Hi all I never understood the meaning of card speed. What should the speed be in order to fully utilize the maxiumum camera speed (FPS) when storing images in RAW+ format, please?
I got a 60x speed card in the mail today, alleged high speed. That is 60x. It says 9 Mb pr. second. But with 3 FPS and 16Mb files, this isn't really fast at all, is it? I have been using a standard Sandisk SD card until now. Huge mistake! Quite often I have got faulty files, that can't be opened/converted. That is a PITA! I have tried the 60x card just mow. It works well (the images are stored OK), but I can't shoot as fast as I should be able to. Luckily I have also ordered an Sandisk Extreme III card, which should be fine, right. PS: At a football game last Sunday, I discovered, that my Vosonic X's drive (hard drive/card reader) used app. 30 minutes to store one card of 2 GB. That's a VERY long time. Well, now I have three 2GB SD cards, so hopefully I have enough memory for the next soccer game :-) The football club keep giving me free tickets, since I take pictures! Or is it perhaps because I'm doing the local plan (development brief) for their new Football Stadium :-) http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/sets/72157600210223068/ PPS: I really wish I had a better lens for this - a 50-300mm/1:2.8 would be just about perfect :-) I have been using both the K10D and the *ist D. But the latter is a bit off in focisng. I need to get it fixed soon :-) Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.0/804 - Release Date: 05/14/2007 16:46 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
