Memory cards - Cheapo Vs. Expensive?

[ganglandboss]

How important is it to spend a bit of money on memory cards?

8 GB cards go for up to £120 on the Jessops website yet I can pick up the same capacity card on Fleabay for £20.

Why the vast difference in price and is there any real noticable difference?

[pauljc]

I agree with Quinny except you can get the same thing with free postage Here

(This is assuming you mean cf cards - they have all the others too)

[GetCarter]

The difference is mostly down to speed. The fastest cards will read and write a shed load faster than the slow/cheap ones. It is however, entirely dependent on how fast you camera is... no point in having an Extreme 4 in a D40.

ETA - try doing this with a slow card! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xp7T6BCv8o

Edited by GetCarter on Monday 16th June 08:00

[Podie]

Quinny said:

Yep,

There are quite a few options other than Jessop's and Ebay


And most are preferable, if you either don't want to pay well over the odds (Jessop's)

Or

Get ripped off with non genuine cards (Ebay)

I completely agree.

Stick with one of the better brands like Sandisk or Lexar. I've even had Sandisk cards go through a washing machine and still function perfectly well afterwards...!

[pauljc]

GetCarter said:

ETA - try doing this with a slow card! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xp7T6BCv8o

Amazing!

[ganglandboss]

GetCarter said:

The difference is mostly down to speed. The fastest cards will read and write a shed load faster than the slow/cheap ones. It is however, entirely dependent on how fast you camera is... no point in having an Extreme 4 in a D40.

ETA - try doing this with a slow card! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xp7T6BCv8o

Edited by GetCarter on Monday 16th June 08:00

That's what I was wondering. I am new to this photography mallarky and have bought a Nikon D60. I paid £20 for a 2 GB memory card when I bought it. I used it at the Chatsworth Rally Show recently and found I had 408 photos at the end of the day so more storeage is a must for things like the Grand Prix, when I have three days worth to fit in.

[Podie]

ganglandboss said:

GetCarter said:

The difference is mostly down to speed. The fastest cards will read and write a shed load faster than the slow/cheap ones. It is however, entirely dependent on how fast you camera is... no point in having an Extreme 4 in a D40.

ETA - try doing this with a slow card! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xp7T6BCv8o

Edited by GetCarter on Monday 16th June 08:00

That's what I was wondering. I am new to this photography mallarky and have bought a Nikon D60. I paid £20 for a 2 GB memory card when I bought it. I used it at the Chatsworth Rally Show recently and found I had 408 photos at the end of the day so more storeage is a must for things like the Grand Prix, when I have three days worth to fit in.

A portable storage device is the way forward

[bad_roo]

GetCarter said:

ETA - try doing this with a slow card! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xp7T6BCv8o

There's something beautiful about the naive brutality of youtube comments. After that amazing display of the Nikon's frame rate...

"who cares, you're pictures still blow you f*cking jerk-off"

Edited by bad_roo on Monday 16th June 14:38

[dhutch]

What about roubustness/reliabilty?
- If you have a 6/7/8mp compact recording average compresion jpg's you not going to really need the speed. But you still wouldnt want an el-cheepo alpha-mc-ebay card loosing your fortnights holiday snaps.


Daniel

[SpydieNut]

dhutch said:

What about roubustness/reliabilty?
- If you have a 6/7/8mp compact recording average compresion jpg's you not going to really need the speed. But you still wouldnt want an el-cheepo alpha-mc-ebay card loosing your fortnights holiday snaps.


Daniel

especially when these

are so rediculously cheap.

[havoc]

On holiday in Vietnam I ran out of memory. So I bought, from a legitimate shop, a fully boxed-and-branded Kingston 75-speed 2GB card. It was ludicrously slow to write, and worse, it died before I got it home to offload the pics!

Guess it wasn't a legit Kingston card then...

[Kurtblythman]

SpydieNut said:

dhutch said:

What about roubustness/reliabilty?
- If you have a 6/7/8mp compact recording average compresion jpg's you not going to really need the speed. But you still wouldnt want an el-cheepo alpha-mc-ebay card loosing your fortnights holiday snaps.


Daniel

especially when these

are so rediculously cheap.

Wait, can some one explane why this shop sells for £180 cheeper? I may not be a rocket scientist but somethings not right.

[dhutch]

SpydieNut said:

dhutch said:

What about roubustness/reliabilty?
- If you have a 6/7/8mp compact recording average compresion jpg's you not going to really need the speed. But you still wouldnt want an el-cheepo alpha-mc-ebay card loosing your fortnights holiday snaps.


Daniel

especially when these

are so rediculously cheap.

I have to say, that in insainly cheap assuming it is what it says it is. *runs to sd card section*


Daniel

[J111]

Kurtblythman said:

Wait, can some one explane why this shop sells for £180 cheeper? I may not be a rocket scientist but somethings not right.

It might have been £200 when it came out, but it's chapeau en croute for supper if anyone can find me that currently for sale for £200. The IV has been out for quite a while, IIIs are £16 on Amazon marketplace, £40 at Calumet.

[Zimmer frame]I can remember when 256mb SD cards were £80[/Zimmer frame]

[SpydieNut]

dhutch said:

SpydieNut said:

dhutch said:

What about roubustness/reliabilty?
- If you have a 6/7/8mp compact recording average compresion jpg's you not going to really need the speed. But you still wouldnt want an el-cheepo alpha-mc-ebay card loosing your fortnights holiday snaps.


Daniel

especially when these

are so rediculously cheap.

I have to say, that in insainly cheap assuming it is what it says it is. *runs to sd card section*


Daniel

they are genuine. i got one from them about 2 years (or so) ago - £120 (was a lot cheaper than anywhere else at the time), but am very pleased with it. now at £18 each, i think i'll get another couple as cheap storage.

Edited by SpydieNut on Tuesday 17th June 08:36

[pauljc]

As I said before, even cheaper with free p&p.

Play.com

[SpydieNut]

pauljc said:

As I said before, even cheaper with free p&p.

Play.com

fairy nuff

[kybo]

ganglandboss said:

...so more storeage is a must for things like the Grand Prix, when I have three days worth to fit in.

Thx for the reminder - another 4Gb card ordered

[J111]

Quinny said:

J111 said:

It might have been £200 when it came out, but it's chapeau en croute for supper if anyone can find me that currently for sale for £200.

Can't find it for that price but as usual Jessops sell it at almost 4 times the price of most retailers

http://www.jessops.com/Store/s2090/0/Memory-Cards/...

There must be a reason people shop there.

• looks at Jessop's sales figures*

Never mind

[Scho]

J111 said:

Quinny said:

J111 said:

It might have been £200 when it came out, but it's chapeau en croute for supper if anyone can find me that currently for sale for £200.

Can't find it for that price but as usual Jessops sell it at almost 4 times the price of most retailers

http://www.jessops.com/Store/s2090/0/Memory-Cards/...

There must be a reason people shop there.

• looks at Jessop's sales figures*

Never mind

for the excellent service and knowledgeable staff?