Do expensive SD cards offer better image quality

Nikon 2 · Jan 3, 2025

These are very expensive SD cards.
Are the images from these cards any better…

runswithsizzers · Jan 3, 2025

No, but they sometimes result in no image at all.

Nikon 2 · Jan 3, 2025

runswithsizzers said:
No, but they sometimes result in no image at all.

I doubt they will be any use for a Leica MD 262, the Leica can accommodate only 32 GB…

Sanug · Jan 3, 2025

The image quality is never affected by a storage medium, except card errors. The price difference is caused by capacity, speed and reliability.

Get a card from a well reputated manufacurer. Avoid no name cards. And check with your camera capabilities.

jvo · Jan 3, 2025

probably not, but you feel better.....

I'm sure the answer is on the 'net, someplace - all you have to do is wade through the hyperbole, marketing, sales and hype to determine the answer.

I'll cross my fingers and hope that someone more knowledgeable, or patient, to reply.

Nikon 2 · Jan 3, 2025

Sanug said:
The image quality is never affected by a storage medium, except card errors. The price difference is caused by capacity, speed and reliability.

Get a card from a well reputated manufacurer. Avoid no name cards. And check with your camera capabilities.

Thanks…

Sirius Glass · Jan 3, 2025

Sanug said:
The image quality is never affected by a storage medium, except card errors. The price difference is caused by capacity, speed and reliability.

Get a card from a well repudiated manufacturer. Avoid no name cards. And check with your camera capabilities.

Good advice. I like to keep that in mind when I buy memory cards.

wiltw · Jan 3, 2025

Images digitally are a bunch of 1's and 0's, written identically regardless of the speed or capacity of the bucket that holds them (the memory card). Zero difference in what is recorded on them.

Nikon 2 · Jan 3, 2025

wiltw said:
Images digitally are a bunch of 1's and 0's, written identically regardless of the speed or capacity of the bucket that holds them (the memory card). Zero difference in what is recorded on them.

That’s good to know so I won’t spend $900 on a Pro Grade memory card…

_T_ · Jan 3, 2025

There are cameras which require the use of more expensive cards for one reason or another. Usually because the expensive cards have higher write speeds which are necessitated by certain functions like high speed burst shooting or high resolution high frame rate video.

You should always consult the manual for your camera to see what kind of card is recommended

koraks · Jan 3, 2025

Do expensive SD cards offer better image quality

No. The answer follows from this lengthy, related thread from not too long ago: https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/degradation-of-film-during-processing.202669/

Do expensive SD cards offer better image quality

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