EOS 5DS R memory card recommendations

[hvulpus]

Hi, I have an EOS 5D SR and am about to embark on a research trip which involves lots of photographs.  I notice that the USMA 7 cards that fit in the big card slot no longer seem to be readily available.  (The SD cards for the small slot seem in ample supply.  Any wisdom here?

[jrhoffman75 · Accepted solution]

You could contact SanDisk ad ask them. They don’t have a shelf life, s if you r cocrnd you could always get a few now. 

[jrhoffman75]

 is this what you need?

[hvulpus]

Yes, but I am more concerned about finding UDMA 7 cards in the future.  Have they stopped making them?

[Tronhard · Accepted solution]

The Compact Flash cards are no longer used on current models.  The world has moved on to the CF Express cards now.  Still, I am seeing a reasonable range of CF cards on the market, so if you want to get a stock of them for your 5DsR (as I did for mine), then check out sites like Lexar, SanDisk, or Prograde.  

Using cards for storage past the shoot is not advisable, if you can take a device like a laptop and a CF Express card reader, I strongly encourage you to download each day's photos to the computer, using a CF USB card reader, confirm they are transferred and then format the card clean in camera for the next day's shoot. That way you need a lot fewer cards with you.

[jrhoffman75 · Accepted solution]

You could contact SanDisk ad ask them. They don’t have a shelf life, s if you r cocrnd you could always get a few now. 

[hvulpus]

Thanks, This is what I have done.  Howard, New Rochelle, NY