John, It sounds like a reasonable deal. I might just add (for what it's worth): It is important to realize whether the K-5 can utilize extra speed of the cart (if any).
I've been using two 8GB SanDisk Extreme III Class 6 SDHC cards with K-7, and three 8GB Transcend Class 10. I haven't seen any practical difference in the speed with the K-7 or with the ImageMate USB 2.0 Reader by SanDisk. Even though I didn't do any formal tests, I've been watching the transfer rates with the card-reader, and I don't seem to see much of a difference. So, either both cards' transfer rate is above the capabilities of the K-7 and the card reader (most likely), or the cards' transfer rates are about the same. I am not sure if K-5 can utilize a faster write rate than K-7 can. Even though I had been concerned about Transcend's reliability, - so far I haven't seen any problem with any of my 3 Transcend cards. Besides, Sandisk cards appear to be more likely to be counterfeit. So, if I would consider Transcend for my next cards. Igor Tue Jul 19 12:57:11 EDT 2011 John Francis wrote: > If you buy 2 or more, B&H will sell you 8GB Sandisk Extreme > Class 10 SDHC cards for $20 each, with free shipping. > > The Sandisk part number B&H quote on their website is the > one for the 30Mb/sec cards (aka Extreme III), so these > should be good enough even for those who own (or who are > considering) a K-5. > > You can still get cheaper cards - a Transcend class 10 > card is about 2/3 of that price - but the extra bandwidth > might make paying a bit extra worthwhile if you anticipate > shooting fast enough to fill up the buffer, or shooting a > lot of HD video. And most other places (including Amazon) > still want $30 or more for the Sandisk cards, so $20 is a > pretty good price for these (for today, anyway). > > According to Rob Galbraisth's SD card testing site, these > perform quite well in a variety of (Canon or Nikon) bodies. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
