Transcend 133x 32 GB CF-Card fast enough?

Hi all,

I wonder if the 133x 32 GB CF-Card from Transcend will work reliable with movie mode.
It´s rated writing speed is slightly higher than the required bitrate - but transcend is often rating pretty conservative.

The 300x UDMA cards are currently only available in 16 GB size, and cost twice as much for half the capacity.

So if one one the ealy testers by accident used a 133x card, please post here

Best Regards, Andreas

I'm also planning to get Transcend 133. They're cheap and work well (at least for photography)

[ralph-FR]

It´s rated writing speed is slightly higher than the required bitrate - but transcend is often rating pretty conservative.

I use 2GB 120X Transcend cards. They easily write over 10MB/s in a card reader. And burst rates indicate they're quite fast in the camera. I wouldn't hesitate getting some of those 32GB.
I just tested in my "old" 5D, 18 frames, 10.6MB each, the red light went off after 27 seconds = 7MB/s.

Thanks Seb+Ralph - that´s good news, cause i´ve never had a single data failure with 5 years of exclusive transcend-card use (dslr, navi, mobile).
As the write speeds pretty much depend on the controller in the cam, and those have gotten better with every generation - i guess it should work well

Best Regards, Andreas

so ordering the 16 or 8 gb card which is 133X speed is OK to shoot 12 min of film twice ?

Saw a cheap card at www.dealextreme.com and have the 8gb card from that website (133X). works well for pics but I bought this cam for film... as most did here.

I thought you might need at least 300X cards. And Im not interrested in filming AND taking pics at the same time (yet).

Anyone already tested Transcend´s 133x cards in a production 5D mark II?

Anyone already tested Transcend´s 133x cards in a production 5D mark II?

I did, today. Here's the scoop. It does fine shooting video alone. However, if you shoot a still during your video, you may have trouble.

I shot a video for about 10 minutes then shot a still. The buffer flushing icon appeared (increasing very rapidly) and video recording suddenly halted. After that, I spent the rest of the evening recording videos for a microphone test. No more still interruptions.

[ralph-FR]

I shot a video for about 10 minutes then shot a still. The buffer flushing icon appeared (increasing very rapidly) and video recording suddenly halted. After that, I spent the rest of the evening recording videos for a microphone test. No more still interruptions.

Frighteningly interesting. Were you shooting RAW stills ? does it occur with JPG ? what if you take a still just a few seconds after starting a video capture ?

And last but not least : can you disable stills-taking during video ?

I shot a video for about 10 minutes then shot a still. The buffer flushing icon appeared (increasing very rapidly) and video recording suddenly halted. After that, I spent the rest of the evening recording videos for a microphone test. No more still interruptions.

Frighteningly interesting. Were you shooting RAW stills ? does it occur with JPG ? what if you take a still just a few seconds after starting a video capture ?

And last but not least : can you disable stills-taking during video ?

I was shooting raw with high ISO noise reduction (this may be the key) set to something other than OFF, using full RAW size and smallest fine JPG.

To disable stills-taking, sit on your trigger finger.

Anyone already tested Transcend´s 133x cards in a production 5D mark II?

I did, today. Here's the scoop. It does fine shooting video alone. However, if you shoot a still during your video, you may have trouble.

I shot a video for about 10 minutes then shot a still. The buffer flushing icon appeared (increasing very rapidly) and video recording suddenly halted. After that, I spent the rest of the evening recording videos for a microphone test. No more still interruptions.

Pretty sure that's exactly what's supposed to happen. Shooting a still while recording video will interrupt the video. I believe the manual states that.