Peter, class 6 means 6MB/s minimum. There's no class faster than class6. An hypthetical card at 80MB/s would still be labeled class6, as for current specifications.
2007/3/27, Peter Fairweather <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > This whole SDHC issue confuses me. At the moment I use a Transcend 2Gb > 150x card on my DS. Although the camera doesn't use all the speed, the > card reader does when downloading. I am now thinking of moving to SDHC > and 4gb for when I get the K10d or start shooting more RAW. This is > the choice in the UK from a reputable dealer > > Transcend Secure Digital/SD Card > 4GB Card (150x) > > Up to 13.4MB/sec. write rate. > Up to 18.7MB/sec. read rate. > > OR > > Transcend High Capacity Secure Digital/SD Card (SDHC) > 4GB Card (Class 6) > > Speed class 6 (>= 6MB/sec writing), > > They are about the same price but the SDHC one appears to be a lot slower. > > Is SDHC an engineering breakthrough or a marketing breakthrough > whereby slower cards with much higher profit margins can be sold to > the gullible punter? > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille ---------------------- K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
