On 4/6/07, Jan van Wijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi David, > > On Thu, 5 Apr 2007 19:09:56 -0400, David J Brooks wrote: > > >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. > > It will be significantly faster that the *istD, only if you need > more than 8 or so images in quick succession, you would > need the faster cards.
No, no need for that for what i use the K10D for, i was just curious if there would be the 3-4 second wait like the istD, using a slower card, > > These will allow a few more before the buffer actually fills up, > but more importantly, the delay before the next series can > be shot is much shorter ... Thats what i thought. > > > But the bigger buffer is the major advantage on the K10D, > and you don't need a fast card for that! Great, at least i can buy those locally, and save gas. Thanks for the info Dave > > > Regards, JvW > > > PS: > Did some stork shots yesterday, and getting 10 images > in about 3 seconds really helps with some of them :-) > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
