[Leica] M8.2 SD card test results

[kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)]

so do you ever shoot  jpeg fine bw only...?  what is the write time  
for that?

how do you like the M8.2?


Steve


On May 25, 2009, at 9:59 AM, David Keenan wrote:

> 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
>
> People have told me to toss the +Fine JPG selection but I only shoot  
> in
> black and white and never want to see a color image. The JPG is  
> necessary to
> see the preview image on the camera in b&w. I rarely look at these  
> but when
> I do I want a b&w image.
>
> Needless to say I've switched to the Sandisk.
>
> Are these times consistent with what others experience?
> .
> Dave.
>
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