johnastovall
Light Hunter - RIP 2010
I picked up a couple of SanDisk Ultra II's a 1 and 2 Gig and they seem slow. I'm speaking from using 2 and 4 Gig SanDisk Extreme III in a Canon 5D.
Will I see any gain in Raw file write speeds with the faster cards like the III's ?
Secondly does the R-D1 support the 4 Gig SDHC?
Will I see any gain in Raw file write speeds with the faster cards like the III's ?
Secondly does the R-D1 support the 4 Gig SDHC?
ddimaria
Well-known
I think it's the RD-1 that can only go so fast. All my cards seem to be about the same speed. Also, I think 2gb is the highest it can handle.
RF-Addict
Well-known
I agree, it's the RD-1. Also, I think it only handles 1GB cards. I tried a 2GB and I get the same number of pics on it as with the 1GB (I shoot RAW, maybe it's different with JPEGs). My RD-1 does have the RD-1s firmware upgrade.
ddimaria
Well-known
Mine definately recognizes the 2gd cards, I'm running the update too.
Terao
Kiloran
My R-D1 (with firmware applied) can fill a 2GB card, and I get double the number of pics as I would on a 1GB. Sandisk Extreme II...
kds315
www.macrolenses.de
I second that - 2 Gig works fine on my R-D1 with V2 firmware.
johnastovall
Light Hunter - RIP 2010
ErikFive said:
Glad to hear this, I'll be getting some 2Gig Extreme III"s as I'm very happy with them in the Canons.
LCT
ex-newbie
Are you sure your R-D1 is updated?RF-Addict said:
2GB work fine on my R-D1 (w firmware update) and R-D1s as well.
See the R-D1s manual page 9, 13 & 45:
"Accepts an SD memory card of up to 2GB capacity"
Gid
Well-known
johnastovall said:
Don't waste your money on Extreme IIIs. You get the same write speed with Ultra IIs and they are very inexpensive at the moment. Amazing how prices go - I paid just under £60 each for my Ultra II 1GB cards just over two years ago and I picked up a 2GB Ultra II last week for £24.
mwooten
light user
ErikFive said:
Nothing scientific on my part, but I think that's about the same write time I get with my regular blue Sandisk 1gig cards. Well, nothing more scientific than "one-mississippi, two-mississippi,...".
I did have the camera stop doing anything while shooting an explotion once after firing off a series of shots. It caught up with me after a moment.
Michael
Jim Watts
Still trying to See.
I don't think that there is much in it even from good quality basic cards.
Raw write from shutter click to red light out in my R-D1
Integral 512mb = 5.5 Secs
Sandisk basic 512mb 5 Secs
Lexar 133x 1Gb = 4.5 secs
Raw write from shutter click to red light out in my R-D1
Integral 512mb = 5.5 Secs
Sandisk basic 512mb 5 Secs
Lexar 133x 1Gb = 4.5 secs
LCT
ex-newbie
Shooting raw, 1/2000 second, lens cap on, LED is on for 5 seconds with Sandisk Ultra II (1GB), Sandisk Extreme III (1GB) & Transcend 150x (2GB).
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Edward Felcher
Guest
The R-D1 writes files to the SD card at the same speed with any card, from the cheapest no-name slow card to the fastest brand name card.
The only difference you will notice is if you use a card reader to transfer files to your computer, then the faster cards will transfer the files a little faster.
The only difference you will notice is if you use a card reader to transfer files to your computer, then the faster cards will transfer the files a little faster.
LCT
ex-newbie
No. Takes twice as time with a 512 MB Hagiwara SD card and 12 seconds with an old 256MB Leica.Edward Felcher said:
Didier
"Deed"
The Canon 5d has a much higher writing speed than the Epson. AFAIK the Sandisk Ultra-II are already over the Epson's speed capacity so buying faster cards won't help. Borrow a Ricoh GR-D and shoot with it in RAW mode - afterwards you'll appreciate the Epson rocket speed again!
Didier
Didier