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November 5th 04, 07:39 AM
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SD cards - ordinary or high speed - what's the difference?
SD cards - ordinary or high speed - what's the difference?
What difference would I notice? Are they a lot more expensive? Are they worth it? What are the good makes? -- Chris 
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November 5th 04, 10:10 AM
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Chris wrote: SD cards - ordinary or high speed - what's the difference? What difference would I notice? Are they a lot more expensive? Are they worth it? What are the good makes? Most P/S cameras cannot really take advantage of high speed memory cards. The bottleneck in writing to the memory card is the P/S camera itself. Many upscale SLRs have advanced software and can write very fast. If you are into rapid shooting of sports events with an upscale SLR it will pay to have a high speed card, but with most P/S cameras you probably won't see any significant difference in shooting speed. However, you will see a significant difference in download speed to your computer if you use a Firewire or USB 2 card reader. I have not seen any difference in reliability or performance vs brand name. They all work well. Bob Williams
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November 5th 04, 10:10 AM
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Chris wrote: SD cards - ordinary or high speed - what's the difference? What difference would I notice? Are they a lot more expensive? Are they worth it? What are the good makes? Most P/S cameras cannot really take advantage of high speed memory cards. The bottleneck in writing to the memory card is the P/S camera itself. Many upscale SLRs have advanced software and can write very fast. If you are into rapid shooting of sports events with an upscale SLR it will pay to have a high speed card, but with most P/S cameras you probably won't see any significant difference in shooting speed. However, you will see a significant difference in download speed to your computer if you use a Firewire or USB 2 card reader. I have not seen any difference in reliability or performance vs brand name. They all work well. Bob Williams
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November 5th 04, 10:22 AM
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"Bob Williams" wrote in message ... Chris wrote: SD cards - ordinary or high speed - what's the difference? What difference would I notice? Are they a lot more expensive? Are they worth it? What are the good makes? Most P/S cameras cannot really take advantage of high speed memory cards. The bottleneck in writing to the memory card is the P/S camera itself. Many upscale SLRs have advanced software and can write very fast. If you are into rapid shooting of sports events with an upscale SLR it will pay to have a high speed card, but with most P/S cameras you probably won't see any significant difference in shooting speed. However, you will see a significant difference in download speed to your computer if you use a Firewire or USB 2 card reader. I have not seen any difference in reliability or performance vs brand name. They all work well. Bob Williams My Minolta Z3 refuses to take more than 5 seconds 640x480 video at 30fps with a standard SD card, I guess that's as much as it's own internal memory can hold. I'm waiting for a high speed 1GB SD card to arrive, if anyone in the UK wants one search ebuyer.co.uk for a Kingmax card, £59 inc VAT & free delivery.
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November 5th 04, 10:22 AM
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"Bob Williams" wrote in message ... Chris wrote: SD cards - ordinary or high speed - what's the difference? What difference would I notice? Are they a lot more expensive? Are they worth it? What are the good makes? Most P/S cameras cannot really take advantage of high speed memory cards. The bottleneck in writing to the memory card is the P/S camera itself. Many upscale SLRs have advanced software and can write very fast. If you are into rapid shooting of sports events with an upscale SLR it will pay to have a high speed card, but with most P/S cameras you probably won't see any significant difference in shooting speed. However, you will see a significant difference in download speed to your computer if you use a Firewire or USB 2 card reader. I have not seen any difference in reliability or performance vs brand name. They all work well. Bob Williams My Minolta Z3 refuses to take more than 5 seconds 640x480 video at 30fps with a standard SD card, I guess that's as much as it's own internal memory can hold. I'm waiting for a high speed 1GB SD card to arrive, if anyone in the UK wants one search ebuyer.co.uk for a Kingmax card, £59 inc VAT & free delivery.
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