What Card should I buy?

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Indyreel

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I know this has been asked, but I don't remember the final verdict. Can anyone tell me the best SDHC card to buy.
 
Ben,

I took your advice and bought a Sandisk Ultra II at Best Buy. Thank you again.

A quick question I had is that it is rated Class 4 and I believe Panny says to use 6 or above. Will this work flawlessly or possibly drop data (ie skipped frames etc) in 1080 24P?
 
I just grabbed a Sandisk Ultra at Best Buy as well. It's a 16 gig model and was $90. The tag on the shelf said Sandisk Ultra II but I just noticed as I was about to open it that it just says Sandisk Ultra on the packaging and the card. I checked out Sandisk's website and there's no mention of a plain "Sandisk Ultra" in their products section and the specs on the one I have say "up to 15MB/s - 100x" (it's class 4 just like the Ultra II) so is this usable or should I return it before I open it? Thanks.

-Drew
 
Yes the Ultra II is a Class 4 card and yes it works just fine, I've shot hours of footage on the GH1 on mine with no problems.

I'd say take that card back because that probably wasn't the best price, and due to the chance of problems as it didn't say Ultra II? Not sure?

I got my Sandisk Ultra II at Costco, two 4gb cards for $34 or so.
 
if you need something right now, check out Wal-mart. They have good prices on SDHC cards.
 
I ended up going with a cheap-ass $15 4 gig one. I'll still need something more reliable as a could end up using the GH1 on interview shoots for work rather than renting an HVX every time.
 
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