On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 03:27:36 -0600, Ron Hunter wrote:
Daniel Silevitch wrote:
According to the review of the 740 at
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/kodakz740/page4.asp
the burst mode is quite slow, as is the write-to-card operation. I
wouldn't bother with the more expensive fast cards.

The only real advantage of a fast card on a camera below professional
quality is the speed of use when plugged into a card reader to transfer
the pictures to a computer. This operation can take ages on a slow card
that is full of images.

The higher-end consumer P&S models can use the speed of the faster
cards. Anything with a continuous burst mode above 1 fps will need at
least a couple of megabytes per second worth of bandwidth, and that
means a fast card. Cameras at the $400ish point hit that mark. Also, if
you want to shoot in TIFF or RAW rather than JPG, a fast card makes the
difference between 2 or 3 seconds and 10 or 15, again looking at cameras
in the $400-500 range.

-dms