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Understanding the labels on SD cards

Understanding the labels on SD cards

From the course: The Practicing Photographer

Understanding the labels on SD cards

- I was out shooting the other day. I was in Death Valley and it was raining which doesn't happen that often, and the sun was setting, the light was perfect but it was changing really fast. I was eager to get the shot. I was taking an HDR panorama, so I was needing to shoot nine or twelve images, and I needed to do it quickly before the light changed. And I overran my camera, meaning I shot three, I panned, I shot three, I panned, I shot one and then it stalled. If you've had that experience, you know how frustrating it is. I had to try and hold the shot and wait and then try and get the other two. I was shooting with a small Canon Rebel and I'm used to shooting with a 5D Mark III which never gives me that problem. And so I thought, wow, either my card is too slow or the Rebel's buffer is too small. I don't know what. So when I got home, I started looking into it. The Rebel uses SD cards and SD cards come in lots of different speeds. But those speeds are represented with about three…

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