Best cards for shooting HD on 7D

[Phil Balsdon]

That’s in total enough for just over an hour of video. If you have a lap top and CF card reader with you you can transfer from a card whilst shooting on the other.

Choose a card that is fast enough for video. 400x or 60MB/s such as Sandisk Extreme. Other users I know use Lexar or Transcend successfully.

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[Brian Klassen]

I recently purchased a Sandisk Extreme Pro (90 mb/s). Probably overkill for me, but I got a great price on it. And I want to be able to shoot (RAW)time lapse at a 2 or 3 second frame rate, so wanted to make sure I wouldn’t have buffer issues (have the card not be able to process the data as fast as the camera was inputing it). No problems yet. It may still be overkill. I also have a Sandisk Extreme (60 mb/s). That may have been enough. But those two (both 16gb) and an inexpensive Transcend 16gb I feel like I have enough speed, memory and options to do what I want to do.

I’m not quite technically inclined enough to crunch the numbers to know exactly what I can and can’t do with the above Sandisk cards. Perhaps someone else more mathematically driven can post some guidelines in that regards. Information I myself would like and benefit from.

I always find that being thoughtful and specific about exactly what I want to accomplish leads me to an informed decision, and keeps me from buying accessories (all of them cool, and probably very useful) I don’t need.

[Brent Dunn]

I’d buy the Sandisc Extreme. Never had a problem.

I don’t recommend Transcend anything. Poor quality control.

32 Gig will give you about 1 hr. 50 min.

Brent Dunn
Owner / Director / Editor
DunnRight Films
DunnRight Video.com
Video Marketing Toolbox.net

Sony EX-1,
Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 7D
Mac Pro Tower, Quad Core,
with Final Cut Studio

HP i7 Quad laptop
Adobe CS-5 Production Suite

[Mike Safety]

Just about to ask the same question about the cf cards. Just got my 7d. Didn’t want to spend any unnecessary money on the cf cards. Thanks

[Clark Cooper]

I also stand by SanDisk Extreme. The 90MB/s (600x) cards are probably overkill for the 5D and 7D. Since prices for CF cards continually drop like a rock, I’d get what you need now and if you have heaftier data-rates to deal with in the future (Nanoflash, Gemini, KiPro Mini, Ninja, etc, etc.) you can upgrade (cheaper) later.

I run the SanDisk 60MB/s (400x) cards in my 7D and 5Dii (and in the Nanoflash at 180Mbps) without a hitch.

Clark Cooper
Abbey HD Camera Rentals
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[John Neer]

I have a Canno 5D…just starting with it. Can I connect the camera to my laptop via hdmi and use the laptop as the monitor as I record video? I don’t have a clue how to do such a thing!

[Richard Harrington]

That won’t work

https://podcasts.creativecow.net/dslr-video-podcast/dslr-monitoring-solutions-with-hdmi

Richard M. Harrington, PMP

Author: From Still to Motion, Video Made on a Mac, Photoshop for Video, Understanding Adobe Photoshop, Final Cut Studio On the Spot and Motion Graphics with Adobe Creative Suite 5 Studio Techniques