Re: Photogs: CF card write speeds

**"* P* L* <t*@spamfodder.com>**

> For you photogs out there, I recently took advantage of a CF card deal at
> Frys.com. My only disappointment was that write speed is only about 60X
> (speed was not advertised  should have been a clue). So I decided to do an
> informal test.

For those of you wanting more information on memory card write speeds,
this URL might help:

   http://hort.net/+1hXT

Basically, it tells you what a memory card corresponds to in terms
of write speeds -- 60x means that it can write 9MB/s.

In my case, using a Nikon D200 at a sustained rate of 5fps with 
high quality 10 megapixel images (averaging about 4MB each), I'd need 
a card that can handle 20MB/s.  Their table shows that would mean
a 133x or greater card.

Many of the newer cards forgo this multiplying factor and just list
the MB/s, so you can work backwards to figure out what might work 
for a given camera as well.

Chris

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