Wednesday, May 4, 2011

SD Card Speed: Important for DSLRs

Recently I was trying to record video on my Canon EOS Rebel T2I, and for some reason, after about 10 seconds of recording, it stopped and showed the words "Video Recording Stopped Automatically". I was really confused by this. As it turns out, after a quick check from Google, I had an SD card at speed level 4, which was too slow to handle the T2I. The minimum for the T2I is class 6, which are extremely hard to find in stores, so I settled for the lightning fast class 10 SD card, and boy were the results astounding. My video playback was smooth with no auto stops and hitches to be found anywhere. I highly recommend getting a class 10 SD card if you own a DSLR, because the performance improvements to your camera will be astounding.