Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have two normal SD not SDHC cards from Adata that work perfectly. Regards Eric Calderwood On 10/7/07 20:33, "Robert Rose" <robert.rose@mac.com> wrote: > A thread on this topic was around in February, but I was wondering about > current experience using 4Gb cards in the M8? > > BTW, I was curious about real life speed differences between 2GB cards. I > tried the following test (I contrived this). I put the M8 on C, and shot a > burst of pictures at 1/250 sec, counted the number of pictures until the > buffer was full and the camera paused, and then measured the total time > until all of those pictures finished writing to the card, including the > initial burst. These are all 2GB cards. > > Card #Pictures Time to write Cost > Hoodman 150X 12 25 sec. 2/07 ($80) > Extreme III 12 23 sec. 2/07 ($80) > Lexar SD 10 45 sec. 7/07 ($18) > > So, it seems that for typical "S" shooting any card is probably fine, but > for any shooting where you are doing burst shots on "C", the write time is > important. > > Is that other's experience? > > The cost is sure coming down! > > Regards, > Bob Rose > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information