Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dave, I only shoot RAW, if I want B&W, I process as such. I only use the Sandisk Extreme III 2 G cards or their 4G SDHC cards, and your times seem about right for my experience. Gene -------------- Original message from David Keenan <ausdlk at gmail.com>: -------------- > 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. > > -- > 2009 PAW Gallery: www.david-keenan.com/paw > Web Site: www.david-keenan.com > Austin Center for Photography: www.visitacp.org -- Check it out!!! > ACP Blog: www.visitacp.org/blog -- New!!! > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information