Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/04/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have used the Sandisk Ultra cards and can tell no difference from any other SD card, including the Transcend cards that I usually use. Maybe I don't shoot as many bursts and don't need as much speed as others might, but I have found that a normal SD card works just as well as any of the super, ultra, extreme, or high speed ones do. But then I have never run into a bottleneck problem with any card. Tina On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 2:52 PM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> wrote: > I 'm sorry to post this again because I suspect it has been discussed but > inasmuch as neither the LUG Search function nor my internal memory function > are working very well I'll have to. > > I see that Leica suggests Sandisk Ultra or Extreme Class 10 SD cards with > speeds >30 MB/s. http://content.abt.com/documents/54249/LEICAM_FAQ.pdf > > There are some folks on another well known Leica forum who say the speed - > both waking and shooting - is noticeably better with the latest and fastest > cards, which have maximum speeds of 95 MB/s. I have also seen posters in > various forii say they get faster speeds with 16GB cards than they do with > 32GB cards. > > I'm just curious to know if any LUGers have discerned - when shooting with > an M (240) or an M-P (240) - noticeably faster speeds or any other > _noticeable_ advantage to using 60 MB/s versus 95 MB/s SD cards, and also > any _noticeable_ speed difference when using 16GB, 32GB or larger cards. > > Thanks, > > --Bob > > p.s. Uncle Dr. Ted is certainly free to ignore this thread. ;-) > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html