kevin922 0 #1 May 7, 2004 Man, someone put me off on this website and my jaw dropped to see the speed diff between the d70 and all of the high end canons!! the d70 came in at 4670K/sec for raw compared to the 10d at 1384, and the 300d at 1305K/sec all with the sandisk extreme -- seems to be the fastest card out there. I thought there was some debate on here that "oh it really doesn't matter what card you use, the camera bus can only write so fast" .... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vdschoor 0 #2 May 7, 2004 QuoteMan, someone put me off on this website and my jaw dropped to see the speed diff between the d70 and all of the high end canons!! the d70 came in at 4670K/sec for raw compared to the 10d at 1384, and the 300d at 1305K/sec all with the sandisk extreme -- seems to be the fastest card out there. I thought there was some debate on here that "oh it really doesn't matter what card you use, the camera bus can only write so fast" .... I think I made that statement once.. And for the most part that is true.. 4MB/sec is something almost all cards can do. The part where you really see the difference is when you are reviewing the image... Iwan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kevin922 0 #3 May 7, 2004 QuoteQuoteMan, someone put me off on this website and my jaw dropped to see the speed diff between the d70 and all of the high end canons!! the d70 came in at 4670K/sec for raw compared to the 10d at 1384, and the 300d at 1305K/sec all with the sandisk extreme -- seems to be the fastest card out there. I thought there was some debate on here that "oh it really doesn't matter what card you use, the camera bus can only write so fast" .... I think I made that statement once.. And for the most part that is true.. 4MB/sec is something almost all cards can do. The part where you really see the difference is when you are reviewing the image... Iwan I'm not sure what you mean 4 mb/sec is something most cards can do - if most cards can do it, then why aren't most cards doing it in the cameras when tests are done?? Kevin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vdschoor 0 #4 May 7, 2004 Quote I'm not sure what you mean 4 mb/sec is something most cards can do - if most cards can do it, then why aren't most cards doing it in the cameras when tests are done?? Kevin Hmmm that is a good point, the reason I made that statement is because I didn't see a significant difference between the performance when I tested them in my digital Rebel. I just found this: http://www.dpreview.com/articles/mediacompare/ regarding speeds of cards, and I guess I openly messed up on here Iwan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
teamhypoxia 0 #5 May 7, 2004 Admittedly, I don't have a myriad of cameras or flash cards to test, but I do know from what I have that in a Canon 10d, I can put in a Lexar PRO 256mb 40X (was high dollar when I bought it) or a Lexar 256mb 4X (cheapo) cf card and get identical results in regards to shooting frames per second when shooting Jpg Large. If I set the camera to rapid fire the shutter, and hold the release down, I get 9 shots quickly (three seconds?) followed by a shot ~every second. I just tried this shooting RAW as well and if it's any slower, it's barely noticeable. If these speed differences are only reflected in the write/read speeds when transferring images to a computer, then I personally have a hard time justifying the extra $ for the "faster" cards. I have never seen any shooting speed difference in any of the cards I've put into my 10D. Bottom line for me... if a faster card would give me more frames per second when shooting, then I might shell out a few more dollars. If the difference is so nominal that I can't notice it, or if it only shows up in transferring the images, then I will buy the cheapest card I can find in the size I want Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
