High speed vs normal CF memory cards

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On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 20:00:00 -0700, "Sheldon"
<sheldon@XXXXXXXXsopris.net> wrote:

>Has anybody noticed a difference between the new high-speed Compact Flash
>cards vs. the "normal" ones? Are they worth the extra bucks?

On my 40X Lexar cards the camera write time is noticably shorter than
on my older cards freeing up the buffer and making the LCD preview
available quicker. When shooting continuous mode RAW fromat the
buffer clears faster and sine these days there isn't that much of a
premium on high speed cards I'd say yes they are worth it. If you
shoot JPG only in one of the latest SLRs maybe not so much.

Ron

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Proconsul wrote:

> Sheldon wrote:
>>> Has anybody noticed a difference between the new high-speed Compact
>>> Flash cards vs. the "normal" ones? Are they worth the extra bucks?
>
> They are, IMO, worth the extra cost and in my experience are much faster
> recording pix which cuts down the time between shots substantially....
>
>>> I have a Nikon D70, if that makes a difference.
>
> All cameras should benefit, IMO, from using faster cards...
>
>

And if you have a firewire or USB 2.0 reader, shouldn't they also download
faster?

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On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 19:14:18 -0800, in rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
"Proconsul" <nospam@nospam.org> wrote:

>All cameras should benefit, IMO, from using faster cards...

Not sure if this is true for all dslrs, but definitely not true of all
cameras. For example my Nikon 5700 takes 20-22 sec to save to NEF,
regardless of whether a Lexar 8x or 40xWA card is used. The card in not
always the limiting component.
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Alan Browne wrote:
> Stacey wrote:
>> And if you have a firewire or USB 2.0 reader, shouldn't they also
>> download faster?
>
> Apparently the D70 and 7D both suffer from a 2.0 interface that runs
> at 1.1 speeds...so a faster card won't help. Canon 20D behaves
> properly. Hopefully both Nikon and K-M can fix this in a firmware
> upgrade.

They certainly /can/ benefit if you put the cards in a faster reader.
Direct camera connections, though, may indeed be limited by the camera.

Cheers,
David

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David J Taylor wrote:

> Alan Browne wrote:
>
>>Stacey wrote:
>>
>>>And if you have a firewire or USB 2.0 reader, shouldn't they also
>>>download faster?
>>
>>Apparently the D70 and 7D both suffer from a 2.0 interface that runs
>>at 1.1 speeds...so a faster card won't help. Canon 20D behaves
>>properly. Hopefully both Nikon and K-M can fix this in a firmware
>>upgrade.
>
>
> They certainly /can/ benefit if you put the cards in a faster reader.
> Direct camera connections, though, may indeed be limited by the camera.

I was speaking in terms of camera-to-computer. I didn't read the other post
carefully enough...

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That's alright. It still adds to the totality of the thread.

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"Alan Browne" <alan.browne@freelunchVideotron.ca> wrote in message
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| David H. Lipman wrote:
|
| > Yes but you can use a SanDisk USB v2.0 Memory card Reader (or similar vendor) and you
will
| > see the full benefit of the CF's speed. I use the SanDisk 6 -in- 1 USB v2.0 Card Reader
and
| > SanDisk 1GB UltraII 60x speed cards.
| >
|
| I replied out of context, didn't realize it was card readers at issue.
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On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 20:00:00 -0700, "Sheldon"
<sheldon@XXXXXXXXsopris.net> wrote:

>Has anybody noticed a difference between the new high-speed Compact Flash
>cards vs. the "normal" ones? Are they worth the extra bucks?
>
>I have a Nikon D70, if that makes a difference.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Sheldon
>sheldon@sopris.net

When photographing stuff:

ONLY if you are shooting more than 4 (NEF) frames in sequence, or
about 7 JPEGs. Up until that point, the D70's high-speed buffer will
hold the images and write them to the card at whatever speed the card
will work at.

When downloading images:
Possibly, if using a high-speed capable card reader. (The D70's USB
port runs at the slow 1.1 speed) Does this matter that much? No.

I use 80x stuff, wasn't too expensive and have found myself shooting
sequences longer than 4 shots on several occasions.

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David H. Lipman wrote:
> What did you pay for the 1GB card ?
>
>

Last week I got one (Lexar 80x 1.0GB) from Costco.com for $99 - $20
rebate = $79. Rebate ended yesterday, I think. I've seen them at $89
pretty consistently at majors like Adorama.


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> "Mac Tabak" <yertiz@dreckly.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> "Sheldon" <sheldon@XXXXXXXXsopris.net> wrote in message
>> news:CZ6dndm8dcwlDpzfRVn-3g@comcast.com...
>>> Has anybody noticed a difference between the new high-speed Compact
>>> Flash
>>> cards vs. the "normal" ones? Are they worth the extra bucks?
>>>
>>> I have a Nikon D70, if that makes a difference.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Sheldon
>>> sheldon@sopris.net
>>
>> I use an 80x 1GB Lexar & she flies!!!!! Writes a raw file from the
>> canon 20D
>> in 1.3 seconds!!!!!

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I see that SanDisk has 20MB/s CF cards (Extreme III) that equiates to ~133x.
I love it, they get faster all the time !

http://www.sandisk.com/retail/ext3-cf.asp

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| Sweet deal !
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