Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Try the 16GB class 6 Transcend. I just timed mine and I'm averaging about 2.6s per file for RAW. On May 26, 2009, at 9:24 AM, Henning Wulff wrote: > I also only shoot RAW. The speed differenes are considerable; I > only need the RAW file and will gladly give up the B&W jpeg > (useless afterwards anyway) for speed. > > There are two Sandisk Extreme III cards. One slower, one faster. > The Transcend cards are faster than the slower, slower than the > faster Sandisk and a lot less expensive than either. > > Fastest are the 2Gb 30Mb/sec Sandisk cards. Smaller cards are faster. > > > >> 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 >>> > -- > > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information THEIN Onn Ming *photohorologer ming at www.mingthein.com www.flickr.com/mingthein