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Subject: [Leica] M8.2 SD card test results
From: ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 19:41:51 -0400
References: <052520092334.2603.4A1B2B22000B31C500000A2B223045151403010CD2079C080C03BF970A9D9F9A0B9D09@mchsi.com>

How important does the speed (Class) seem to be? I know the Transcend  
comes with different speed ratings.

ric

On May 25, 2009, at 7:34 PM, grduprey at mchsi.com wrote:

> Dave,
>
> I only shoot RAW, if I want B&W, I process as such.  I only use the  
> Sandisk Extreme III 2 G cards or their 4G SDHC cards, and your times  
> seem about right for my experience.
>
> Gene
>
> -------------- Original message from David Keenan  
> <ausdlk at gmail.com>: --------------
>
>
>> The SD card write times were so crappy for the supposedly high-end  
>> Hoodman
>> RAW SD card I bought with my M8.2, I decided to buy a variety of  
>> cards and
>> test them.
>>
>> The times shown are only as accurate as my ability to hit the Start  
>> and Stop
>> button on my iPhone stopwatch function when the read/write LED on  
>> the camera
>> first came on and when it stopped. I repeated each test at least  
>> three times
>> to make sure the times were more or less consistent. The time  
>> recorded is
>> last time measured. I formatted the card in camera prior to the  
>> tests.
>>
>> All cards are 4GB except for the Hoodman which is 8GB.
>>
>> Card RAW RAW+Fine JPG
>> ============== ======= ============
>> Sandisk Extreme III 3.9 10.8
>> Kingston SDHC 4.5 11.5
>> Lexar 133x 6.6 14
>> Transcend 4.2 11.4
>> Hoodman 7.0 15
>>
>> People have told me to toss the +Fine JPG selection but I only  
>> shoot in
>> black and white and never want to see a color image. The JPG is  
>> necessary to
>> see the preview image on the camera in b&w. I rarely look at these  
>> but when
>> I do I want a b&w image.
>>
>> Needless to say I've switched to the Sandisk.
>>
>> Are these times consistent with what others experience?
>> .
>> Dave.
>>
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Replies: Reply from scheng at aotera.org (Spencer Cheng) ([Leica] M8.2 SD card test results)
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