C300: Anyone used the Lexar 256GB 3500x Pro cards in their C300 mk2?
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Eric Coughlin
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I use them. I got four of them. Haven't noticed any issues.
I highly recommend you do NOT use Lexar media of any kind with the C300 Mark II. According to Canon, Lexar CFast cards are not approved for usage in the C300 Mark II. Unfortunately I know this from experience as I had 3400x Lexar cards and lost media twice. I also had 3500x cards for a short time and returned them for SanDisk cards. I talked directly to Canon at GV Expo in December and even though Lexar says those cards are compatible, they are not approved for usage. Canon says Lexar "does something internally to their cards" that cause problems in Canon cameras, specifically the C300 Mark II. I'm hoping SanDisk comes out with a 256GB card soon too. Hope this is helpful.
Run&Gun
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Anyone used the new Lexar 3500X cards in their C300 mk2?
According to the Lexar website, they should work with the camera, but I just want to make sure before I get a mortgage to buy the cards.
Thanks
What does Canon say? In this day, I do not use any media that is not approved by the equipment manufacturer, regardless of what "some guy on the internet" says to the contrary. Is your content worth the risk? Will your paying clients understand that their footage is corrupted or lost because you used unapproved media? Yes, "something can happen" even with approved media, but at this level(at least the level that I play), you play the odds.
The long and the short of it: If it's unapproved, use at your own risk.
mraaron895
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I'm using the 128GB Lexar PRO 3500X and have had no issues. Last time Canon updated their approved list of cards was June of 2015, so before the new Lexar's came out.
Michael Thames
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I've been using a Lexar 64 GB 800X in my Canon 5D3 for the past 2 years with no problem. In the C100 I use a Sandisk 64GB.
Eric Coughlin
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A 256 GB card means one is more likely to use dual record because of the added capacity. In theory let's say there is a 1/100 chance of failure on a Lexar card and a 1/1000 chance of failure on a SandDisk card, but because of the SandDisk card's smaller capacity (128 GB) you're more likely to not use dual record. With dual record, the 1/100 chance of failure on the Lexar becomes a 1/10,000 chance of multi-card failure (aside from any possible issues that are recorded incorrectly by both cards such as skipped frames, etc.). That makes the Lexar card 10 times more reliable in those circumstances.
With that said, there is also nothing legitimate to indicate the Lexar 3500x cards will have problems or are any less reliable than SandDisk cards, aside from that Canon's non-updated list has not officially approved the cards. If it works, it works, and so far it is working for at least two users in this topic.
This reminds me of the off-brand battery topics where some users state they will never use off-brand batteries for fear of the camera exploding but then post no real world samples of off-brand batteries ever exploding.
With that said, there is also nothing legitimate to indicate the Lexar 3500x cards will have problems or are any less reliable than SandDisk cards, aside from that Canon's non-updated list has not officially approved the cards. If it works, it works, and so far it is working for at least two users in this topic.
This reminds me of the off-brand battery topics where some users state they will never use off-brand batteries for fear of the camera exploding but then post no real world samples of off-brand batteries ever exploding.
This is technical incompatibilities we're talking about and not the occasional failure of an approved CFast 2 card.
Actually, no equipment is 'failing', it's doing what it's supposed to do, but it's incompatible.
Hence, simultaneous loss of footage on both cards are likely to happen. (And it has, from what I've heard!)
I have not bought any Lexars myself, but some of my colleagues bought Lexars and lost footage in C300MK2.
I am basing this comment on what they told me.
Eric's math makes perfect sense for the occasional card error with cards that are supposed to work.