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'm getting into bursts. I don't think my camera is going as fast as they say it can. On 4/10/15 11:17 PM, "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > Don't know about Leica, but it makes a pretty big difference on my Fujis > and even bigger difference on the Nikon D800E - I am specifically talking > about SD cards here. The big bottleneck in taking bursts is always the > buffer and write speed, and I would always upgrade the SD card as the > cheapest way possible of improving it. If you do not take bursts, it should > not matter one bit. Like everything photographic, it depends on the use we > put eqipment to... > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 12:22 AM, 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/