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cams · May 26, 2006, 11:06 AM

I just brought a Nikon D50 and confused about all the different speeds and prices on the cards. I understand about the MB and GIG is size but speed is right for my camera? Is the more expensive card necessary? Thanks for responding to my questions, this forum has saved me from may mistakes.

rey · May 26, 2006, 11:45 AM

Unless you do a lot of continous shooting (ie. 8+ continous shots), the card's speed wouldn't be a major factor. I have the SanDisk Ultra2, but I think the regular SanDisk is good enough.

stevem1928 · May 26, 2006, 8:41 PM

I have a standard SD card. It seems to be as fast as the camera can shoot. The camera's (Nikon D50) onboard buffer seems to handle everything I can throw at it up to 2.5fps. I think the D50 can shoot something like 12 shoots before filling the buffer, then the card speed comes into play as the buffere writes to the card. I have never shot that many continuos shots.

I had this same debate and went with the much cheaper standard SD card. It has not made a difference for me. If you were shooting a lot of sports, it might make a difference.

cams · May 27, 2006, 11:03 AM

Thank you guys for the information. I know the information I get on these

style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #000000"forums is from people "that been there, done that." Thanks for taking the

style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #000000"salesman out of the picture.

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May 26, 2006, 11:06 AM	#1
cams Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 33	I just brought a Nikon D50 and confused about all the different speeds and prices on the cards. I understand about the MB and GIG is size but speed is right for my camera? Is the more expensive card necessary? Thanks for responding to my questions, this forum has saved me from may mistakes.

May 26, 2006, 11:45 AM	#2
rey Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 949	Unless you do a lot of continous shooting (ie. 8+ continous shots), the card's speed wouldn't be a major factor. I have the SanDisk Ultra2, but I think the regular SanDisk is good enough.

May 26, 2006, 8:41 PM	#3
stevem1928 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 112	I have a standard SD card. It seems to be as fast as the camera can shoot. The camera's (Nikon D50) onboard buffer seems to handle everything I can throw at it up to 2.5fps. I think the D50 can shoot something like 12 shoots before filling the buffer, then the card speed comes into play as the buffere writes to the card. I have never shot that many continuos shots. I had this same debate and went with the much cheaper standard SD card. It has not made a difference for me. If you were shooting a lot of sports, it might make a difference.

May 27, 2006, 11:03 AM	#4
cams Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 33	Thank you guys for the information. I know the information I get on these style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #000000"forums is from people "that been there, done that." Thanks for taking the style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #000000"salesman out of the picture.