sd card capacity for 7d

[paulbrogden10]

hello

I own the 7d and 600d and wondering what is the recomended size of card for these cameras would a 64gb card work? regards paul.

[TTMartin]

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@paulbrogden10 wrote:

hello

I own the 7d and 600d and wondering what is the recomended size of card for these cameras would a 64gb card work? regards paul.

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Card size is a personal preference. I don't do video, so I perfer 32GB cards. They are plenty big (975 RAW) and they are typically the best value ($/GB).

[jrhoffman75]

If you want more than 32GB then you need to be sure that the camera takes SDXC cards. I agree with TTMartin that 32GB is a good size. Enough for one day's shooting. 

[RobertTheFat]

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@jrhoffman75 wrote:

If you want more than 32GB then you need to be sure that the camera takes SDXC cards. I agree with TTMartin that 32GB is a good size. Enough for one day's shooting. 

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As it happens, the 7D doesn't take SDXC cards. In fact it doesn't take SD cards at all. Unlike its "Mark II" successor, the 7D takes CF cards only.

[paulbrogden10]

Hello Robert

I am able to use sd cards in my 7d how come you can not?

The truth is I use a compact flash adapter to take photos I just slot a sd card in it and it works fine I dont find I have any issues with it, it is a bit slower but never seem to have issues. Where I have issues is when I use micro sd cards in sd card adapters especially when using sandisk ultra micro cards. Acording to experts they crash corupt and **bleep** up you data so avoid those cards believe it its happened to me and my boss at the time was a bit pissed.

Please avoid sandisk ultra if you see any going cheap. hope this helps.