tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4954164004088523382.post7901007023795416709..comments2024-02-01T13:10:35.122-07:00Comments on The Invisible Blog: Best SD or CF Card for VideoMCM Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12539971864405693982noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4954164004088523382.post-416975174550511152012-06-07T09:59:22.836-06:002012-06-07T09:59:22.836-06:00Good to hear you were able to recover the data. A...Good to hear you were able to recover the data. And yes, always good to put a card on the shelf until you can run recovery options if it fails. Once you use it again, you're writing over potentially recoverable data.<br /><br />Surprising that the Sandisk cards failed, especially two. I think that's almost unheard of. Not formatting them with the device (i.e. your D800) could definitely have been a contributing factor.<br /><br />When given the choice between SD and CF, I would ALWAYS go CF. They are just SO much more durable (bigger, sturdier, harder to break), and the transfer technology is also more stable.<br /><br />I have been using mostly 16GB Extreme Pro CF cards from Sandisk (90MB/s), but recently purchased a Transcend card with the same specs (they say 600x on the front). It was significantly cheaper (about half, at $50 instead of $100 for the Sandisk), and I have been using it with success, but I anticipate the Sandisk cards proving to be more durable (a silicone coating inside makes them dust proof, shock resistant, and water resistant).The Invisiblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08816261262627369350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4954164004088523382.post-24519476690482624672012-06-06T20:57:15.132-06:002012-06-06T20:57:15.132-06:00Thanks for your blog. I just shot a job on the Nik...Thanks for your blog. I just shot a job on the Nikon D800 which is brand new. It has both SD and CF slots. I bought 2 Sandisk 16gb SDHC Extreme cards. After about 5 hours of work, the SD card failed! Never happened to me before and this was the first time shooting with SDHC cards. We carried on with the 2nd SDHC card and it failed shortly after! Now I'm really getting frustrated. I had 2 CF cards with some space on it. We ended up shooting again and no issues. Fortunately, I downloaded recovery software and was able to get all the files off the SDHC cards - thank God! So I'm returning the SD cards and going to shoot with Extreme Pro CF cards. One last thing: I don't think I formatted the SD cards before shooting, so it could be that? Not sure. I have formatted the SD cards once I retrieved the data and have been recording onto them to see if they fail again. So far all is normal. If this happens to you - be sure not to try to record on the failed card. Instead try to recover the files. If you do record on them again, you will be re-writing over the lost stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4954164004088523382.post-46398761774218131762012-05-04T00:13:33.038-06:002012-05-04T00:13:33.038-06:00Great - thanks for your advice!Great - thanks for your advice!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com