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Subject: [Leica] SD Card Questions, M(240) Gearhead Edition
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 21:02:36 +0200
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No Leica M240 or even M9 experience (only M8) but on my Fuji X cameras the 
speed of the card certainly makes a difference.

Cheers,
Nathan

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> On 10 Apr 2015, at 20:52, 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.  ;-)
> 
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