----- 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
