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Where do you buy your SD cards?

Post by Thunder » Sun Sep 10, 2017 1:11 pm

Looking for Sandisk 64 or 128GB 95Mbs SD card, where do you guys get yours from? Anywhere on the web I get them cheaper than the high street, obviously looking for genuine cards only.

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Re: Where do you buy your SD cards?

Post by Dan213 » Sun Sep 10, 2017 1:27 pm

Always get mine from Amazon £34.99 for the 64GB compared to around £40on the high street. They often do deals where they drop the price by around £5-6 for a couple of hours too

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Re: Where do you buy your SD cards?

Post by Pen Pusher » Sun Sep 10, 2017 1:59 pm

Wouldn't buy them from Amazon, e-bay or the likes. To many fakes. Get mine from 7dayshop

https://www.7dayshop.com/sd-cards

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Re: Where do you buy your SD cards?

Post by tm74sqn » Sun Sep 10, 2017 3:47 pm

Thanks for suggestions. In the past I've always bought mine from Amazon, but . . . . how can I determine whether they are fakes or not? Ditto for 7dayshop, or elsewhere, if I decide to go for another supplier.
Any advice/hints very welcome.
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Re: Where do you buy your SD cards?

Post by martmpf » Sun Sep 10, 2017 4:07 pm

I test mine on a PC using:
http://www.download3k.com/Install-H2testw.html
Takes a while, but very good

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Re: Where do you buy your SD cards?

Post by Thunder » Sun Sep 10, 2017 6:18 pm

martmpf wrote:I test mine on a PC using:
http://www.download3k.com/Install-H2testw.html
Takes a while, but very good
Surely if you have to test them on a PC, then you've already bought the possible fake? Is there any physical way you can tell fake from genuine?

Saw the Amazon ones for sale and they come from Amazon themselves as opposed to a third party selling them through Amazon, don't think I would buy any off Ebay. Also looking at a spare LP-6E/N battery, but again it's a fakers paradise.

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Re: Where do you buy your SD cards?

Post by martmpf » Sun Sep 10, 2017 6:32 pm

Why? I use the program to test on arrival, before I use it in a device where performance may matter. That way I know I can rely on it or send it back. The program also tests the speed, so you know it works OK and is the speed is what you paid for. Also works on USB flash memory sticks.

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Re: Where do you buy your SD cards?

Post by Thunder » Sun Sep 10, 2017 7:04 pm

That would be ok if the company accepted returns on you saying that their goods are fakes. It's a blinking minefield it is.

Anyone any experience with companies called 'my memory' and 'memory cow'

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Re: Where do you buy your SD cards?

Post by POL » Sun Sep 10, 2017 7:12 pm

Always bought from my memory.co.uk, they're based in Switzerland but never ever let my down.

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Re: Where do you buy your SD cards?

Post by Richard B » Sun Sep 10, 2017 7:47 pm

7 Dayshop have been very good for me over the last 16 years.

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Re: Where do you buy your SD cards?

Post by Dan213 » Sun Sep 10, 2017 8:59 pm

Pen Pusher wrote:Wouldn't buy them from Amazon, e-bay or the likes. To many fakes. Get mine from 7dayshop

https://www.7dayshop.com/sd-cards

Brian
Not sure where you’ve got that from. If you buy through Amazon with Amazon as the seller they are 100% genuine. Funnily enough, 7dayshop happen to be one of the big sellers of memory cards on Amazon too

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Re: Where do you buy your SD cards?

Post by SG1 » Sun Sep 10, 2017 9:23 pm

Thunder wrote:
martmpf wrote:I test mine on a PC using:
http://www.download3k.com/Install-H2testw.html
Takes a while, but very good
Also looking at a spare LP-6E/N battery, but again it's a fakers paradise.
Currys sell a Duracell LP-e6 for £25.00, had one for years with no problems. :)
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Re: Where do you buy your SD cards?

Post by James Cutting » Mon Sep 11, 2017 4:06 pm

Always have bought mine from Amazon, have bought well over 6-7 different cards from them, never had a single issue.

It's simple, just check that they are genuine on the site, usually says they are from SanDisk (the seller). And if there is an issue, you can just send it back. eBay is the one to be careful of. I am dubious of other places I've personally not heard of, such as 7dayshop, but will always read into them before checking to be sure :)

This one was the last one I bought: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01 ... UTF8&psc=1

I got 2, and both handled around 4,000 shots of RAW pictures at RIAT without a single issue.

Hope this helps you.
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Re: Where do you buy your SD cards?

Post by Thunder » Mon Sep 11, 2017 5:56 pm

Thanks James certainly does help, however you say you got roughly 4000 shots on a 32GB card shooting in RAW, is that correct, as doing the online calculations a 128Gb card shooting at 24MP in RAW will hold approx 1700?

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Re: Where do you buy your SD cards?

Post by James Cutting » Mon Sep 11, 2017 7:15 pm

Thunder wrote:Thanks James certainly does help, however you say you got roughly 4000 shots on a 32GB card shooting in RAW, is that correct, as doing the online calculations a 128Gb card shooting at 24MP in RAW will hold approx 1700?
Apologies, I just did a rough guesstimate...I had 2 of those cards....I also dumped them in the laptop throughout the weekend...apologies for the confusion :Oops:
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Re: Where do you buy your SD cards?

Post by Dan213 » Tue Sep 12, 2017 7:59 pm

Thunder wrote:Thanks James certainly does help, however you say you got roughly 4000 shots on a 32GB card shooting in RAW, is that correct, as doing the online calculations a 128Gb card shooting at 24MP in RAW will hold approx 1700?
I use a 70D which is 20.2Mp and I get around 1400 images on a 64GB card, which is a couple of hundred more than the calculators say.

As a side note, that if funds permit, you are much better getting 4 32GB cards or 2 64GB cards as opposed to a single 128GB card. This way, if there is a card failure or corruption then you at least won’t lose all of your photos

Dan

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Re: Where do you buy your SD cards?

Post by Thunder » Tue Sep 12, 2017 8:25 pm

Dan213 wrote:[

As a side note, that if funds permit, you are much better getting 4 32GB cards or 2 64GB cards as opposed to a single 128GB card. This way, if there is a card failure or corruption then you at least won’t lose all of your photos

Dan
A very good point, which never crossed my mind :thumb:

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Re: Where do you buy your SD cards?

Post by sploosher » Wed Sep 20, 2017 4:21 pm

I buy all our memory cards from Premier Ink.

here are links to the two sizes you mentioned.

http://www.premier-ink.co.uk/memory.htm ... er=Sandisk

http://www.premier-ink.co.uk/memory.htm ... er=Sandisk

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Re: Where do you buy your SD cards?

Post by John flightpath » Thu Sep 21, 2017 6:19 pm

7 day shop are also a big seller on ebay, and again, no issues with them. Also sourced from other ebay sellers and had no problems. Luck ? , maybe... but I do check feedback and length of time as a seller before buying.

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