Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 06:58:55 +0000 From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] OT, SmartMedia size V speed ..
>Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 14:08:50 +0800 >From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] OT, SmartMedia size V speed .. > >At 09:57 PM 16/03/2002 -0800, you wrote: > >Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 05:50:25 +0000 > >From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: [LIB] OT, SmartMedia size V speed .. > > > >>Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 12:44:23 +0800 > >>From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Subject: Re: [LIB] OT, SmartMedia size V speed .. > >> > >>At 08:45 PM 16/03/2002 -0800, you wrote: > >>>Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 04:36:51 +0000 > >>>From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>Subject: Re: [LIB] OT, SmartMedia size V speed .. ^^I'll just leave this for comrades with a twisted sense of humor^^ > >>>One reason CF cards are more expensive it would seem. > >> > >>Umm ... you lost me there ... > > > >As usual, that makes two of us Raymond... After your explanation of how >buffers work, I'm wondering myself. I thought CF cards had more built into >them that made them both more expensive, and more responsive. Don't recall >having to wait to very long for the pix to process in my Nikon... but maybe >I haven't shot 5-6 pix in quick succession lately. > >Well my point is, the fact that its CF shouldn't make any difference to the >speed ... all that changes is the controller electronics move from the card >to the camera. In fact you'd expect SM to be a bit faster because you could >afford to have better controlling electronics in the camera than in the >card as you're likely to have more cards than cameras. I think the >difference in speed between the 2 SM cards might well just be the >difference in the quality of chips used (2 cards from the same maker could >contain chips made by very different companies).< Hmmm.... then I wonder what the heck I get out of my CF card to merit the expensive!? M. _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
