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J Davis

J Davis

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When you look up the 7D on the B&H website, under accessories it recommends the Sandisk extreme IV compact flash card. I've had good luck with sandisk using my HF100 and GH1 so I'm going this route.

B&H are sold out but buy.com has them slightly cheaper, with tax and shipping they are $93

There is a $60 rebate offered by Sandisk which is valid if you buy this card before sept 26 and mail in the rebate before oct 12.
Rebate can be downloaded here

If this works I should have a CF card for $33

Hope this helps you all. Any other deals, post em in this thread !

EDIT - thanks finster (post 9) this rebate doesn't work with buy.com instead see stores listed on the pdf
 
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What size Davis? Wait I guess 16GB cards since those are the ones with the $60 cash back and the largest IV.

Will 32GB cards be compatible with the camera?
 
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Sorry, forgot to mention the size. 8 gig was what I went for because all my work at the mo is short form
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I'm a bit confused by this rush for speed. IIRC, the 133 Kingston is plenty fast for 7D video capture.
 
mhood said:
I'm a bit confused by this rush for speed. IIRC, the 133 Kingston is plenty fast for 7D video capture.
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Canon manual says 7D tops out at 8MB/s. Lets say they are wrong and overestimate to 10MB/s.

The Kingston 133x card transfers at an estimated 20MB/s. Even if that is an overestimation, it is twice the speed necessary for video from the 7D.
 
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J Davis said:
B&H are sold out but buy.com has them slightly cheaper, with tax and shipping they are $93
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Be sure to read the fine print! I don't see buy.com listed as a "qualified retailer" for the $60 rebate.

Which one are you seeing for $93??? I can only find the SanDisk Extreme IV on buy.com for $164.

Edit: Oops - I see you were referring to the 8GB card. I was looking for the 16GB card.
 
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Would you please share the URL for the Kingston? I'm going to buy one and see if there are issues with my 7D when it gets here. Tks!
 
Well, I bought them months ago for my old DSLR and I don't remember where I got them exactly. It was some eBay seller (You have to be careful though as many companies sell knockoff Kingston cards) back when eBay and live.com (now bing) had 32% cash back which made the cards even cheaper than the ~$70.
 
The 7D codec is the same as the 5D Mkii right? So we need a class 6 right? Can't do like the gh1 with a class 4?
 
Loic said:
The 7D codec is the same as the 5D Mkii right? So we need a class 6 right? Can't do like the gh1 with a class 4?
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The 7D and 5D MKII use CompactFlash (CF) Cards, which are rated in terms of an "x" rating, linked to a MB/s write speed.

The "Class" rating system is used for SD and SDHC cards, which are incompatible with the Canon DSLRs in question.

The Canon 7D manual has specified cards must meet or exceed an 8MB/s write speed. That means anything faster than a 66x CF Card, which provides 10MB/s, should work. However, some cards do not perform to specifications and so it is generally wise to add in a bit of a buffer. Users have reported no problems with 133x (20MB/s) cards in terms of dropped frames under normal operating conditions. Others prefer stepping up to faster (and consequently more expensive) cards for perceived brand reliability and performance.
 
I own 4 of the 32GB kingstons. Absolutely great. Something that should be noted is that the real world transfer speed of the 133x 32GB kingston is greater than both the 8GB and 16GB of the same line. After experiencing that myself I searched the internet and found that others had found the 32GB similarly faster than expected given the price point.
 
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I own 4 of the 32GB kingstons. Absolutely great. Something that should be noted is that the real world transfer speed of the 133x 32GB kingston is greater than both the 8GB and 16GB of the same line. After experiencing that myself I searched the internet and found that others had found the 32GB similarly faster than expected given the price point.
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And they are pretty cheap 133$ 32 gig 133x at B&H!
 
Finster said:
Be sure to read the fine print! I don't see buy.com listed as a "qualified retailer" for the $60 rebate.

Which one are you seeing for $93??? I can only find the SanDisk Extreme IV on buy.com for $164.

Edit: Oops - I see you were referring to the 8GB card. I was looking for the 16GB card.
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Thanks finster, you are dead right, I'm cancelling and ordering elsewhere to use the rebate
 
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