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SanDisk cards

SanDisk cards

(instrumental music) - One of the key accessories for photography these days, of course, are the media cards that store your images in the camera, and that means from time to time, you're going to need to choose which card you're going to use. I'm here with Steve, a fellow photo instructor and photographer. So, one of the first things that we need to think about, in terms of cards, is what kind of card are we going to purchase? We have here, for example, CompactFlash, and SD cards, micro SD. - Yeah well, Tim, I think that's a pretty, sort of simple answer, (Tim laughs) it depends on the camera that you're using. - Right. - So obviously some of the big DSLRs and mirrorless cameras allow more than one card and I think that's great. It's a great feature. It allows you some different configurations that can be really useful and helpful. Often it's the same kind of format, but sometimes it's a variety, whether it's CompactFlash, or XQD, which is a new card in the Nikon world. Of course…

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