Will a 32GB SanDisk card work in a Nikon D3100?
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Nikon’s support page for the D3100 lists tested memory cards, and I noticed it includes SanDisk cards up to 16GB. Does that mean 32GB SanDisk cards are unsupported or incompatible, or simply not tested by Nikon? If I buy a 32GB SanDisk Class 10 SD card, is it likely to work in the D3100?
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The clue is in the title of the support article which is "What memory cards have been tested for use in the Nikon D3100?" and not "What memory cards have known to be incompatible with the Nikon D3100?"
Nikon are not saying that the 32GB SanDisk cards (SDHC/SDXC) are not compatible, only that Nikon have not tested them.
SanDisk appear to have tested their products with the D3100 and compatible products include a selection of cards including 32GB SDXC and SDHC variants. The full list can be obtained through their Compatibility Checker.
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Nikon’s page is a list of cards they tested, not a list of all cards that work. So the absence of a 32GB SanDisk card does not necessarily mean it is incompatible with the D3100—only that Nikon may not have tested that specific card.
According to the community answers, SanDisk’s own compatibility checker lists 32GB SDHC/SDXC cards as compatible with the Nikon D3100. That suggests a 32GB SanDisk Class 10 card should work, provided it is one of the compatible card types for the camera.
In short: Nikon’s list is not exhaustive, and a 32GB SanDisk card is likely fine if SanDisk lists it as compatible.
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