First Impressions with the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W

Re:First Impressions with the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W by hadlock on Thursday October 28, 2021 @12:51PM (#29028175)

I've switched to only buying SD cards from AAA+ platinum-rated photography websites (B&H, Adorama), they seem to be the only reliable places to buy non-counterfit SD cards these days. I've never had an issue with an SD card since I made this shopping change. Shipping and price are about 10% higher, but guaranteed quality product is worth it.

If you buy your SD cards from Amazon or Ebay you can't guarantee quality for these products.

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Re:First Impressions with the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W by kiwijamo on Thursday October 28, 2021 @03:30PM (#29030572)

What SD brands do you usually buy? Are the Sandisk Extreme range any good?

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Re:First Impressions with the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W by hadlock on Thursday October 28, 2021 @04:03PM (#29031118)

Sandisk, Lexar, Prograde. Depends on the application.

My raspberry pi doesn't do many disk operations so the speed isn't critical and 90 MB/s is plenty. My digital camera, on the other hand, has dual SD card slots, and can record uncompressed(!) 10 bit 4k video @ 60fps but needs 2 x 400 MB/s continuous write, which is... a pretty specific need. And cost accordingly.

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Re:First Impressions with the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W by Teongot on Friday October 29, 2021 @10:59AM (#29039243)

I find Samsung much more reliable than Sandisk in my pis

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