[DeTomaso] NPC: Best microSD card for GoPro

[Scott Mead]

Generally speaking, the greater the card's "thruput," the less chance of the camera's buffer memory will fill or "clog" while writing to the memory card. 

Think of it like the water pipe in your home: the smaller the pipe, the less water that can flow to the faucet. Install bigger pipes, and you get more flow. 

Sandisk, and Lexar are two of the best brands out there. For shooting video or Hires stills, I usually recommend Class 10 cards, with a minimum write speed of 70 MB/s. 

As an aside, with cameras gaining megapixels like Santa on Christmas Eve (like the Canon's 50MP 5Ds), faster cards (120-160MB/s) are a must, to keep up with the large file transfers. Otherwise, you're basically water boarding slower cards with an abundance of image data, and missing shots in the process. 

Mahalo,

Scott

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> On Dec 29, 2015, at 8:59 AM, Guido deTomaso <guido_detomaso at prodigy.net> wrote:
> 
>   Is it worth paying extra for the SanDisk "Extreme" versions?
>   Similarly, worth paying extra for a higher data rate?
>   I've had success with a 45mb/s, 32gb SanDisk "Extreme", but I know
>   there are faster data rate versions out there.
>   ( as much as I'd like to support Radio Shack, they seem to be 5X
>   internet price.  If the internet product is counterfeit, it's good
>   counterfeit, I can't tell a difference )
>   Thanks,
>   GD
>     __________________________________________________________________
> 
>   From: Mike Thomas <mbefthomas at comcast.net>
>   To: 'Pantera list serve' <detomaso at poca.com>
>   Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2015 11:45 AM
>   Subject: [DeTomaso] NPC: Best microSD card for GoPro
>   I have the best wife in the world!  Not only did she give me a kitchen
>   pass
>   to get my Mustang this next year, but she gave me a GoPro for Christmas
>   (okay, don't mean to brag, but I'm a happy guy right now . . . ).
>   The question I have is for those with GoPro cameras: with all of the
>   choices
>   in microSD cards, which have you had the best results with for video in
>   this
>   device?
>   Mike Thomas
>   Pres., Panteras Northwest
>   Yellow '74 #6328
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