Memory cards?

FWIW, the manual says that you need to use a card with a read/write speed of 8 MB/s.

Anything faster will make downloading to your computer quicker (if you have a FireWire card reader or ExpressCard reader) and might give you an advantage when shooting stills in burst mode. But it won't change anything when recording video.

So called 133x cards say they will give you 20MB/s write... so that's WAY more than you need for video on 7D.

-X
 
The reason I consider it though, is because I own all SanDisk cards for my DSLR currently, but all my USB sticks are Kingston. Considering they're both great brands for memory, I think I'll give Kingston a shot...and then if it proves to me too unreliable, even if just by fluke - I'll go back to SanDisk.

I have no issues trying brands when they're well known for something, or even new brands that boast good reviews. Besides, I rather carry around a couple smaller cards as backups and have a larger capacity one that can be my main card.

Kegan
 
I've owned lots of cards through photography and I've had lots of them fail over 5 of them. I've heard many photographers talk about throwing out old cards after about a years use or so many events. For videographers, they may not go through the cards quite as fast, but who knows. Giving my .02 because of the suggestion that cards don't mess up - they do - with serious use they will soon fail. But recording and re-recording say 50 to 60 times should be easily done with no problems even on a cheap card.
 
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