Capable, sure, but what can you get for the same price? The *ist D isn't worth comparing, speed-wise, as even Pentax's cheapest DSLR outperforms it by a large margin now.
-Aaron -- http://aaronreynolds.ca http://battersbox.ca http://hardballtimes.com -----Original Message----- From: "Peter Loveday" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subj: Re: CF v SD Cards Date: Tue 2006 Aug 22 7:22 am Size: 817 bytes To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > But if you gave me the option between a larger, slower card and a > smaller, faster card for the same money, I'd take the smaller, faster > card every time. Why wouldn't you? Actually CompactFlash is capable of far higher speeds than SD. Not that it matters a whole lot, the I/O speeds on Pentax DSLRs is far from stellar (especially the *istD). Although no cards are actually capable of this kind of speed at the moment, the current CF spec is capable of 133MB/sec (thats "886X"), where SD spec (including SDHC) is only capable of 20MB/sec (133X) as far as I know. Still, assuming SD can evolve and increase that as card flash speeds increase, its not that important. Love, Light and Peace, - Peter Loveday -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
