Is there a brand of memory card that seem to work better in trail cams? I'll be using Spypoints and Primos camera's.
I doubt on a trail cam it would make much of a difference depending on the quality of the camera, If its a high class HD trail cam though, Id recommend a class 10 SD card. It has a much higher writing speed and will allow better for multiple shots in high quality back to back to back, If your trying to record and get great quality, Id again recommend a class 10. Most common that everyone has/uses is a class 4. You can pick up a 32gig class 10 sd card for about $25-30 at walmart.
Heres alittle bit of in depth info in regards to this topic. Being as I use my GoPro almost daily and It records/takes photo in 1080 HD I had alot of problems with a slower class 4 sd card, Ive since upgraded to a class 10 and have had no problems.
This information is alittle scattered but keep in mind It will give you alittle more understanding on how they work.
For a simple basic trail cam though, I doubt you will have any problems with a class 4 or even maybe a class 2.
"'SD cards are also available in various speeds. If you're using a point-and-shoot digital camera or a standard-definition pocket camcorder, speed class won't matter much. If you're shooting high-resolution RAW photos with a digital SLR, however, you need a quick card to take more than two or three shots at a time. SD cards are generally described by their Speed Class, ranging from Class 2 (slowest) to Class 10 (fastest). There's also a separate, even faster category called UHS Class 1 (for Ultra High Speed), but most current devices can't use them.
While the SD Association (the group that defines SD card technology) doesn't release exact speed standards for card classes to non-members, it does offer loose guidelines for which classes are acceptable various uses. Class 2 is suitable for standard-definition video recording, while Class 4 and Class 6 can record high-definition video. Class 10 is the card for HD video and "HD still consecutive recording," which, like the classes' speeds, is ill-defined. The various card classes seem to have different speed ranges according to different memory manufacturers. According to Sandisk, for example, Class 4 cards offer read and write speeds of 15 megabytes per second (MBps), Class 6 cards can handle 20MBps, and Class 10 cards reach 30MBps. Kingston, on the other hand, describes its Class 4 cards as delivering a 4MBps data transfer rate, Class 6 as having 15MBps write speed, and Class 10 offering a 40MBps data transfer rate. According to Sandisk, UHS-1 SD cards can transfer up to 45MBps, and according to the SD Association, the maximum transfer speed based on the interface bus used is 310MBps (though this limit won't be reached by cards for a long time, likely after several faster UHS speed classes are defined).
Generally, if you want to shoot HD video or if you plan on taking a lot of high-resolution photos in quick succession (or use a digital SLR's RAW image file format), buy a Class 10 card. If you're planning to just take snapshots or occasionally show videos, Class 4 or Class 6 will do. Since even smartphones can record HD video these days, Class 2 cards aren't the best choice. They're simply too slow to record HD video, so you're limiting your device's features. The price difference between Class 4, Class 6, and Class 10 cards can vary, but not vastly. At the time of this writing, on Newegg.com, 32GB SDHC cards made by Kingston Technology were available in Class 4 for $54, Class 6 for $66, and $73 for Class 10. UHS-1 cards are much, much more expensive than the other cards; Kingston was offering a 32 GB UHS-1 SD card for $293, and that was on sale. Unless you're a professional who needs absolute certainty in speed when dealing with very large images or high-bitrate video, you don't need UHS-1. In fact, unless you have professional or semi-professional equipment, you probably won't even be able to use these cards. Always check your device's documentation for support information before you commit to a memory card.""
Hope this information helps even alittle man, and
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