JackHorror Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Hello!What memory card should i buy for GH4 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinegain Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 I'm exclusively using SanDisk Extreme Pro SDXC 64GB 95MB/s cards. SanDisk has proven themselves with the Extreme Pro series which I went with for the GH2 back in the day. Not the cheapest though.Lots of people I guess are using the fast Transcend cards as well, which are a bit more affordable. Samsung's PRO-line seems decent too. JazzBox 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 You don't need the fastest cards available. 4K @ 100mbps is only 12.5MB/s! 1080p @ 200mbps is 25MB/s. A card that's rated at 30MB/s will be plenty fast.Here's a test with cheap Transcend cards: http://suggestionofmotion.com/blog/panasonic-gh4-memory-card-testing/Even the high end Transcend cards are really cheap. Transcend SDXC UHS-I U3 Ultimate 64GB costs like €30 here. I've used Transcend cards for years without problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzBox Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 I have several SanDisk cards 30-45MB/s I used with Canon and now with Panasonic G6. I tried them with GH4 and I had some write error.With SanDisk Extreme 95MB/s no problem at all since last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRenaissanceMan Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 I've only used the GH4 twice, but my Extreme Plus 45MBps/60MBps cards held up just fine with no errors and are a fair bit cheaper than the Extreme Pro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronChicago Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 I use this card for GH4 and C100 with no problems. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=1003464&gclid=CMvx6KqMqcYCFYcCaQod7agJsg&Q=&m=Y&is=REG&A=detailsSandisk Extreme Pros are great too but I find that they're only "needed" with the Blackmagic Pocket Camera. Julian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinegain Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 I have bad experiences with Transcend and Kingston. Perhaps they've upped their game in the last years, might well be, but I'm loyal to SanDisk now already.Handled hacked GH2 bitrates like a boss for spanning and eversince still is my go to kind of card whether it being the GH2, GH4, BMPCC, D5300, LX100 or FZ1000 I'm shooting with. Might be a bit pricier... but hey, if you're shooting CF's full of ML RAW on a 5DmkIII for example I imagine storage is going to be quite expensive too. In the end you need to be able to trust your cards, because well... you know: captured footage is king. It's the one thing that really needs to be done right. So I feel more relaxed paying a couple of bucks extra, but knowing that I've got stuff that served me and many others well for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronChicago Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 I have bad experiences with Transcend and Kingston. Perhaps they've upped their game in the last years, might well be, but I'm loyal to SanDisk now already.Handled hacked GH2 bitrates like a boss for spanning and eversince still is my go to kind of card whether it being the GH2, GH4, BMPCC, D5300, LX100 or FZ1000 I'm shooting with. Might be a bit pricier... but hey, if you're shooting CF's full of ML RAW on a 5DmkIII for example I imagine storage is going to be quite expensive too. In the end you need to be able to trust your cards, because well... you know: captured footage is king. It's the one thing that really needs to be done right. So I feel more relaxed paying a couple of bucks extra, but knowing that I've got stuff that served me and many others well for years.I've heard bad things about Transcends customer service but I've never had one fail. I always keep a backup in the C100 second slot as well. My guess is it's just luck of the draw with cards failing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orangenz Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 I've been using Transcend SDXC U3, 128GB and has worked perfectly for all data rates, including 200Mbps video and multishot raw.http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1044487-REG/transcend_ts128gsdu3_128gb_sdxc_uhs_i_u3_r95_w60mb_s.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnymossville Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandro Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 I honestly love Transcend cards: cheap, fast and reliable! I have the 64GB UHS-1 Ultimate card and it writes at 30MB/s and it reads at 96MB/s even it's rated at 45 max!I believe when you buy Sandisk cards you're paying for the brand since they could be as fast or faster at times but it's a writing speed you don't even need! Julian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Palmer Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 I use PNY Elite cards and never had an issue in any of the recording modes except 1080p 200mbps All-i, but it only has happened twice and I rarely record in that resolution.half the price of the sandisk but very similar performance in my opinionSequential Read = 83.4 MByte/secRandom Read = 4.1 MByte/secSequential Write= 62.7 MByte/secRandom Write= 864.0 kByte/sechttp://www.amazon.com/PNY-Elite-Performance-Speed-Class/dp/B00HIKBW1G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterwhite Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 The Panasonic GH4 supports high-quality video recording all the way up to 4K resolutions, so it has a high requirement for the memory card. My choice is SanDisk Extreme Pro 64GB U3 SDXC card. It can handle the GH4’s high bitrate recording modes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronChicago Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Sounds like alot of cards are working for the GH4. Thats good news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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