Memory Cards

[Marshy]

Just ordered a 1gb 8speed card for £41.00 to try , not bad value on the face of it . Does anyone actually know if the speeds make a difference i fancied a lexar 80speed but mainly because i have always used that make without any problems .

[rpcm]

I may be wrong and will propably be put right but I don't think that Canon cameras canget the best from the high speed lexar as they don't use Write Acceleration.

[kevin_c]

I have a couple of Lexar 80x cards (512Mb) as someone told me a 20D firing off 'like a machine gun' at 5fps would need a fast card to write to. But I can't help thinking that the cameras 'buffer' would write to the card whilst you are using it and you could therefore get away with a slower card (It may run out of memory sooner though I suppose?) Any thoughts?

[Nill Toulme]

The bible for CF performance is Rob Galbraith's CF Performance Database, here:

http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007

Nill
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www.toulme.net

[kevin_c]

The bible for CF performance is Rob Galbraith's CF Performance Database, here:

http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007

Nill
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www.toulme.net (http://www.toulme.net)

Thanks for that Nill - I think I will stick with the faster (more expensive!) cards.

[Todd Jacobsen]

One has to be very carefull when using CANON gear and quoting Lexar CF speeds.

Lexar quoted speeds require WMA (sw by Lexar) to be utilized by the hardware utilizing their CF device. Canon DSLR's do not yet (10D/20D specifically) utilize WMA. Therefore, the speed one gets from a Lexar 80X card is NOT 80X when utilizing Canon gear.

[kevin_c]

Anybody know do they compare with the Sandisk 66x Ultra II's?
I am looking for a new 1 or 2Gb card and these are a bit cheaper than the (so called) 80x Lexar's.
I don't tend to use my 20D for fast rapid-fire shooting so fast writing to the card is not a major issue, although I suppose the time to download from the card reader to the PC will suffer - I shoot mainly lanscape and architecture etc. fields and buildings don't move very quickly :D

[Jon]

Your best bet is to check Rob Galbraith (link above). He's tested the SanDisk Ultra IIs and Extremes along with the Lexars in most of the current line of DSLRs.

[dng]

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[Salleke]

I may be wrong and will propably be put right but I don't think that Canon cameras canget the best from the high speed lexar as they don't use Write Acceleration.

You are very right. Last week i recieved my new Sandisk 2 Gb Extreme III and always tought that it wil be much faster then my 1 Gb Sandisk standard. But they perform the same in a 20 D. The Extreme III CF is more expensive but do not perform faster.
Altough Rob Galbright Card Bible stated otherwise in saying that de Extreme III perform faster, but it's not at all faster after the tests i have done in my 20 D.
These 2 cards make the same picture counts in the same time when the camera is set to 5 fps. And clearing the camerabuffer takes the samen time whit the 2 CF cards. I'm very disappointed in this Extreme III card in use with my 20 D.

[UK_Terry]

Just had a trip to Poland whilst there I picked up a

Kingston Elite Pro 1024mb £43.00

works fine in my 10D & S45 (movie mode)

any one know about this make...speed, reliability etc ?