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I have a Canon EOS 70D camera. I bought a Image Mate microsdxc UHS-1 card with adapter. Can I use this with the EOS 70D. Not really sure what the adapter is used for. Can you explain. Or, is there a better card to use. Thanks for your response.
Thanks for the question.
The Canon 70D works with SD/SDHC/SDXC memory cards. If you’re not familiar with SDHC and SDXC memory cards, in simple terms these are just newer generations of SD cards. That means they allow for more storage and faster writing (aka: picture taking) and reading/transfer (aka: download) speeds. But all of these different card types will work in your camera.
The UHS-1 stands for ‘Ultra High Speed’ and the number is just a reference to it’s speed class.
I’m not really familiar with the Image Mate microsdxc UHS-1 but did a little research. The Micro just means that it’s a miniature version of a memory card. Then it has an adaptor which just makes it so it can fit into devices that are designed for the larger card size. The Image Mate Microsdxc is made more for photos and tablets that are designed for the smaller sided card.
With your Canon 70D you’ll need to use the adaptor but I think it should work well. I don’t know if the adapter will decrease your speeds a little but I don’t think it would be anything significant. The card itself may not be as ideal for a DSLR but I think you’re fine to try it out with the adaptor if you already have the card.
We have a post on Memory Cards if you are interested in learning more. As well as one specifically on recommended cards for the Canon 70D.
I hope that helps answer your question. If you have other questions or if there’s something I didn’t explain very well let me know and I’m happy to help further.
Question
Mirrorless comparison including Canon
Canon
Your mirrorless review does not include either of the new Canon EOS R cameras. Is this because they are new, or because you don’t feel they make the cut? Wondering the date of that review. I use Canon, 7D Mark II now and am thinking about going mirrorless. So how do the R5 and R6 compare to your top five mirrorless cameras you rated in your article?
Thanks for reaching out. Happy to help with your question.
Are you referring to our post on the Best Mirrorless Cameras Under $1000? We have a couple different posts on Mirrorless cameras so I’m not sure if that’s the one you were looking at.
If so, we haven’t had an opportunity to update it based on all the newest models. Also with the two Canon’s being so new we generally like to wait and see a bit before we consider it for one of the best in our posts.
With that being said I have researched both the R5 and the R6 and think they are great cameras. They are in a different category than the cameras we’d put in the post I mention above, but that’s just because of the price point. I think the R6 starts around $2500 right now.
I’ve been considering a new Mirrorless camera and if I went with a Canon then I’d definitely consider these two.
Compared to your 7D Mark II I think you’d be really happy with either of these. The technology and features are great and I personally like the full frame.
A couple things I think you should consider. First off you’ll need to get new lenses. These two use a new RF mount so your existing lenses won’t work, except for maybe if you get an adaptor. Although if you have EF-S lenses (which are designed for APS-C cameras like the 7D), even with an adapter you’re going to be limiting the features of the camera, so I wouldn’t use that as a long term strategy.
So in deciding on your budget make sure to account for some lenses too.
On the topic of lenses, since the RF mount is fairly new there aren’t a lot of lenses available yet. I don’t think you have to worry about the future of these lenses since for the last several years just about every new lens Canon has put out is an RF lens. There’s just not the selection that exists with EF mounts as of right now.
If you would like any assistance with lens suggestions I’m happy to help, just let me know what camera and if there is a particular type of photography you prefer shooting.
Back to the R5 and the R6. Again I think they are both great cameras so if they fit in your price range (including some lenses) then go for it. I’m not sure how you’d categorize yourself, professional, enthusiast, beginner, etc. but if you are not doing photography professionally then the R5 may be more than what you really need. The nice thing about the R6 is it has a lot of the same technology as the R5 so unless there are specific needs you have I would gravitate to the R6.
I hope this information helps. Let me know if you have any other questions.
Question
Requesting help for buying right equipment
Nikon & Canon
“Hello. I will buy a camera and lens for the first time. I don’t have deep knowledge about cameras. I will use it for product photos in a light box. I really need very high quality macro photos. I also don’t want to buy a camera and lens which are very expensive unnecessarily because of my lack of knowledge. I made some research and I end up some body and lens recommendations.
Nikon D5200 Body + NIKON 105MM F2.8G AF-S IF-ED VR MICRO-NIKKOR Lens
While I’m reading about these two, I discovered that Zeiss Milvus Makro Planar T* F2/0 100mmLens – Nikon F is really good at what I need. And the price difference isn’t that much. But I’m not sure if it performs that good with D5200. Because usually they evaluate it with very expensive Nikon bodies. So if I don’t have an economical body option with zeiss, I can’t buy it. I’d like to see your opinion about this.
The other alternative is this:
Canon EOS 6D Mark II Body + Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Lens
Here it was Eos 5D mark II but I think they don’t sell it anymore. In this option body is expensive and lens is more cheaper. Together the price is very close to zeiss+d5200 price so that’s why I thought it would be wise to think about nikon+zeiss set.
It would be nice if you can help me to choose the right set for what I need.
P.S: Other than products, I also plan to use it for macro nature photography and macro stock photos may be. And the products that I will take photos are textile buttons. It is hard to take their photos with standard lenses. They might be shiny sometimes and reflects light. I bought a light box for it. Now that I’m buying a macro lens, I wanted to buy a good one for multiple purposes.
Yes, I can understand the desire to hold off for a bit. I hope you are doing well during all that’s going on.
A camera with a Macro lens should really help your type of photography. Basically what a Macro does is translate what you’re taking pictures of at their real life scale, a 1 to 1 ratio. Other lenses end up making things a little bit smaller which is why something like a phone camera won’t provide the results you want.
Based on your original email if you’re open to either camera the Canon would be the one I’d suggest. This is mainly because it’s full frame. If you’re not familiar with that term, it just means there’s no cropping of the images you take. I’m happy to explain it more if you have questions. With a full frame it would just make it a little easier to get close up shots, so if you’re comfortable with the price of either option, for me this would be something that pushed me to the Canon.
As for lenses, the 100mm macro would be great. Canon makes great lenses and you have a good aperture on it to allow for shallow depths of field and a good distance on it so that you can take wildlife macro photography more easily.
On our site we have a post on lenses for the D5200, and I link to this here just because it provides a little more detail to consider when looking at a macro lens. We list a 40mm there, which could be a length to consider, but only if you are solely working in tight spaces. A 100mm lens will have a minimum focusing distance so if your product light box setup was a really confined space you may need something with a shorter minimum focusing distance, but since you were also wanting to take photos outdoors the 100mm would be better for that.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
Question
Nikon D3400 Scandisk Card
Nikon
I ACTUALLY ALREADY BOUGHT THIS CARD. IT IS A HIGH PERFORMANCE microSDXC UHS-1 CARD. MY NEW CAMERA IS A NIKON D3400. IS THIS THE CORRECT CARD? WHAT DOES THE “MICRO” MEAN? CAN NOT FIND INFO OF THIS CARD.
THANK YOU, I WAS TOLD AT BEST BUY TO PURCHASE THIS.
It means it’s smaller than a regular SD Card (the microSD can fit in a phone). What you now need is an SD adapter, it’s a small adapter in the shape of a regular SD card, in which you insert your microSD card so it works and fits a regular DSLR camera. Like this image.
Question
Cards for 7d mark ii
Canon
I am renting the 7d mark ii for a trip and was wondering if I could use my San Disk Ultra 8-32 gb that write 30/mb/s to 40mb/s for this camera or should I invest in the SDHC or SDXC 32-128 gb that write 95/s.
I am going to So. Africa and photographing wildlife.
Yes, it would be best to have the faster card.
Question
Nikon D3400 Scandisk Card
Nikon
I ACTUALLY ALREADY BOUGHT THIS CARD. IT IS A HIGH PERFORMANCE microSDXC UHS-1 CARD. MY NEW CAMERA IS A NIKON D3400. IS THIS THE CORRECT CARD? WHAT DOES THE “MICRO” MEAN? CAN NOT FIND INFO OF THIS CARD.
THANK YOU, I WAS TOLD AT BEST BUY TO PURCHASE THIS.
It means it’s smaller than a regular SD Card (the microSD can fit in a phone). What you now need is an SD adapter, it’s a small adapter in the shape of a regular SD card, in which you insert your microSD card so it works and fits a regular DSLR camera. Like this image.
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