Which UDMA cards are you getting?

I've been picking up the Transcend 300x cards for $146 via Amazone Prime. I've got 4 of them so far and they are working out really well.

When I transfer the files off of the cards via a FW800 adapter, they go at roughly 63MB/sec. I can transfer a full card in 3 and a half minutes.
 
IMO that's the most important part of a UDMA, transfer/offload speed. My Kingston takes 8 minutes to offload via USB, I'm guessing firewire would be a little faster but nowhere near as fast as a UDMA card + Firewire.

I'm going to hold off on getting UDMA cards right now until someone confirms if UDMA makes a difference over the Kingston 133x cards as far as banding goes.
 
New $60 sandisk rebate means extreme IV 45mbps UDMA is $48+tx
see B&H website to download rebate PDF
 
kalieaire said:
I've been picking up the Transcend 300x cards for $146 via Amazone Prime. I've got 4 of them so far and they are working out really well.

When I transfer the files off of the cards via a FW800 adapter, they go at roughly 63MB/sec. I can transfer a full card in 3 and a half minutes.
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I should've probably told you what size, but yes, I've been getting the 16 gig cards.
 
Info for anyone who wants to know, I ordered the following:

http://www.adorama.com/IDS8GBUC2153.html?searchinfo=sandisk+CF+8gb

(8 GB Sandisk UltraII 15 MB/s)

and have had zero problems with it. I saw the buffer status bar appear ONCE, with one bar filled in, and it was gone in less than a few seconds. I've shot about 30 minutes of static footage to test each card, then had a shoot in the field, doing mostly static stuff, some pans, and everything worked fine.
 
Sounds like the 20MB/s cards are the sweet spot if yours works this well. Have you benched your card with something like HD Tach? It would be very useful since you seem to have a card that is 99% perfect.

Also wonder if you would get the buffer bars to go higher with something like a tree filling the frame, with a strong breeze, with deep focus?
 
I saw one test where a non UDMA card actually performed slightly better for video than a UDMA one. I just spent 10 minutes looking for it and I can't find it anymore. Dengit. Anyways, I have two Kingston 133x 32 GB cards and they are fine these are probably the most commonly used cards and I have never heard of a problem. Just make sure you get real ones and not imitations (goes for all cards).
 
Card Failure

Card Failure

I had an Extreme IV 8gig at 45mb go down after only a little bit of shooting video. I think it failed because the camera's battery light was flashing red. So be warned. Do not shoot when the battery is low.

-chad

www.harpegraphicnovel.com
 
so...I've been reading about CF cards for hours and I still haven't reached much of a conclusion. I really don't want to spend 300 dollars on memory cards if I can at all avoid it. Are the kingston elite 32gb cards enough? Does the camera really dumb down the footage when it senses the speed of the card?

Sorry!
 
Nick, don't

I got some Sandisk Ultra 2 15mb/s. reasonaly cheap and get the job done. All you need is 8mb/s and they recommend 10.. 15 is fine.
 
PaPa,

don't as in...don't get the kingstons or don't spend 300 dollars on the udma? haha. I'm assuming you mean don't spend the 300. hopefully at least.

I don't really plan on shooting stills while recording.
 
Johnny Cola said:
I'll be going with this unless I find it cheaper
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134901

32GB for $76? Kiss my a$$ HVX200a, I should have sold you while the selling was good!
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:happy: Though I sold a 200 and not a 200a, very different story.

I just got my 32GB 133x Kingston and though my camera isn't here yet I tested it with HD Tach...

...:Drogar-Shock(DBG): 4MB/s?!?!??

a. I got a bad one.
b. Maybe HD Tach isn't benching this guy right?

@#$%! B&H is closed (hope they are having a nice holiday). I guess I'll find out if it is b, since my camera arrives before B&H is back!

I first tested on a USB multi card reader, 4.1MB/s. Then I tried formatting and testing again (FAT32) same result. So I tried on my CF to PCMCIA adapter on the laptop but it is slow there aswell.

Hope all I need is to format in the camera or something... :violin:

Any ideas?
 
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