Hi Guys,
So I've been watching this thread and there seems to be some issues with cards etc. There is no problem as far as I have tested or been made aware of with the cards I sell or SanDisk 16gb MicroSD class 4 or Kingston 32gb Microsd class 4. Regarding the firmware, I have just checked 3 out of the 9 we have left randomly and it is running firmware: 20130913. We're gonna be stocking some class 10 cards soon does anyone have any preference?
Kind regards,
Dan
Hello Dan good to see you guys monitor the forum, shows good integrity on your part.
I'm using firmware 20130913 on my own 2 camera's with C6 cards and I've had no problems myself, at least not this re-cycling issue where it stops recording shortly after starting to record from power on.
From feedback it appears if the user reformats his card it works okay until it fills up again, he can switch the car off and on several times without any problems. The problem seem to occur once the card is say 90% full and the camera will then delete older files to make space for the next recordings, it obviously then does this continually otherwise there would not be the space on the card for it's recordings, "and it's when it starts to do this deletion of files or re-cycling as we call it on here, that it seems to stops recording shortly after the car is started or power applied.
Regarding the speed of the cards, it does state in the manual, Quote. "CLASS 4 or above. but then says (Class 10 cards may cause problem because the speed of card is too fast, it is better not use class 10 card) "
AIS earlier, the majority of buyers will likely order class 10 cards, naturally wanting the fastest and best for their new camera, and to be fair my own tests which I emphasise were not extensive on the C10 cards, but did seem to work okay, but to be on safe side I've been using mainly Samsung Class 6 cards, though other makes of class 4 also seemed work okay, (but the Samsung ones have had more use by me) and have been tested in my car for a longer period than my 2 32gb C10 cards.
In view of the fact that all cards below class 10 all use the standard clock speed, in theory they may well be more compatible. I can't see the manufacturer inserting those comments about class10 cards for no reason ?
But of course all this is purely conjecture on my part..lol So it may be prudent to stock some class 6 cards also and let the customer choose, if I'm buying now.. I would go for Class 6 over the C10 cards.. also IME there are a few class 10 cards out there that when tested perform slower than some good quality class 6 or even class 4 cards.
With regard to Brand, I tend to lean towards Samsung as long as they are genuine Samsung, you can usually tell by looking to see if it has the Samsung Info rectangle on the rear, you have to look very closely it's a bit like a hologram. AFAIK Fakes don't have it.
Though Im sure many well known brands are okay too. A recent Transcend 32gb class10 did have one bad sector on it, but it worked okay once I mapped it out, but may indicate quality control issues... The lower capacity Sandisk cards seem pretty decent with good speeds, but not convinced their 32gb class 10 are as good as they claim.
16gb class 6 cards may also be worth stocking as in theory, and also in my own experience they tend to have less issues, than the higher capacity microSD cards, maybe due to physical size restraints, this was certainly applicable when 32gb microSD cards were first released.