I've never shopped by "name", so I don't know what the write speed of an Ultra II translates to.
-Aaron -- http://aaronreynolds.ca http://battersbox.ca http://hardballtimes.com -----Original Message----- From: David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subj: Re: 4 GB SD cards for istDS/DS2, istDL/DL2 Date: Tue 2006 Aug 22 7:03 am Size: 1K To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> At 06:44 PM 22/08/2006, you wrote: >On Aug 22, 2006, at 3:18 AM, David Savage wrote: > > > Not if you'd bought $500+ (a 1GB & a 2GB in my case) worth of CF cards > > you wouldn't. > >David -- are those cards fast compared to what's out there currently, >or would putting them into your new camera put you at a significant >write speed disadvantage? Considering when you bought them, I'm going >to have to guess that they're very slow compared to what's out there >now in SD. All of them are Sandisk Ultra II's. Are the SD Ultra II's faster? >So, to save $100 (the total cost of a fast 1GB card and a fast 2GB SD >card if you don't shop around for the best price and get screwed on >shipping) you would cripple your camera's write speed, effectively >reducing the number of frames you could shoot in a row and how quickly >you recover after shooting a burst. Why would you do that? Would you >buy a $1200 film camera and insist on only putting Gold Max in it? Probably, because I'm illogical. > > For a camera maker know for backwards compatibility, IMO they should > > have put in a dual memory card slot. > >Bad for two reasons: > >1) makes the camera bigger >2) cheap users will constantly complain on the internet about how slow >their very expensive new camera is. > >-Aaron The camera (K10D) has already got bigger to fit the SR mechanism. I see your point guy's, it's just the Scottish blood in me that hates paying for stuff again and again. I guess I'm overruled in this matter so I'll just shut my yap. Dave -- 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
