I have a PNY 2G card that teh brother-in-law got me for Christmas. the camera is faster than the *istD fo'sho. I wonder what it would be like with a really fast card...
CW ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 7:24 PM Subject: Re: Non speedy SD cards and K10D > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David J Brooks" > Subject: Non speedy SD cards and K10D > > >>I looked back a bit in the archives, but didi not really see what i >> was looking for, so if its been done , i apologize. >> >> I just realized i onl;y have 1, 2gig card for the K10D, and i want to >> head south with atleast 2. >> I promised my self i would not shop in the Walmart that was recently >> built, here in town, but i caved and went in to look for cards. >> They had a 2gig Sanddisk, Optimum speed, what ever that is. >> My question is, and i don't have one to test, is how slow is a plain >> card. I have a hi speed card i bought with the camera, and the speed >> from shot to storage is great. Are these slower cards as bad as the >> write speed on the istD or should it be faster than that with the >> better buffer etc. >> >> I dont need lighting speed as i do for my equine work, just a decent >> speed. >> >> Any thoughts/comments > > Using a blue Sandisk card, I can shoot 9 RAW in a row, and then one shot > every ~2 seconds. > Shooting jpeg, it's 26 shots, then a 2 second wait, then a couple of > shots, > 2 second wait, etc. > > I think the UltraII cards are about twice as fast, and then the ExtremeIII > cards are twice again as fast. > > Because of the size of the buffer, I'm wondering if I really need anything > faster than the cheap bottom feeder cards. > > William Robb > > > -- > 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: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.26/746 - Release Date: 4/4/2007 > 1:09 PM > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
