramirez]

I'm surprised that the write speed are only between 10-20 mbs. any idea what the write speeds are in the 60d? I upgraded from a class four to a class ten and it seemed crazy fast... then I started shooting in both raw and jpg and it seemed slow, but I assumed it was still faster than the old class four.

as I have said, I use both c.f. and sd at the moment, but I will likely remove the sd when I shoot sports.

How you define crazy fast? You buffer never went full while shooting raw? 60D could have same SD controller (at best) than 5D3, so 10-20MB/s is probably max.

Also C10 is not that much if you look the spec minimums, it's 10MB/s (or more).

crazy fast: shooting in large jpg, 18 megapixels, and getting 60+ shots at 5.3 shots per second without filling up the buffer and no slowing.

I got tired before the camera did...

Ok. Did the camera choke when you were using C4 card?

At least with any CF (most bodies I assume), you can shoot jpg any duration you want, until you fill up the card.

it has been a while, but yeah, the buffer filled after about 8 shots or so... I don't know if I pushed the boundaries of the buffer with my 5d, but I will eventually.