Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/25

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Subject: [Leica] M8.2 SD card test results
From: henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)
Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 21:09:35 -0700
References: <052520092334.2603.4A1B2B22000B31C500000A2B223045151403010CD2079C080C03BF9 70A9D9F9A0B9D09@mchsi.com> <p0623091bc640f47a0ccf@[10.0.1.199]> <852A74F5-F807-436E-809D-286862064D88@gmail.com>
 
>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.
>>
>>

The 16's are a bit slower than the 8's; the 8's are a bit slower than 
the 2's. I don't have any 4's.

The  2Gb Sandisk Extreme's are somewhat faster (according to other testers).

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