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| Which SD Card is better for the DSLR? |
Once you have purchased a DSLR the
next thing you look for is defiantly the accessories, most of the time camera
come with none. So, you have to purchase each and every accessory.
The first and foremost accessory you
buy is and Standard Digital card (SD card). There are lots of company that
produces SD card for the DSLR from Toshiba to Sony etc. They vary in price
according to their brand value as well as their speed and capacity.
Let’s quickly learn about what type
of SD cards are available and which one is suitable for you to invest in.
To better understand let's divide it
into parts
- Speed
- Capacity & Class
Let’s talk about them in a little
detail to understand better.
SPEED
The speed of a card determines how
fast it’s capable to capture and process the image or footage while shooting
and recording. This is divided into two parts Reading Speed and Writing
Speed.
The Reading Speed is the ability of the card to show up images or
footage when accessed via PC or laptop.
While Writing Speed is the capability of the card how quickly it process
the image or video while recording it.
The more the better in both the
cases.
CAPACITY
Capacity is the size an SD card
ranging from 4GB upto 128GB and more. The more the better and costlier. Here
the company value come into play, the popular the company the costlier the SD
card will be. However, you can find some discount deals while getting them
online.
Along with the capacity of the SD
card the class plays a major roll. The class range from class 1 to class 10.
The higher the better, this means Class 10 cards will perform much better than
a class 4 card.
So, we covered what type of SD card
are present in the market and how you can classify them according to their
speed and class or capacity.
Now let’s learn about which card
type is good for what photography or videography need.
For a normal usage say clicking
friends and family photo, trips photos, shooting home events or short movies a
card of class 10 with a capacity of 16GB or 32GB will be sufficient. You can off
course buy a bunch of them say 2 or 3.
For Heavy usage say shooting full
events, photoshoots, videography in events etc. will however require you to
buy a little costlier card of class 10 with a capacity of 64 GB or 128 GB.