SD cards for Nikon D80

[mybrainhurts]

Advice, please....

Having been messed about by an online supplier since mid December, it seems I'm about to receive my D80 in a couple of days....it failed to arrive today because they're a bunch of inefficient tits silly billies.

Just about to order an SD card from someone else, but wondering now if there are any compatibility problems with high capacity cards...

Anyone know, before I dive in..?

[Gingerbread Man]

Order from Play.com. And get a Scandisk Extreme III SD card.

[beano500]

From Nikon own Website:

Nikon said:

Nikon has tested the following SD (Secure Digital) cards and approved their use with the D50:

SanDisk (blue) 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512 MB, 1GB and 2GB
SanDisk Ultra II 512 MB* and 2GB*
Panasonic 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512 MB and 1GB
Panasonic Super High Speed 256MB*, 512 MB* and 1GB*
Panasonic Pro High Speed 512 MB* and 1GB*
Toshiba (blue) 64MB, 128MB, 256MB and 512MB
Toshiba (white) 128MB*, 256MB* and 512MB*

these cards have a rated transfer rate of 10MBs or more.
Multi Media cards (MMC) are not recommended and should not be used.
SDHC memory cards are not compatible with the D50 and can not be used.

Other brands and capacities of cards may work, but Nikon cannot guarantee operation. If using a memory card not listed above please check with the manufacturer for compatibility information. Nikon recommend keeping an approved memory card available for troubleshooting.

Does that help at all? Just because they have not approved the higher capacity cards does not mean they won't work - In CF terms I regularly use higher capacity (but Sandisk) with no problem whatsoever - I have not heard that any Nikon dSLRs have any particular problems.

Edited by beano500 on Tuesday 8th January 14:41

[mybrainhurts]

Gingerbread Man said:

Order from Play.com. And get a Scandisk Extreme III SD card.

I was going for one of those, but didn't check play.com...cheapest I've seen, thanks.

I assume they work in the D80..?

[GetCarter]

I HIGHLY recommend Sandisk Extreme 3 - LIGHTNING quick

Do check they'll work though... a quick call to www.graysofwestminster.co.uk will confirm.

[beano500]

Doh!!!


I know I'm a complete Dimbo at times, but I misread D80 and D50 didn't I?


I'll go back to sleep, except to mention that the Nikon Website has lots of gems hidden away in the support pages

[spitfire-ian]

mybrainhurts said:

Gingerbread Man said:

Order from Play.com. And get a Scandisk Extreme III SD card.

I was going for one of those, but didn't check play.com...cheapest I've seen, thanks.

I assume they work in the D80..?

My 4GB one works fine with my D70

[mybrainhurts]

beano500 said:

Doh!!! I know I'm a complete Dimbo at times, but I misread D80 and D50 didn't I?

Sir, I chastise you on your inept spelling of Dumbo...

beano500 said:

I'll go back to sleep, except to mention that the Nikon Website has lots of gems hidden away in the support pages

Sir, I congratulate you on redeeming yourself....

Thanks...

look what I found...

Nikon said:

Approved SD memory cards for D80Start New Search | Advanced Search | Help
Nikon has tested the following SD (Secure Digital) cards and approved their use with the D80:

SanDisk (blue) 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512 MB, 1GB and 2GB
SanDisk Ultra II 256MB*, 512MB*, 1GB* and 2GB*
SanDisk Ultra II Plus 512MB* and 1GB*
SanDisk Extreme III 1GB* and 2GB*
SanDisk SDHC (blue) 4GB
Panasonic 64MB, 128MB, 256MB
Panasonic High Speed 256MB, 512 MB, 1GB and 2GB
Panasonic Super High Speed 256MB* and 1GB*
Panasonic Pro High Speed 512MB*, 1GB* and 2GB*
Panasonic SDHC 4GB
Toshiba (blue) 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, 1GB and 2GB
Toshiba High Speed (white) 128MB*, 256MB*, 512MB* and 1GB*
Toshiba SDHC 4GB
Lexar Media 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, 1GB
Lexar Media Platinum II (40x) series: 256MB, 512MB, 1GB
Lexar Media Platinum II (60x) series: 512MB, 1GB, 2GB
Lexar Media Professional (133x) series: 1GB*, 2GB*

• these cards have a rated transfer rate of 10MB/s or more.

Multi Media cards (MMC) are not recommended and should not be used.

Other brands and capacities of cards may work, but Nikon have not performed testing and cannot guarantee operation. If using a memory card not listed above please check with the manufacturer for compatibility information. Nikon recommend keeping an approved memory card available for troubleshooting.

[Knick Pee]

I just bought a Sandisk Extreme III 1Gb for £6 from Amazon.

[GetCarter]

Knick Pee said:

I just bought a Sandisk Extreme III 1Gb for £6 from Amazon.

..and my first 1gb hard disk cost me £1400

mind you, my first car cost me £25

It was, however, overpriced.

[Knick Pee]

GetCarter said:

Knick Pee said:

I just bought a Sandisk Extreme III 1Gb for £6 from Amazon.

..and my first 1gb hard disk cost me £1400
.

amazing how cheap stuff like that is nowadays.

[GetCarter]

Knick Pee said:

GetCarter said:

Knick Pee said:

I just bought a Sandisk Extreme III 1Gb for £6 from Amazon.

..and my first 1gb hard disk cost me £1400
.

amazing how cheap stuff like that is nowadays.

yep... and having just bought a new PC - we're talking 1Tb these days... and in a few years years (if we're still here) 1Tb will be worth a bowl of rice

[mybrainhurts]

GetCarter said:

Knick Pee said:

GetCarter said:

Knick Pee said:

I just bought a Sandisk Extreme III 1Gb for £6 from Amazon.

..and my first 1gb hard disk cost me £1400
.

amazing how cheap stuff like that is nowadays.

yep... and having just bought a new PC - we're talking 1Tb these days... and in a few years years (if we're still here) 1Tb will be worth a bowl of rice

Eeeee, lad...when I were a nipper

You don't want to know how much my Apple kit cost in 1991...

[GetCarter]

mybrainhurts said:

GetCarter said:

Knick Pee said:

GetCarter said:

Knick Pee said:

I just bought a Sandisk Extreme III 1Gb for £6 from Amazon.

..and my first 1gb hard disk cost me £1400
.

amazing how cheap stuff like that is nowadays.

yep... and having just bought a new PC - we're talking 1Tb these days... and in a few years years (if we're still here) 1Tb will be worth a bowl of rice

Eeeee, lad...when I were a nipper

You don't want to know how much my Apple kit cost in 1991...

A lot less than mine did in 1983!

ETA

Edited by GetCarter on Tuesday 8th January 16:06

[mybrainhurts]

GetCarter said:

mybrainhurts said:

GetCarter said:

Knick Pee said:

GetCarter said:

Knick Pee said:

I just bought a Sandisk Extreme III 1Gb for £6 from Amazon.

..and my first 1gb hard disk cost me £1400
.

amazing how cheap stuff like that is nowadays.

yep... and having just bought a new PC - we're talking 1Tb these days... and in a few years years (if we're still here) 1Tb will be worth a bowl of rice

Eeeee, lad...when I were a nipper

You don't want to know how much my Apple kit cost in 1991...

A lot less than mine did in 1983!

ETA

600dpi mono laser cost about £1500, if my memory is correct...or was it 300dpi...? Think it was...

Edited by mybrainhurts on Tuesday 8th January 16:59

[spitfire-ian]

mybrainhurts said:

GetCarter said:

mybrainhurts said:

GetCarter said:

Knick Pee said:

GetCarter said:

Knick Pee said:

I just bought a Sandisk Extreme III 1Gb for £6 from Amazon.

..and my first 1gb hard disk cost me £1400
.

amazing how cheap stuff like that is nowadays.

yep... and having just bought a new PC - we're talking 1Tb these days... and in a few years years (if we're still here) 1Tb will be worth a bowl of rice

Eeeee, lad...when I were a nipper

You don't want to know how much my Apple kit cost in 1991...

A lot less than mine did in 1983!

ETA

600dpi mono laser cost about £1500, if my memory is correct...or was it 300dpi...? Think it was...

Edited by mybrainhurts on Tuesday 8th January 16:59

In the early 90's an Epson inkjet printer cost us over £500 and you had to change the cartridge if you wanted to print in colour.

[nelly111s]

Sorry to talk about SD cards (I also remember a 4MB RAM upgrade - to 8MB - costing over £100 in the early nineties) but I used Sandisk Extreme III 2 GB cards in my D80. Don't buy from eBay (got stung once) and I've had one genuine card go duff, but in general, they're fast and shooting RAW + JPEG gets around 400 shots per card. So, for me 2GB cards are a good price / capaccity compromise. They let me use a couple of cards when the subject matter's important, or let me blast away when I'm snapping.

Nelly

[mybrainhurts]

Ta muchly, folks...

[CVP]

GetCarter said:

I HIGHLY recommend Sandisk Extreme 3 - LIGHTNING quick

Do check they'll work though... a quick call to www.graysofwestminster.co.uk will confirm.

Agreed, Mrs CVP uses the 2GB Extreme 3 in her D80, no problems