AusDLK
Famous Photographer
The SD card write times were so crappy for the supposedly high-end Hoodman RAW SD card I bought with my M8.2, I decided to buy a variety of cards and test them.
The times shown are only as accurate as my ability to hit the Start and Stop button on my iPhone stopwatch function when the read/write LED on the camera first came on and when it stopped. I repeated each test at least three times to make sure the times were more or less consistent. The time recorded is last time measured. I formatted the card in camera prior to the tests.
All cards are 4GB except for the Hoodman which is 8GB.
Card RAW RAW+Fine JPG
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Sandisk Extreme III 3.9 10.8
Kingston SDHC 4.5 11.5
Lexar 133x 6.6 14
Transcend 4.2 11.4
Hoodman 7.0 15
People have told me to toss the +Fine JPG selection but I only shoot in black and white and never want to see a color image. The JPG is necessary to see the preview image on the camera in b&w. I rarely look at these but when I do I want a b&w image.
Needless to say I've switched to the Sandisk.
Are these times consistent with what others experience?
The times shown are only as accurate as my ability to hit the Start and Stop button on my iPhone stopwatch function when the read/write LED on the camera first came on and when it stopped. I repeated each test at least three times to make sure the times were more or less consistent. The time recorded is last time measured. I formatted the card in camera prior to the tests.
All cards are 4GB except for the Hoodman which is 8GB.
Card RAW RAW+Fine JPG
============== ======= ============
Sandisk Extreme III 3.9 10.8
Kingston SDHC 4.5 11.5
Lexar 133x 6.6 14
Transcend 4.2 11.4
Hoodman 7.0 15
People have told me to toss the +Fine JPG selection but I only shoot in black and white and never want to see a color image. The JPG is necessary to see the preview image on the camera in b&w. I rarely look at these but when I do I want a b&w image.
Needless to say I've switched to the Sandisk.
Are these times consistent with what others experience?
ChrisLivsey
Veteran
Thank goodness I have Sandisk.
Looking at your sig. list, does the D700 show a similar variation in write times ?
Looking at your sig. list, does the D700 show a similar variation in write times ?
issa918
Established
D700 is 10 times faster. I used to have one and it doesn't even have to wait to save and have big buffers.
ChrisLivsey
Veteran
And that helps my GAS ?
BTW my M8u shows the same save times with Extreme III card.
Software 2.004.
Mattikk
Well-known
I wish someone did this with Sigma DP1.