(Part 2) Reddit mentions: The best compact flash memory cards

Look up how to set your white balance. And it's done using a white background. Once it's adjusted, it should keep that white balance saved. Before I adjusted mine, my silver coins looked fine, but then I got gold. It was clear that something was off because that's what my gold was looking like. After I adjusted it, what you saw in my first post was what I was getting.

If you don't have a high capacity memory card, get one. You can get a CF card that acts as an adapter for SD cards. Grab one of those and a 32 or 64 GB SD card. Another reddit thread is saying that this 64GB CF card works with the D200. Shoot in RAW + JPEG mode; that'll have the camera save both the RAW file and the JPG. RAW files will be much larger in file size, and higher quality, and will allow for a TON of editing in the ViewNX software. You can adjust for exposure and numerous other things that a JPG wont let you do. Have the camera save the largest resolution JPG on the FINE quality setting. That'll give you the best of both worlds.

An extension tube set will help a bit, but not a whole lot, especially on a lens that isn't macro. A macro lens has a very short focusing distance, which lets you get the lens get very close to what you're taking a picture of and still focus. Most other lenses need to be 15 or more inches away before they'll focus. I've got a 300mm lens that needs to be a minimum of about 10 feet away to focus on something. An extension tube will also narrow the depth of field, sometimes by a lot. I have a set of extension tubes, and attached to my 85mm macro lens, I can only move my camera about a millimeter towards of away from a coin and it gets blurry, and can no longer focus. This is about as close to a penny as I can get with my lens and tube.

I have a very similar setup, so here's my 2 pence.

You might want to get a loupe (LCDVF) for the 5d3 so you can see the screen in daylight.

I own both of those lenses. That's a good combo for starting out.

Is the caliber something you can use as a key light? Looks like a very small source to me and may not stand up to being diffused very well.. Take a look at the PixaPro Litebank 455 (my choice of cheap florescent atm).

Sound setup looks good. XLR cables seem too cheap though? Don't let a crappy cable let you down, get Neutrik ends and a quality cable. Also you've got a NTG4+ but no way of booming it? I use one of these - really effective for overhead booming
http://www.thomann.de/gb/km_21021.htm?ref=search_rslt_K%26M+21021_101872_0

Before you buy those CF cards - you're buying a (relatively) old camera. Have you looked into shooting Magic Lantern Raw on the 5d3? Huge step up in image quality but you need fast CF cards. I recommend these - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Komputerbay-128GB-Professional-Compact-Extreme/dp/B00J9OS7LW/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1450439191&sr=8-3-fkmr0&keywords=128bg+komputerbay

Are you sure you need a backdrop kit? I've never needed to use one except for some stills photography..

If your budget is tight and you want CFAST as an option that can record up to 3:1 at 24, this card is a great value. I have one and its been working great, hasn't dropped a frame except when I've pushed it to 4k 60.

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https://www.amazon.com/Silicon-Power-CFast2-0-CinemaPro-Blackmagic/dp/B079WMSV8Q/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=cfast&qid=1555805348&s=gateway&sr=8-4

Your math on the storage required for one hour of recording is correct, but you can get a quality 256GB CFast2.0 card for less than $300.

A few examples - the [FreeTail EVOKE 3700x 256GB CFast 2.0 card is $251.99] (https://www.amazon.com/FreeTail-EVOKE-Memory-VPG-130-FTCF256A37/dp/B074PDD1B6//ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=battleforthew-20), the [EgoDisk PRO 256GB CFast 2.0 card is $299.90] (https://www.amazon.com/EgoDisk-PRO-256GB-CFast-Card/dp/B072BTWJH5//ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=battleforthew-20) and the [Delkin 256GB Cinema CFast 2.0 card is $299.95] (https://www.amazon.com/Delkin-256GB-Cinema-Memory-DDCFST560256/dp/B01H5C79AE//ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=battleforthew-20) (all prices current as of this post).

Nice review of the EgoDisk [here] (https://youtu.be/tq0LCBeebsE) from the "broketographer" :)

Again, hope this is helpful!

Will a 64GB MicroSD card work with in the 3DS with an SD Card Adapter?

I'm looking to upgrade prior to buying a NN3DS later in the year.

Here's the one I'm looking at:http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-MicroSDXC-Memory-without-Adapter/dp/B009HPFUGI/ref=sr_1_27?ie=UTF8&qid=1420810000&sr=8-27&keywords=Samsung+Memory+64GB+Pro+MicroSDHC+UHS-I+Grade+1+Class+10+Memory+Card

Thanks for any advice.

EDIT: Just found out only HC Cards work, but I'd still like to know about 64GB thing.

EDIT 2: http://www.reddit.com/r/3DS/comments/2brpat/32gb_or_64gb/cj8b9sy

Just got linked to this, which was very interesting. Think I'll settle for a 32 as it's more affordable. I'll leave this post here anyway in case anyone has something to add.

128 megs? Well, you'd have to do something like this SATA to CF adapter and this 128MB CF card.

If you meant 128GB any one of these or these would be good.

Yeah man! the dfeatures look awesome! would this be a suitable CF card? https://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-Extreme-CompactFlash-Memory-Card/dp/B00ECEVFFO/ref=s9_simh_gw_g147_i1_r?_encoding=UTF8&fpl=fresh&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=&pf_rd_r=CNENN200B5SSHZY1T9N0&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=16f14aeb-bd11-4e9e-8c26-9ca0139074ee&pf_rd_i=desktop

This is the brand I used (32GB in my case). It works great; faster access times and better battery life. If that is still too expensive, I have heard some people use a SD card with a CF-to-SD adapter, together with a iPod ZIF adapter.

Looks like only $40. I want to see some pictures when it's done!

• http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004FD5CI8
  
  
• http://www.amazon.com/Komputerbay-Speed-Compact-Flash-Ultra/dp/B0056IHYF0
  
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Would this memory card work? I am not very tech savvy, and definitely want to get one of these up and running.

Edit: Thanks for the info. Me and technology are not always happy together.

>Still ridiculous to charge $200 for an extra 112GB when a 128GB card costs $45 but people are paying so they do it

You honestly think the iPhone boots off an SD card? There's more to flash storage than "how much giguhbites it has".

http://www.amazon.com/Lexar-Professional-1066x-CompactFlash-LCF128CRBNA1066/dp/B00IAYFDJG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1425280765&sr=8-1&keywords=compact+flash

$229

http://www.amazon.com/Lexar-Professional-CompactFlash-Memory-LCF128CTBNA800/dp/B0093HGG18/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1425280765&sr=8-2&keywords=compact+flash

$181 (800x, not 1066x)

http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Extreme-CompactFlash-Memory-SDCFXPS-128G-X46/dp/B00ECEVGN0/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1425280765&sr=8-8&keywords=compact+flash

$269

http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-CompactFlash-Frustration-Free-Packaging--SDCFXS-128G-X46/dp/B00GGM6LTA/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1425280765&sr=8-11&keywords=compact+flash

$189

Your best and cheapest bet would be to get a Jetdrive for Macbook Air — it’s a SD card that sits flush with your Macbook Air: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K73NSU4

I have a brand new SanDisk Extreme 64GB UDMA7 ("800x") card running in my PowerBook g4 (ATA/100) right now. Works great.

This one: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00NUB2RPW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Personally I would bite the cost and go for compact flash cards.

Unless you get a SSD I wouldn't trust an HDD being lugged all over the place and you do get ripped off with those little devices I find, 500gb for $170!

Personally I use SD cards which are dirt cheap and very safe so I'm ok but I would again recommend buying a few compact flash cards and just keep filling them up.

I shared cards with a colleague of mine and ran into this problem with his Sandisk cards. Never had issues with my cheap transcend cards from amazon though.

SD Version

CF Version

Edit: Added the cards I use.

I mean, technically it is wearing out the computer more this way, but you're probably fine. Might not be a bad idea though to start downloading and uploading using an external disk instead of putting all the wear on the onboard one. This SD card is made for the Air

I got a very nice rebate and price match.

I use CF cards.

Cheers for the reply mate, so would this do the trick http://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-Extreme-Compact-Flash-Memory/dp/B00NUB2Q9E/ref=dp_ob_title_ce

As someone who has literally all of those lenses, i feel for you. By the way i also saw that you had a sandisk 2gb cf card on there. My advice would be to go for something more like this. I have some of the 32gb models, and i can tell you that they are equal in performance to the ones that sandisk makes. Plus the one you had on your wishlist is an ultra II, which is quite a few generations old and quite slow.

OMG you paid $400 for your memory card? I have multiple 16gb Kingston Ultimate 266x cards which are avalible for around $80

"With its ultra-fast transfer rates of 45MB/sec. read and 40MB/sec. write, you can capture more continuous, high-resolution images in less time with the CompactFlash Ultimate than traditional CompactFlash memory cards."

Here is a listing of memory cards and current prices.

While I appreciate you attempting to discredit me using a different angle (my inferrior memory) we should try and stay on topic (jpeg vs raw).

Sorry OP this really sucks.

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Something similar happened to me years ago too, so I started using an SD card and time machine to make sure I always have a backup. Get something like this

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I know it doesn't help you now :(

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Cheaper on Amazon anyway

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00K73NSU4/ref=mp_s_a_1_7?qid=1414442161&sr=8-7&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70

The future is now

Here ya go. http://www.amazon.com/Transcend-JetDrive-Storage-Expansion-TS64GJDL130/dp/B00K73NSU4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1410263889&sr=8-2&keywords=macbook+air+sd+card

I hopefully don't think it is this. Here's a link to the one I'm using. s

Here is the desktop version of your link

Unless I'm missing something, get a few of these...

http://www.amazon.com/Transcend-Compact-Flash-Card-400X/dp/B002WE4H8I/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1367371789&sr=8-2&keywords=compact+flash+card

$1.37/GB a LOT less expensive than any other linked. Is there some requirement I'm missing here? I got lucky and got 4x of them for < 30 a piece. With my 7D I can get ~1000 shots shooting full RAW+Full JPG.

This 256GB CF card works well, I own and tested it also the price is a steal. I don't think its a Black Friday price I think it's just the price.

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https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B079WMSV8Q/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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I did 4:1 RAW and Prores 422HQ. I did not test how long it can record for. If you want to know let me know.

After getting burned with a 32GB Kingston micro-SD getting corrupt and Samsung denying responsibility (probably rightly), I bought the 64GB Samsung UHS-1 card. On the off-chance is does get corrupt, at least I've got some recourse.

I have been using Transcend SD Cards no problem on the 60D but have seen complaints about the CF cards which makes me think maybe I should just go with what the pros use, and the recommendation has been Sandisk.

I looked at the 5D M3 manual online and saw that for ALL I on CF cards you should use a card that is 30 MB and 20 for SD. Not sure why that is. So theoretically are you getting more quality from the CF cards?

Since the manual said 30, I have been looking at the Sandisk extremes which are 60MB. Based on what the manual says, I am guessing the PRO extreme cards at 90 are overkill.

Look at the reviews here. Some of them scare me somewhat: http://www.amazon.com/Transcend-Compact-Flash-Card-400X/product-reviews/B002WE4H8I/ref=cm_cr_pr_btm_link_next_2?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&pageNumber=2&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending

That is EVEN THOUGH I use their SD cards just fine. So I am wondering if I should bite the bullet and go Sandisk. It's what the pros are suggesting and I just cannot risk anything when it comes to weddings.

0. Repairing it might even be something you could do yourself, if you wanted to try it. Here's a video guide on how to take it apart, and here's a text-and-picture based one. The only problem I foresee is the battery seems to be soldered on, and you'd probably definitely want to change that; but once it's open anyone with the ability to solder could that for you, and it's only taken apart with screws.
   
   
1. It's probably the screen that's messed up, if you can see the contents but with no backlight. I literally just got an iPod (Classic) put back together today that a screen I ordered had no backlight working, and I had to order another one which worked fine.
   
   
2. Probably. Hard drives and batteries are the most common failures.
   
   
3. iTunes wouldn't recognize it, if the hard drive has failed.
   
   
4. I have no idea what the three beeps are, but they're definitely a POST code failure response, to tell you something is wrong.
   
   
5. You can replace the hard drive with a CF, but those are expensive for even the most modest storage sizes. It'd be much cheaper and more effective to get a SD to CF adapter card and an SD card which would run you $40 USD for 128GBs, where it'd be $40 USD to just get 64GBs via CF, and $70 to get the equivalent 128GBs via CF.