Re: Problems reading SD cards

2024-05-14 Thread John Sessoms
UPDATE: It appears the problem WAS in the card reader. I still haven't figured out why it was only affecting cards from the K-3? On 2/21/2024 7:54 PM, John Sessoms wrote: ANYWAY - The K-3 has been giving me fits downloading images today. Adobe Bridge "get media" seems to fail after pulling

Re: Problems reading SD cards

2024-02-25 Thread mike wilson
Not wishing to teach granny how to suck eggs but you could set your old hard drive as the C: drive by installing it where the existing new drive plugs in. The new drive can then be plugged in and act as an internal storage (usually D:) drive. Swap as much data as possible from the old drive

Re: Problems reading SD cards

2024-02-24 Thread John Sessoms
Bookmarked that link. I may be able to find the part from Amazon in the U.S. if I need it, but having the part bookmarked gives me the NAME to look up. On 2/24/2024 1:47 AM, mike wilson wrote: Transfer the guts of the new machine to the case of the old. You should be able to either plug the

Re: Problems reading SD cards

2024-02-23 Thread mike wilson
Transfer the guts of the new machine to the case of the old. You should be able to either plug the drive straight into the motherboard via an existing socket or use a card in one of the PCIE slots. For example:

Re: Problems reading SD cards

2024-02-23 Thread Stan Halpin
John, as you work through your sorting/naming process, one thing that I have found to be helpful: In Lightroom Classic, you can start the Search process, then at the top choose Metadata, within metadata choose Camera. Select *ist-D or whatever, and then you can sort by date, and scroll

Re: Problems reading SD cards

2024-02-23 Thread John Sessoms
I'll look into both possibilities. The hard part is going to be figuring out if I actually have the media for Photoshop CS6 Extended and if so where did I put it when I moved? I hope I don't have to replace the Photoshop computer. For one thing, it has a LightScribe Blue-ray/DVD/CDROM burner

Re: Problems reading SD cards

2024-02-23 Thread John Sessoms
On 2/22/2024 4:55 PM, Bob W PDML wrote: If you put the cards back in the camera can you still see all the photos in preview? Yes. The photos were all still there on the card when I looked at the little TV screen on the back. I finally did manage to copy them all (except for one that was

Re: Problems reading SD cards

2024-02-22 Thread Bob W PDML
If you put the cards back in the camera can you still see all the photos in preview? Can you use the camera as the card reader? That is, connect the camera to the computer and download from there. Can you download to a non-Windows device, such as a phone? > On 22 Feb 2024, at 20:39, John

Re: Problems reading SD cards

2024-02-22 Thread Paul Sorenson
Since Win7 was working for you have you considered backing everything up and re-installing Win7?  If all you use that computer for is photo processing there shouldn't be a lot of software to re-install. OTOH, if you have a computer running (or able to run) Win10, Win10 has a compatibility

Re: Problems reading SD cards

2024-02-22 Thread John Sessoms
I don't think it's Adobe because I had problems just copying using Windoze with Adobe not involved ... I HOPE it's not the computer because I don't know how I'd transfer CS6 to a new computer. It could be the card reader is getting old. I looked online for a new reader, but haven't yet

Re: Problems reading SD cards

2024-02-21 Thread mike wilson
Unlikely to be the cards if you are getting exactly the same error on all three. My default position is to blame Adobe, which seems to have a more than 50% success rate. For hardware problems, I would look at the card reader. > On 22/02/2024 00:54 GMT John Sessoms wrote: > > > I spent

Problems reading SD cards

2024-02-21 Thread John Sessoms
I spent today doing some maintenance on my photography - making sure I have all of my images copied off of the memory cards onto the computer & batch renaming by Camera Type & Sequence Number ... so that IMGP5432 from the K-2 becomes K3-05432 Part of the reason for this is the default for

Re: SD cards

2019-06-04 Thread lrc
Exactly, the only time I've lost a card was when I had to swap quickly at the track On June 4, 2019 1:05:00 PM PDT, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > >Thank you, Larry, for sharing back your findings. > >256 GB - that's quite a lot of photos to loose at once (if you misplace > >the card). ;-) > >But then,

Re: SD cards

2019-06-04 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Thank you, Larry, for sharing back your findings. 256 GB - that's quite a lot of photos to loose at once (if you misplace the card). ;-) But then, with this size, - you just never need to take it out of the camera, except when transferring to the computer... Cheers, Igor Larry Colen

Re: SD cards

2019-06-02 Thread P. J. Alling
That more or less reinforces the impression that I got from this article, https://www.cameramemoryspeed.com/pentax-k-3-ii/fastest-sd-card-comparison-test/ You really need a card with a write speed of about 40MB/s to cover the K-3* and K-1 bus speed, and a fast read speed if you're using an

Re: SD cards

2019-06-02 Thread Larry Colen
Igor PDML-StR wrote on 5/28/19 6:45 PM: Larry, I've written some thoughts on this almost exactly 1 year ago: http://pdml.net/pipermail/pdml_pdml.net/2018-May/445228.html I stumbled across this article today: https://alikgriffin.com/best-memory-cards-pentax-k-1/ I ended up going with a

Re: SD cards

2019-05-28 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Larry, I've written some thoughts on this almost exactly 1 year ago: http://pdml.net/pipermail/pdml_pdml.net/2018-May/445228.html Some additional thoughts: Samsung, whose cards I liked most recently, seems to have stopped producing SD cards, but now they produce micro-SD cards exclusively

Re: SD cards

2019-05-28 Thread John J Bloomfield
The Ultra cards only have a guaranteed write speed of 10mb - the Extreme Pro are a much better match for Pentax Cameras - still no need to go UHS-II yet for Pentax unless you like to futureproof. On Mon, 27 May 2019 at 12:42, Paul Stenquist wrote: > The ultra cards are slow, fast enough for the

Re: SD cards

2019-05-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
Slow to download to a good ssd... Paul > On May 27, 2019, at 7:42 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > The ultra cards are slow, fast enough for the write speed of most Pentax > cameras but slow to download to a good add. The Sandisk extreme pro 64gb > cards are much faster and in my experience,

Re: SD cards

2019-05-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
The ultra cards are slow, fast enough for the write speed of most Pentax cameras but slow to download to a good add. The Sandisk extreme pro 64gb cards are much faster and in my experience, very reliable.

Re: SD cards

2019-05-26 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Like John, I buy the Costco specials, and have never experienced a problem. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, May 25, 2019 at 12:42 PM John wrote: > One thing I've noticed lately is that most SD cards aren't really SD > cards, > they're those Micr

Re: SD cards

2019-05-25 Thread John
One thing I've noticed lately is that most SD cards aren't really SD cards, they're those Micro-SD card holders. I generally tend to buy whatever Costco has on a twofer. Haven't had any problems with those cards yet. On 5/24/2019 18:46:02, Larry Colen wrote: It's been a while since I've

Re: SD cards

2019-05-24 Thread P. J. Alling
speed is more of an issue than the actual throughput of the card. On 5/24/2019 6:46 PM, Larry Colen wrote: It's been a while since I've purchased SD cards. What is the current price/performance/quality sweet spot these days? Ideally in make, model and size.  And if someone bought cards

Re: SD cards

2019-05-24 Thread P. J. Alling
good for the price.  I could probably replace them with cards that were twice as fast in actual use for half the price/MB, but the camera bus speed is more of an issue than the actual throughput of the card. On 5/24/2019 6:46 PM, Larry Colen wrote: It's been a while since I've purchased SD cards

Re: SD cards

2019-05-24 Thread P. J. Alling
for the price.  I could probably replace them with cards that were twice as fast in actual use for half the price/MB, but the camera bus speed is more of an issue than the actual throughput of the card. On 5/24/2019 6:46 PM, Larry Colen wrote: It's been a while since I've purchased SD cards. What

Re: SD cards

2019-05-24 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
capacity than that, I do not need. :-) G > On May 24, 2019, at 3:46 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > It's been a while since I've purchased SD cards. > > What is the current price/performance/quality sweet spot these days? Ideally > in make, model and size. And if someone bought card

SD cards

2019-05-24 Thread Larry Colen
It's been a while since I've purchased SD cards. What is the current price/performance/quality sweet spot these days? Ideally in make, model and size. And if someone bought cards in the near past, a pointer to the item in the store would be fantastic. I'm going to need to get a couple cards

Re: K3 II image count on SD Cards

2017-07-27 Thread Zos Xavius
-troubleshooting-beginner-help/363948d1501108341-k3-ii-image-count-sd-cards-0726171705.jpg > > Saturday SD1 = 168 + 31 that was added to SD2 > Sunday SD2 an additional 7 (too hot to do much more than that) > > What is the issue if there is one? > > Thanks... > > > -- &

Re: K3 II image count on SD Cards

2017-07-27 Thread PhotoCapturesbyJeffery.com
I have it set to save only DNG files and have it set for SD 1 and when full it is to start recording to SD 2. What my confusion is with the total it shows on the back of the camera. Example: On back of camera it shows card holds 250 images in SD1 and when I fill the card up and it does as it

Re: K3 II image count on SD Cards

2017-07-27 Thread Stanley Halpin
I ended up switching the cards > when I put them back into the camera. > > https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/attachments/58-troubleshooting-beginner-help/363948d1501108341-k3-ii-image-count-sd-cards-0726171705.jpg > > Saturday SD1 = 168 + 31 that was added to SD2 > Sunday SD2 an

K3 II image count on SD Cards

2017-07-26 Thread PhotoCapturesbyJeffery.com
/363948d1501108341-k3-ii-image-count-sd-cards-0726171705.jpg Saturday SD1 = 168 + 31 that was added to SD2 Sunday SD2 an additional 7 (too hot to do much more than that) What is the issue if there is one? Thanks... -- Jeffery Johnson | Photo Captures by Jeffery http://www.PhotoCapturesbyJeffery.com /Diverse

Re: OT - Wi-Fi Enabled SD Cards

2017-04-17 Thread Brian Walters
> move files to my iPad, which is quite fast if a little less convenient. > > G > > > > On Apr 11, 2017, at 4:18 PM, Brian Walters <supera1...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > > > > G'day all > > > > Just wondering if anyone has experience with wi-fi SD car

Re: OT - Wi-Fi Enabled SD Cards

2017-04-17 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
gt; > G'day all > > Just wondering if anyone has experience with wi-fi SD cards such as > EyeFi Mobi. > > My wife has a Lumix LX-5. It's an older model but she quite likes it (so > do I :-)) but it's not wi-fi enabled. She would like to be able to > transfer files to

Re: OT - Wi-Fi Enabled SD Cards

2017-04-17 Thread Peter McIntosh
SD Memory Card. >> >> From vague memory I purchased mine from Digital Camera Warehouse, but >> they're no longer available. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Ciao, >> >> Pete Mac in Melbourne. >> >> >> On 12 April 2017 at 09:18

Re: OT - Wi-Fi Enabled SD Cards

2017-04-17 Thread Brian Walters
12 April 2017 at 09:18, Brian Walters <supera1...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > > G'day all > > > > Just wondering if anyone has experience with wi-fi SD cards such as > > EyeFi Mobi. > > > > My wife has a Lumix LX-5. It's an older model but she quite likes it (so

Re: OT - Wi-Fi Enabled SD Cards

2017-04-16 Thread Peter McIntosh
iao, Pete Mac in Melbourne. On 12 April 2017 at 09:18, Brian Walters <supera1...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > G'day all > > Just wondering if anyone has experience with wi-fi SD cards such as > EyeFi Mobi. > > My wife has a Lumix LX-5. It's an older model but she quite likes it (so

OT - Wi-Fi Enabled SD Cards

2017-04-11 Thread Brian Walters
G'day all Just wondering if anyone has experience with wi-fi SD cards such as EyeFi Mobi. My wife has a Lumix LX-5. It's an older model but she quite likes it (so do I :-)) but it's not wi-fi enabled. She would like to be able to transfer files to her Anroid phone/tablet for posting to Facebook

SD cards. For a three/day dawn-to-dusk car shoot I'll take four 32 gig cards, running one as a backup at all times. And ill download to my laptop and backup drive in the hotel at night. I'll probably

2016-03-19 Thread Paul Stenquist
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Re: Shopping for 64GB SD cards

2016-03-14 Thread Matthew Hunt
There is a Sandisk deal-of-the-day at Amazon today (Monday 3/14): http://amzn.to/1MhHid3 64 GB Sandisk Extreme 90 MB/s are 24.99, compared to $31.49 at B On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 4:27 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > By any chance has anyone shopped for 64GB SD cards in the

Re: Shopping for 64GB SD cards

2016-03-12 Thread Igor PDML-StR
164630-REG/pny_technologies_p_sdx64u395_ge_64gb_elite_sdxc_uhs_1_card.html THe reviews seem to be very good, and the price is one of the most competitive at the moment ($23 until the end of today). Igor Sent from mobile phone From: Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> Subject: Shopping for 64GB SD cards By any chance ha

Re: Shopping for 64GB SD cards

2016-03-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
> -Original Message- >> From: Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> >> Subject: Shopping for 64GB SD cards >> >> By any chance has anyone shopped for 64GB SD cards in the past week? Are >> there any particularly good deals out there? >> >> I'm going

Re: Shopping for 64GB SD cards

2016-03-12 Thread Ken Waller
I picked up a 32GB Extreme card a few weeks ago from B+H for under $20 with shipping included. -Original Message- >From: Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> >Subject: Shopping for 64GB SD cards > >By any chance has anyone shopped for 64GB SD cards in the past wee

Shopping for 64GB SD cards

2016-03-12 Thread Larry Colen
By any chance has anyone shopped for 64GB SD cards in the past week? Are there any particularly good deals out there? I'm going to need to pick up a couple more, and if someone else has already done the work of chasing down the best deals, it could save me a bit of bother. -- Larry Colen l

OT - some sale prices for SD cards

2014-11-18 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Just in case someone is looking for some new SD cards: Right now, Amazon has a deal sale (until midnight Pacific time) for PNY SDHC/SDXC cards: http://www.amazon.com/PNY-Elite-Performance-Speed-Class/dp/B00HIKBW1G/ E.g. 64 GB goes for $28, 32 GB for $15. However, - I also found SD cards

OT - MLC vs SLC SD cards

2014-09-01 Thread Igor Roshchin
I just dicovered that some of the faster SD cards, e.g. Ultimate from Transcend are MLC (Multi-level cell) as opposed to SLC (single level cell). http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71ooxNtTTTL._SL1500_.jpg Panasonic also explicitly mentions SLC vs MLC in their lineup: http://panasonic.net

Re: torture test of SD cards ...

2011-06-17 Thread David J Brooks
Well it blends Dave On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com wrote: Perhaps the PDML influence on these guys, or at least Cotty: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUw9T4Skfgg enjoy G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

torture test of SD cards ...

2011-06-16 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Perhaps the PDML influence on these guys, or at least Cotty: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUw9T4Skfgg enjoy G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the

Re: torture test of SD cards ...

2011-06-16 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Interesting. Thanks for posting the link. Dan On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com wrote: Perhaps the PDML influence on these guys, or at least Cotty: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUw9T4Skfgg enjoy G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Testing SD cards

2010-06-19 Thread Larry Colen
. Is there good (mac or linux) software for testing SD cards? These are transcend 8GB class 6. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above

Re: Testing SD cards

2010-06-19 Thread eckinator
, but when I try to recover them, they are corrupted. Today, I was using another SD card, and when I went to read the files off it, a lot of them seem to be corrupted or damaged. Is there good (mac or linux) software for testing SD cards? These are transcend 8GB class 6. -- Larry Colen l

Re: Testing SD cards

2010-06-19 Thread Larry Colen
, bought at the same time. Unfortunately I don't have the money to go upgrading to sandisk SD cards right now. Has anyone had problems formatting an SD card in one camera (K20D) and using it in another (Kx)? HTH Ecke 2010/6/19 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: Last week, I lost some files due

Re: Testing SD cards

2010-06-19 Thread eckinator
at the same time. Unfortunately I don't have the money to go upgrading to sandisk SD cards right now. Has anyone had problems formatting an SD card in one camera (K20D) and using it in another (Kx)? It sounds kind of odd that both cards would go sour at the same time - how old are they? I

RE: Testing SD cards

2010-06-19 Thread Bruce Dayton
a hiccup. One wonders about your card reader. -Original Message- From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 12:42 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Testing SD cards On Jun 19, 2010, at 4:45 AM, eckinator wrote: Larry, this makes me wonder, could

Re: what's the best deal on 8G SD cards?

2010-04-26 Thread eckinator
2010/4/25 Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com: I can second sandisk extreme III I'll third that Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

what's the best deal on 8G SD cards?

2010-04-25 Thread Larry Colen
I'd like to pick up a few more SD cards before my trip to Chicago. It's been about a year since I researched them, and I think that there are much faster ones on the market now, when I picked up some Transcend class 6 cards. In general, faster is better, but only to the point that the card

Re: what's the best deal on 8G SD cards?

2010-04-25 Thread Boris Liberman
Larry, I'd like to offer a modification of your statement below. Once card outpaces the camera you'd know: 1. You're using your h/w to the fullest extent possible 2. You're not going to buy faster cards as you *know* what you need. Thus, I think it makes sense to try to find a card that outpaces

Re: what's the best deal on 8G SD cards?

2010-04-25 Thread CheekyGeek
SanDisk Extreme iii used to be 20mb/sec (class 6) but now come in 30mb/sec versions. In general, you'll pay as much for a 4 GB as you would for a 8 GB class 6 model (assuming you are looking at Amazon or similar). I have not yet tried the faster card in my K200D and just purchased an 8GB class 6

Re: what's the best deal on 8G SD cards?

2010-04-25 Thread paul stenquist
Sandisk Extreme III are the fastest and most reliable in my experience. Paul On Apr 25, 2010, at 2:51 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I'd like to pick up a few more SD cards before my trip to Chicago. It's been about a year since I researched them, and I think that there are much faster ones

Re: what's the best deal on 8G SD cards?

2010-04-25 Thread Sasha Sobol
I can second sandisk extreme III --S On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 5:56 AM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Sandisk Extreme III are the fastest and most reliable in my experience. Paul On Apr 25, 2010, at 2:51 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I'd like to pick up a few more SD cards before my

Re: what's the best deal on 8G SD cards?

2010-04-25 Thread Adam Maas
: Sandisk Extreme III are the fastest and most reliable in my experience. Paul On Apr 25, 2010, at 2:51 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I'd like to pick up a few more SD cards before my trip to Chicago. It's been about a year since I researched them, and I think that there are much faster ones

Re: what's the best deal on 8G SD cards?

2010-04-25 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Larry Colen Subject: what's the best deal on 8G SD cards? I'd like to pick up a few more SD cards before my trip to Chicago. It's been about a year since I researched them, and I think that there are much faster ones on the market now, when I picked up

Re: K 7, maybe shorting out Sd cards

2010-01-22 Thread eckinator
2010/1/22 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: Why would giggles care.?? just for the hell of it =) evil's a friend of theirs, ya know -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly

Re: K 7, maybe shorting out Sd cards

2010-01-21 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 6:47 PM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: Tom C Subject: Re: K 7, maybe shorting out Sd cards I just had a DA 18-250 stop autofocusing on the K-7.  Other lenses continue to work at this point.  It goes stop to stop but never

Re: K 7, maybe shorting out Sd cards

2010-01-20 Thread eckinator
Hi run a firmware update if there is one left, failing that, return it, don't try for too long if you fear the k7 is killing other gear, that loss is not covered under ANY warranty unless you lie to thr accessory vendors cheers ecke 2010/1/20 27...@comcast.net: I have had two 16 gig SDHC Sd

Re: K 7, maybe shorting out Sd cards

2010-01-20 Thread Tom C
wrote: I have had two 16 gig SDHC Sd cards of different makes go bad in the K 7. None have gone bad my K20 or K10. Also the Simga 70 to 200 F2.8 HSM lens, will no longer auto focus, (not that I really use auto focus) using the K 7. The lens will still transmit the f-stop to the camera

Re: K 7, maybe shorting out Sd cards

2010-01-20 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Tom C Subject: Re: K 7, maybe shorting out Sd cards I just had a DA 18-250 stop autofocusing on the K-7. Other lenses continue to work at this point. It goes stop to stop but never achieves focus... about a year old. I can't necessarially say it's

Re: K 7, maybe shorting out Sd cards

2010-01-20 Thread 272yb
- Original Message - From: William Robb war...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 6:47:33 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: K 7, maybe shorting out Sd cards - Original Message - From: Tom C Subject: Re: K 7, maybe shorting

K 7, maybe shorting out Sd cards

2010-01-19 Thread 272yb
I have had two 16 gig SDHC Sd cards of different makes go bad in the K 7. None have gone bad my K20 or K10. Also the Simga 70 to 200 F2.8 HSM lens, will no longer auto focus, (not that I really use auto focus) using the K 7. The lens will still transmit the f-stop to the camera. This lens

OT: Mini SD Cards

2008-05-28 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Has anyone used this type of card? does it work? http://www.woot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: OT: Mini SD Cards

2008-05-28 Thread Paul Sorenson
Haven't tried one in a camera, but I have added a 2GB micro for more memory in my phone and in that application it works fine. I suspect they don't have a very fast write speed, but if one is not looking for speed, it's sure cheap memory. -p Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Has anyone used this

Re: Mini SD Cards

2008-05-28 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola Subject: OT: Mini SD Cards Has anyone used this type of card? does it work? http://www.woot.com/ I've had a few people come into the lab with those things. They seem mostly to be used in cell phones. They seem to work OK, though I

Re: OT: Mini SD Cards

2008-05-28 Thread David Savage
We have one in the camera at work and it drives me nuts. Useful in a pinch, but painfully slow. Cheers, Dave 2008/5/28 Daniel J. Matyola [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Has anyone used this type of card? does it work? http://www.woot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: Mini SD Cards

2008-05-28 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks for your responses, William, Paul and David. I my buy one just to keep as an emergency back-up. Dan M On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 10:05 AM, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We have one in the camera at work and it drives me nuts. Useful in a pinch, but painfully slow. Cheers,

Re: OT: Mini SD Cards

2008-05-28 Thread Bruce Dayton
I have one 4gb and two 2gb micro SD cards - I got them for use with cell phones but have put them in adapters and tried them in the K10D. They worked just fine there. All mine are Kingston brand. -- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, May 28, 2008, 6:41:24 AM, you wrote: DJM Has anyone used

Re: SD cards and the K20

2008-05-01 Thread David J Brooks
150X 2GB sd cards vs an 8GB sdhc class 6 card. I shot 14-15 frames filling the buffer, then one more for good measure (longer delay). I watched the camera write to the card. The sdhc speed class 6 card took ~55 seconds from start finish. (pqi brand) The 150X 2GB sd card took ~84 seconds

Re: SD cards and the K20

2008-05-01 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: David J Brooks Subject: Re: SD cards and the K20 Way back when, in 2001, i needed to buy an extra 128meg card for my D1. It cost $278.00 Canadian, at Henrys. I could get 98 full size jpgs on it. When I bought the istD back in the fall of 03, 1gb blue

Re: SD cards and the K20

2008-05-01 Thread Christine Aguila
wow, I didn't realize the cost back then. Amazing. I'm a bit floored here. Can't believe the costs. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 10:32 AM Subject: Re: SD cards

Re: SD cards and the K20

2008-04-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
of 120 in the 6x7 last summer, and I've been thinking about doing the same again soon. Paul On Apr 29, 2008, at 10:25 PM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist Subject: Re: SD cards and the K20 Thanks for the tip. I ordered an Extreme III from BH

Re: SD cards and the K20

2008-04-30 Thread Bob Sullivan
inspired me to try one of my 150X 2GB sd cards vs an 8GB sdhc class 6 card. I shot 14-15 frames filling the buffer, then one more for good measure (longer delay). I watched the camera write to the card. The sdhc speed class 6 card took ~55 seconds from start finish. (pqi brand) The 150X 2GB sd card took

Re: SD cards and the K20

2008-04-30 Thread Tim Bray
When I got the K20 I picked up a 4G card; the camera store recommended a Lexar, and I've been quite happy with it. The interesting thing is that it came with a little USB-key card reader, and that sucker is *amazingly* fast, way faster than any card reader USB, or FireWire, that I've used before.

Re: SD cards and the K20

2008-04-30 Thread Christine Aguila
: Re: SD cards and the K20 When I got the K20 I picked up a 4G card; the camera store recommended a Lexar, and I've been quite happy with it. The interesting thing is that it came with a little USB-key card reader, and that sucker is *amazingly* fast, way faster than any card reader USB

SD cards and the K20

2008-04-29 Thread William Robb
I decided to buy some more memory, and with the files sizes of the K20, I went with 8gb cards. I also went kinda cheap and bought some Patriot class 6 cards. I decided to run a speed test to see how they compared to the Ultra II and Extreme III cards that I have been buying. So, with the AF

Re: SD cards and the K20

2008-04-29 Thread Mat Maessen
On 4/29/08, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With the Patriot 8gb class 6 card, the buffer filled at 15 exposures, and took a full minute to write. With the Ultra II, the buffer also filled at 15 exposures, but took about 35 seconds to empty, and with the Exreme III, the buffer

Re: SD cards and the K20

2008-04-29 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Mat Maessen Subject: Re: SD cards and the K20 Sounds like the class 6 cards are half the write speed of the Ultra II's, and 1/4 the speed of the Ultra 3's. Are there faster 4GB/8GB SDHC cards out there for non-insane amounts of money? I've been

Re: SD cards and the K20

2008-04-29 Thread Igor Roshchin
In the US, you can buy Extreme III 8Gb for ~$80 and get $40 MIR: http://computers.pricegrabber.com/flash-memory/m/55365873/ (BuyDig, Beach Camera, Adorama, BH, Calumet, etc.) HTH, Igor Tue Apr 29 19:53:56 EDT 2008 William Robb wrote: The Patriot cards only cost something like $35.00, I was

Re: SD cards and the K20

2008-04-29 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks for the tip. I ordered an Extreme III from BH. This will be my first foray into HDSC. I've been happy with 2 gig cards, but I do get a bit weary of plugging in a new one after just 83 frames. (How did I ever manage with 120 film in the 6x7? :-)). Paul Paul On Apr 29, 2008, at 9:21 PM,

Re: SD cards and the K20

2008-04-29 Thread P. J. Alling
or a one gig card in the *ist-D? Paul Stenquist wrote: Thanks for the tip. I ordered an Extreme III from BH. This will be my first foray into HDSC. I've been happy with 2 gig cards, but I do get a bit weary of plugging in a new one after just 83 frames. (How did I ever manage with 120

Re: SD cards and the K20

2008-04-29 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist Subject: Re: SD cards and the K20 Thanks for the tip. I ordered an Extreme III from BH. This will be my first foray into HDSC. I've been happy with 2 gig cards, but I do get a bit weary of plugging in a new one after just 83 frames

Re: Patroit SD Cards

2008-04-26 Thread William Robb
Thanks Bob and Bruce. I ened up buying 3 of them. I'll see how they work. The specs say they are not as fast as an Ultra 2, but with the buffer size in the K20, I'm finding I am not as troubled by write speeds. The three Patriot cards cost about the same as one 8gig Ultra2 at my local best

Re: Patroit SD Cards

2008-04-21 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello William, Sometimes, Newegg.com has user reviews on cards like this. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16820220234 -- Best regards, Bruce Saturday, April 19, 2008, 7:28:15 AM, you wrote: WR Has anyone got experience with this brand? I found a price of WR Can$

Patroit SD Cards

2008-04-19 Thread William Robb
Has anyone got experience with this brand? I found a price of Can$ 31.99 for class 6 8gb cards and am wondering if this is too good to be true or not. Any pointers for finding if this is a good product is appreciated. Thanks William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Patroit SD Cards

2008-04-19 Thread Bob Sullivan
I've got their 4GB class 6cards and they work fine. My 8GB pqi card didn't cost much more ~$38. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 9:28 AM, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone got experience with this brand? I found a price of Can$ 31.99 for class 6 8gb cards and am

Re: My DS and Sandisk Ultra II SD cards - incompatible somehow?

2007-12-05 Thread Charles Robinson
On Dec 4, 2007, at 14:50, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Hmm. I ran Sandisk Ultra II 1G and 2G cards in both my DS bodies for most of the time I had them, never had an issue. Have you updated the DS firmware to the latest revision? Yup. Tried that (nervously) after thinking that might dope-slap

Re: My DS and Sandisk Ultra II SD cards - incompatible somehow?

2007-12-05 Thread pnstenquist
If it were mine, I'd send the camera to Pentax for repair. Although you might try taking the batteries out for a day or so. That can sometimes cure flakey behavior. But I'll bet you have a hardware problem. Paul -- Original message -- From: Charles Robinson

Re: My DS and Sandisk Ultra II SD cards - incompatible somehow?

2007-12-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Hmm. I ran Sandisk Ultra II 1G and 2G cards in both my DS bodies for most of the time I had them, never had an issue. Have you updated the DS firmware to the latest revision? Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: My DS and Sandisk Ultra II SD cards - incompatible somehow?

2007-12-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I agree with paul. G On Dec 5, 2007, at 7:46 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If it were mine, I'd send the camera to Pentax for repair. Although you might try taking the batteries out for a day or so. That can sometimes cure flakey behavior. But I'll bet you have a hardware problem.

Re: My DS and Sandisk Ultra II SD cards - incompatible somehow?

2007-12-05 Thread Cotty
On 05/12/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: I agree with paul. Mark! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: My DS and Sandisk Ultra II SD cards - incompatible somehow?

2007-12-04 Thread Carlos Royo
One of the SD cards I use in my DS is a Sandisk Ultra II. I've had it for more than a year and it has worked flawlessly. As Boris said, there are some fake Sandisk cards floating around. I hope it isn't a problem with the camera as someone suggested, it would be much worse. Carlos -- PDML

Re: My DS and Sandisk Ultra II SD cards - incompatible somehow?

2007-12-04 Thread mike wilson
From: Charles Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aaaeee! Mark! (I felt that in my core) - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: My DS and Sandisk Ultra II SD cards - incompatible somehow?

2007-12-04 Thread Bertil Holmberg
My DS had a problem with SanDisk cards too, although they worked in the camera, I was unable to read them in my USB card reader. I thought the first card was a dud so I got it replaced, same problem with the new one, however. Changed to a Kingston card that worked fine. Regards, Bertil --

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