Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]How important does the speed (Class) seem to be? I know the Transcend comes with different speed ratings. ric On May 25, 2009, at 7:34 PM, grduprey at mchsi.com wrote: > Dave, > > I only shoot RAW, if I want B&W, I process as such. I only use the > Sandisk Extreme III 2 G cards or their 4G SDHC cards, and your times > seem about right for my experience. > > Gene > > -------------- Original message from David Keenan > <ausdlk at gmail.com>: -------------- > > >> The SD card write times were so crappy for the supposedly high-end >> Hoodman >> RAW SD card I bought with my M8.2, I decided to buy a variety of >> cards and >> test them. >> >> The times shown are only as accurate as my ability to hit the Start >> and Stop >> button on my iPhone stopwatch function when the read/write LED on >> the camera >> first came on and when it stopped. I repeated each test at least >> three times >> to make sure the times were more or less consistent. The time >> recorded is >> last time measured. I formatted the card in camera prior to the >> tests. >> >> All cards are 4GB except for the Hoodman which is 8GB. >> >> Card RAW RAW+Fine JPG >> ============== ======= ============ >> Sandisk Extreme III 3.9 10.8 >> Kingston SDHC 4.5 11.5 >> Lexar 133x 6.6 14 >> Transcend 4.2 11.4 >> Hoodman 7.0 15 >> >> People have told me to toss the +Fine JPG selection but I only >> shoot in >> black and white and never want to see a color image. The JPG is >> necessary to >> see the preview image on the camera in b&w. I rarely look at these >> but when >> I do I want a b&w image. >> >> Needless to say I've switched to the Sandisk. >> >> Are these times consistent with what others experience? >> . >> Dave. >> >> -- >> 2009 PAW Gallery: www.david-keenan.com/paw >> Web Site: www.david-keenan.com >> Austin Center for Photography: www.visitacp.org -- Check it out!!! >> ACP Blog: www.visitacp.org/blog -- New!!! >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information