Precisely what I just purchased. The very same speed test came out to just over 10 seconds. Timer starts when pressing the shutter, let go when the buffer fills, stop timing when the write light goes off. MUCH better!
-- Charles Robinson [email protected] On Oct 29, 2011, at 15:16, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > Since moving to 16G cards, I have stuck with Sandisk Extreme SDHC > Class 10 (30 mbps). I'm completely satisfied with them and they're not > that expensive at $35-40 apiece through Amazon.com. > > > > On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Charles Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: >> A speed test last night shows there's no substitute for quality name-brand >> cards. >> >> The amount of time required to fire off and finish writing 14 RAW files: >> Microcenter 16GB "Class 10" card: 35 seconds.. Fuji 4GB "Class 6": 25. >> SanDisk 4GB "Class 4": 15. >> >> (For the record, the higher class numbers are supposed to be FASTER, not >> slower!) >> >> So, I'll be shopping for another 16GB card today >> >> -- >> Charles Robinson >> [email protected] >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > Godfrey > godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
