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07/19/2006 05:59:58 PM · #1 |
Sandisk has announced Extreme IV CF Cards with read and write speeds of 40 MB/s in capacities of 2, 4 and 8GB! Great news for 1D II shooters!!!!
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07/19/2006 06:26:27 PM · #2 |
| ...and this has caused the price of the 4GB Extreme III CF card to drop by US$20...to US$199.95 |
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07/19/2006 06:43:51 PM · #3 |
How many RAW shots can you fit on a 2gb card?
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07/19/2006 06:51:49 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by faidoi:
How many RAW shots can you fit on a 2gb card? |
It depends on the camera... My 6.1 MP Nikon fits 268 RAW, 237 RAW+jpg, or 564 Large-Fine JPGs on a 2 GB card. |
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07/19/2006 07:32:07 PM · #5 |
| My 350D fits abpout 250 to 270 8 MP RAW images. Varies with types of shot. |
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07/19/2006 07:56:25 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by doctornick:
Sandisk has announced Extreme IV CF Cards with read and write speeds of 40 MB/s in capacities of 2, 4 and 8GB! Great news for 1D II shooters!!!!
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I'm not being a smart alec, but why is this such news? I've been using these Kingston 50x CF cards for over a year in both cameras and digital audio recorders and have had good performance and no failures. What am I missing? |
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07/19/2006 08:02:02 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by routerguy666:
What am I missing? |
Kingston Elite Pro cards top out around 9Mb per second. These new Extreme cards can hit 40Mb per second. |
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07/19/2006 08:15:00 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by routerguy666:
Originally posted by doctornick:
Sandisk has announced Extreme IV CF Cards with read and write speeds of 40 MB/s in capacities of 2, 4 and 8GB! Great news for 1D II shooters!!!!
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I'm not being a smart alec, but why is this such news? I've been using these Kingston 50x CF cards for over a year in both cameras and digital audio recorders and have had good performance and no failures. What am I missing? |
Quicker transfer for those rapid fire shooting situations. As more and more cameras have higher megapixels and more shots per second, you are basically buying for the future.
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07/19/2006 08:44:37 PM · #9 |
How fast can your camera write to a CF card? You might be paying extra $$$$ to get speed that you can't use. But of course you would be able to let everyone know that you bought the latest model, if that turns you on.
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07/19/2006 08:55:09 PM · #10 |
| Even if your camera can't take full advantage of 40MB/sec (it can't), you'll still get better burst performance and faster LCD draws than slower cards, and you'll see a HUGE difference when you download the files to your computer with a fast card reader. |
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07/19/2006 08:56:15 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by faidoi:
Quicker transfer for those rapid fire shooting situations. As more and more cameras have higher megapixels and more shots per second, you are basically buying for the future. |
In those rapid fire bursts you are mostly writing to the buffer. A much faster card may help the buffer to clear more quickly making your camera capable of longer continuous shooting if it is one that can both write to and from the buffer at the same time. But it probably won't be measurably faster from one shot to the next within the burst. But, as you point out, cameras will likely get faster in the future.
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07/19/2006 09:02:45 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
Even if your camera can't take full advantage of 40MB/sec (it can't), you'll still get better burst performance and faster LCD draws than slower cards, and you'll see a HUGE difference when you download the files to your computer with a fast card reader. |
If you're interested in a faster download to your computer you should invest about $40 and get a Delkin Cardbus 32 bit adapter. It leaves even the best card readers in the dust.
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07/19/2006 09:40:22 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by routerguy666:
What am I missing? |
Kingston Elite Pro cards top out around 9Mb per second. These new Extreme cards can hit 40Mb per second. |
Ahh good to know. Guess my misfiring synapses were equating 50x to 50mb/s. Have no need for in camera card faster than these, but yeah sure would be nice to have a much faster card when dumping 3 gigs off the flash into the pc. |
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