High speed card really worth it?

[Rambler]

I am looking at buying a Kingston Elite card for my S400. I am using a Ritz Camera CF card that came with the camera. On this type of camera, will the higher speed card really make a difference?

Thanks in advance.

Rambler

[jrobert]

I am looking at buying a Kingston Elite card for my S400. I am using a Ritz Camera CF card that came with the camera. On this type of camera, will the higher speed card really make a difference?

Thanks in advance.

Rambler
The only way I know to find out is to try it - can you borrow a faster one from someone? My A70 will take more frames in multiple exposure mode before the buffer fills, with a Sandisk Ultra-II than it did with the Canon-supplied card (8-10 frames vs. 2-3).

-jeff-

[Photonak]

The only way I know to find out is to try it - can you borrow a faster one from someone? My A70 will take more frames in multiple exposure mode before the buffer fills, with a Sandisk Ultra-II than it did with the Canon-supplied card (8-10 frames vs. 2-3).

-jeff-

You may also see a quicker transfer from CF via the reader, if you also have USB2 port.

I second Jeff's note. I don't see any other time that you'd see the speed.

Short answer for me (with A70) is no.

Photonak

[lostdoggy]

The difference will be marginal no leaps and bounds. The high speed ones will help the newer DSLR because they have the newer DIGIC II chipset.

[Don Schaeffer]

I read somewhere that some cameras do not have the circuitry to use the high speed firmware in the card. My camera is an A70 and I think that is one camera that can't take advantage of high speed cards.

--Don

[S45_fornow...]

I am looking at buying a Kingston Elite card for my S400. I am using a Ritz Camera CF card that came with the camera. On this type of camera, will the higher speed card really make a difference?

Thanks in advance.

Rambler

High speed cards are good if you use burst-mode a lot, or have a camera with demanding movie mode (requires fast write-to speed).

USB2.0 picture uploads from your camera will also benefit, but the S400 does not support USB2.0.

[Rambler]

What do you mean by burst mode? I know someone once told me that a camera would be faster if you capture the photes in RAW instead of JPEG. I don't know what RAW is or if it is available on a S400

Rambler

[likophoto]

I really doubt that the S400 is able to shoot and save pictures in RAW format. I think it will only save them in JPEG. Usually RAW is a bigger file than JPEG, this means that it will take longer to write to the card.



Photonak mentioned a card reader. This is a must for digital cameras that don't have usb 2.0 capabilities. I bought one for my computer and can transfers pictures off the card in no time! It takes me seconds to transfer pictures instead of minutes.

[cincophoto]

I agree, a card reader is a must for any transfering of data, pictures ans so forth

[mike j]

No, the S400 doesn't take pics in RAW mode - jpegs only.

As far as burst mode is concerned, I think this is just the facility by which you hold down the shutter button and it takes photo after photo as fast as the camera can manage it - not something I do often.

I personally wouldn't bother with a higher speed card, unless there wasn't much difference in price (they can often be quite a bit more expensive)