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05/11/2004 12:03:12 AM · #1 |
Can the camera limit the speed at which a Compact Flash card can write?
e.g. You have a Sandisk Extreme 512MB, writes at "60x".
Let's say you have a high-performance camera, like a DSLR.
Does the CF slot have a speed limit put on it? Or is the only limit the speed that the Buffer memory operates at?? |
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05/11/2004 12:54:29 AM · #2 |
It depends on both the camera and the CF card. Check out //www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007
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05/11/2004 12:58:06 AM · #3 |
I'm not sure about the speed at which it writes, but my 300D takes FOREVER to download the pictures to my computer. If I use a card reader to download it's much much faster. Must be that aweful USB1.0 port ;)
June
Message edited by author 2004-05-11 00:58:27.
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05/11/2004 01:10:05 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by chiqui74:
I'm not sure about the speed at which it writes, but my 300D takes FOREVER to download the pictures to my computer. If I use a card reader to download it's much much faster. Must be that aweful USB1.0 port ;)
June |
Must be the same USB port on the 10D, because I bought a USB2.0 CF card reader within a week! |
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05/11/2004 01:12:32 AM · #5 |
Very helpful. My question answered! |
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05/11/2004 01:13:01 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by chiqui74:
I'm not sure about the speed at which it writes, but my 300D takes FOREVER to download the pictures to my computer. If I use a card reader to download it's much much faster. Must be that aweful USB1.0 port ;)
June |
It's the USB 1.0 port. I never use that, Iremove the card from the camera and put it in a PCMCIA adapter and into my laptop, a lot faster.
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05/11/2004 12:28:26 PM · #7 |
I follow Drnick's path of getting images onto my server at home.
I pop in a PCMCIA Card reader and copy everything off to the server.
It works like a charm. Not to slow either. |
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05/11/2004 01:01:40 PM · #8 |
Are you guys using a CardBus CF adapter?
They are considerably faster than a "plain old PCMCIA" CF adapter, topping even FireWire-based CF readers.
See here for some comparisons. |
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05/11/2004 01:13:05 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by wimbello:
Can the camera limit the speed at which a Compact Flash card can write? |
Yes, I think that both the 10D and the 300D are limited to approx. 3Mb/sec. About 40X(I think)
Originally posted by wimbello:
e.g. You have a Sandisk Extreme 512MB, writes at "60x". |
yeah the extra speed is wasted.
Originally posted by wimbello:
Let's say you have a high-performance camera, like a DSLR.
Does the CF slot have a speed limit put on it? Or is the only limit the speed that the Buffer memory operates at?? |
Good question, not sure. If I had guess I would guess that it is limited to the buffer memory speed.
Message edited by author 2004-05-11 13:14:08. |
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05/11/2004 01:15:26 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by wimbello:
Must be the same USB port on the 10D, because I bought a USB2.0 CF card reader within a week! |
used mine once, and I don't plan on doing it again!:P |
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05/11/2004 01:34:23 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by EddyG:
Are you guys using a CardBus CF adapter?
They are considerably faster than a "plain old PCMCIA" CF adapter, topping even FireWire-based CF readers. |
Yeah that's what I meant CardBus CF adapter. PCMCIA is older, I use both interchangeably even though it's not correct. LOL The slot thingie in your laptop where you plug your CFcard/adapter combo...very practical.
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