Wow, tho 250 seconds - that's fast. Thanks for the update/explanation, Godfrey. So 60x is not really slow, just not very fast either. I am looking forward to getting my Extreeme III card - my photo dealer wants 120 USD for a card like this - I found one in Germany for less than half ! Everything is so expensive here :-(
Buying a faster image tank seems to be quite expensive compared to one or two extra cards :-) I already have two tanks - the X's Drive and a Flash Trax (CF card only), but equiped with a CF to SD card adapter (this does BTW allow me to use SD cards in the *ist D as well :-). As long as I have one or two cards to use, it normally won't be a problem if it takes 30 miutes to "empty" the card. Except perhaps for the battery consumption. Still, I do own a current inverter for the car lighter, so I can charge the battery in the X's Drive, using the car battery - that is whebever I have a car near by :-) http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 Skype: jensbladt248 -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af Godfrey DiGiorgi Sendt: 15. maj 2007 16:02 Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: Re: SD card speed for K10D My tests show that the K10D's write performance continues to improve with every faster card I've tested in it. Right now that means the Sandisk Extreme III (nominally 133x) are fastest, followed by the Transcend 150x, followed by the Sandisk Ultra II (nominally 60x) etc. The Extreme IIi are the fastest cards currently available. So the fastest cards available are the best cards to use. Download speed is gated by both card speed and the speed of the reader device. The fastest reader I've found to date is the Sandisk Extreme III reader ... it transfers a full 2G of data from Transcend 150x or Sandisk Extreme IIi cards to my Power Mac G5 in less than two and a half minutes. It sounds like your storage tank has a pretty slow reader in it. The Epson P2000 takes about 5-6 minutes to transfer a full 2G card's data. Godfrey On May 15, 2007, at 4:43 AM, Jens Bladt wrote: > 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. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.0/804 - Release Date: 05/14/2007 16:46 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
