Well, we've got to remember that it's Joe making the call ;-)) Today I had a chance to play with the K10D and used both an 80X card and a 133X card. Even without measured tests and movies, it was clear that the 10D was faster with the faster card. Whether one needs the speed is another matter (I found the camera, using DNG, fast enough with the 80X card), but considering the price of cards these days, unless one is on a very tight budget, to buy less than the fastest card the camera can use makes little sense. There's also the issue of what you're used to. The 10D seemed positively supercharged compared to the DS, but after using a slower card on the 10D for a while, one might wish for a faster card. It's like microwaving a potato. The first time I did it was amazing. Now I'm anxious for the potato to cook even faster.
Then there's also the matter of download and xfer time on the computer to consider. The difference I experienced between a 40X card and an 80X card was enough to convince me to _always_ get the fastest card that's affordable. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Adam Maas > Joseph Tainter wrote: > > http://homepage.mac.com/godders/Pentax-DS-150x-timing/ > > > > ----- > > > > A valuable test, Godfrey. Interesting that > > with the K10D the 150x gives > > so little improvement over the 60x. > > Is the difference due to different > > brands of card? Or is 150x overkill for the K10D? > I'd hardly call a nearly 20% difference 'so little improvement'. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
