That's a good point, Godfrey. You are right of course. I alrady had the card, when I got the camera - and naturally I will buy a faster card shortly. However, I never really understood the thing about card speed. The *ist D, for instance, could only utilze a fast card up to a certain point. Cards faster thant this and that would NOT improve the write speed.
Where would this point be with the K10D, please? The K10D is pretty fast. But, for the first time I had to wait for the next shot today - while doing a panorama series from RAW shots. So, I definitely want a fast card. But which one? Back to the original issue: K10D vs. *ist D. I did many tests - and had to redo them many times - I had travel disc troubles. And I kept forgetting the the darned K10D does go b ack to JPEG's every time I trun it off (Grrr...). The biggest difference I found was, that the K10D overexposes the shots quite consistantly. I have no idea why. And I had to ficus manually on the D, because the AF is no adjusted right. Here's two test shots done with a FA* 2.8 80-200mm @ F.8: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/sets/72157594527835191/ Regards Jens Bladt Nytarkort / Greeting Card: http://www.jensbladt.dk/godtnytaar2007/lydshow.html http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 Skype: jensbladt248 -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af Godfrey DiGiorgi Sendt: 3. februar 2007 16:07 Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: Re: *ist-Ds Vs. K10D image quality? Sandisk standard SD cards are 45x rating. Ultra II models (they're clearly labeled) are 60x and Extreme III models (again clearly labeled) are 133x. For someone who who had an issue with camera speed at one time in the past, it seems a little incongruous that you didn't buy a card to exploit the speed of the K10D. With a Sandisk Ultra II card, capturing in RAW/DNG will write almost literally as fast as you can press the shutter release for individual exposures. An Extreme IIi is even faster. Write performance tests of Transcend 45x, Sandisk Ultre II and Transcend 150x. http://homepage.mac.com/godders/Pentax-DS-150x-timing/ Extreme III is faster than Transcend 150x. Godfrey On Feb 3, 2007, at 4:49 AM, Jens Bladt wrote: > I'm not sure what it is. I only have one SD card so far. I sold the > ones I > had, with the *ist DL. > It's a 2 GB Sandisk. I think it's called Standard, High Speed - > which is - > anything but fast :-) > I know, that it (or the camera) made me wait, when I was shooting the > panorama sequence earlier today. > I will probably make it a habit to shoot JPEG's when ever write > speed is > crutial, at least until I get a Sandsik Extreeme III card, next > time I need > more capasity :-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.21/665 - Release Date: 02/02/2007 23:39 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.441 / Virus Database: 268.17.33/678 - Release Date: 02/09/2007 16:06 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
