Recommend a suitable memory card for Nikon 5500

nez

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I have a Nikon 5500.

What is a suitable memory card for it? Recommend a suitable speed.

Is 32GB enough?

Thanks
 

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i wont recommend anything else than a sandisk ultra or extreme.
32gb depends on you.

what do you shoot in ? RAW ? JPEG only ? RAW+JPEG? I shoot both raw + jpeg on d7000 and an 8gb is sufficient for 200+ shots. One thing i would say, always leave some memory left in your cards ie, your 8gb can shoot 250pics, stop at 230 and change card. never know what will happen lol....
 

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i wont recommend anything else than a sandisk ultra or extreme.
32gb depends on you.

what do you shoot in ? RAW ? JPEG only ? RAW+JPEG? I shoot both raw + jpeg on d7000 and an 8gb is sufficient for 200+ shots. One thing i would say, always leave some memory left in your cards ie, your 8gb can shoot 250pics, stop at 230 and change card. never know what will happen lol....

So what do you think will happen if you hit the limit of the flash? Explode? Leak acid? And why?
 

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i wont recommend anything else than a sandisk ultra or extreme.
32gb depends on you.

what do you shoot in ? RAW ? JPEG only ? RAW+JPEG? I shoot both raw + jpeg on d7000 and an 8gb is sufficient for 200+ shots. One thing i would say, always leave some memory left in your cards ie, your 8gb can shoot 250pics, stop at 230 and change card. never know what will happen lol....

So for 2 hour long concert a 32GB would be sufficient.

Thanks


It will all be RAW.

Is there a universal term used in the speed for the memory that I should look out for to maximise the 5500 capabilities.
 

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what are the specs of the card I should get?
 

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So what do you think will happen if you hit the limit of the flash? Explode? Leak acid? And why?

not like that. just to be safe, cause you never know how memory errors.

ive maxed out a memory card before. it tkaes a while to transfer and errors happen. from there, ive stuck to the rule of not maximizing memory cards fully.. when i asked around, there are others who stuck to this rule too.
 

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not like that. just to be safe, cause you never know how memory errors.

ive maxed out a memory card before. it tkaes a while to transfer and errors happen. from there, ive stuck to the rule of not maximizing memory cards fully.. when i asked around, there are others who stuck to this rule too.

So for 64GB how much i should not exceed?
 

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Bought this 64GB. :D

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