Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]But Stan will this speed thing make your life any longer? ;-) And certainly any simpler? ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stan Yoder" <vze2myh5@verizon.net> To: <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 4:04 PM Subject: [Leica] Memory card write speeds > Earlier this week, there was a discussion of card vs. digicam write > speeds, asking whether it was worth investing in a card that can write > faster than the camera does. > > I conducted an empirical test with my Digilux-2. I ascertained from > Panasonic that its max write speed is 2.3mb/sec. > > A 1gb SD card will hold c.91 RAW exposures in the D-2. That's about > 10.75mb per exposure. > > Doing the math, it should take the camera c.4.67secs. to write a RAW > exposure to any card that has a write speed of 2.3mb/sec or greater. > > My actual results: 1) with a basic card it took about 11 secs for the > camera to clear for the next exposure; 2) with a Sandisk Ultra II card it > took 6.5secs. The Ultra II writes at 9mb/sec., per Sandisk's website. > > Obviously I'm missing some factors) here. What are they? > > And would one of the new-fangled 150x cards reduce the time further, in > this context? > > Puzzled, > Stan Yoder > Pittsburgh > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >