This subject was hashed around about a week ago if you can dig back and find
it. I think I'm correct in stating that the CP5700 can NOT take advantage of
the faster cards. I own a CP5700 and use it almost exclusively for RAW
files. Yes, it takes a bit over a minute to completely write a RAW file, and
three shots in quick succession will stop your shooting for at least three
minutes. Regardless, this particular camera suits my needs very well and I
haven't seen one I really want to trade for. The slow write speed is
probably my biggest gripe.

"JS" wrote in message
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Hi,

I have a coolpix 5700 that I'm reasonably happy with, but lately I've
been more and more annoyed at the time it takes to write the raw photo
to the compact flash card. I realize I'm writing almost 7 megs worth
of data, but it's taking what feels like a minute per shot (probably
closer to 30 seconds, I'll admit I haven't timed it). I can also only
take about 3 raw photos before I have to wait a few minutes for the
camera to write its buffer to the card.

Is this normal?

I've seen the ads for the high speed cards, 45x!, 32x!, super fast!,
yadda, yadda, yadda, but do the really work? Will the 5700 actually
write the picture to the card faster on these cards? Is this just
marketing? Or do only the newer cameras take advantage of the high
speed cards? I've been lusting after the 8 megapixel models like the
8700, the digital rebel, and the pentax (I forget the model), so I'm
curious if this is an even worse problem on the bigger data files.

Thanks for any suggestions.