does high speed CompactFlash card help at all?
201439
As a rule of thumb, the read/write performance will be affected by the size, but not proportionally. For example, a 4GB card will be slower than a 1GB, but not 4 times as slow. These cameras do benefit from fast card, especially when taking advantage of the burst mode. I would recommend getting the fastest card you can find. If you want high capacity and speed, it might be better to get a couple 1 or 2 GB cards.
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I understand the card slot is SD and not SDX speed so it is the equal of USB2. I've tried a VMWare 64bit XP on the card and it was sluggish with Visio. Light usage would be OK but I'd say no to any serious VM use.
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A Sandisk Ultra (15MB/s) writes at about 9-10 so anything faster would be wasted, generally. I tested shooting RAW+JPEG continuous (11-13MB per shot, max 0.9 fps) and got a small delay of 21 instead of 28 shots in 30 sec. Perhaps an Extreme III 20MB/s card would help, if the camera can in fact write any faster. The manual says class 4 for video but my 1st gen EyeFi (2.3MB/s write) keeps up fine. This is just not a camera that needs a fast card. FWIW, for burst shooting, try "low light" mode. min iso 320 and 1/4 res, but does 3 fps jpeg
148690
Any speed should be fine. What is more important is to use a name brand microSD card.
60758
I had the same question so I spoke with a Canon rep today. He recommended SanDisk but noted that the sd780is only writes up to 18-19 MB/sec. So it's essentially a waste of money to purchase a card that writes any faster than 20 MB/sec. Check this one out: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0018M256G/ref=cm_cd_asin_lnk However, faster cards are likely to write and read faster through a card reader or on your computer.
99188
You can set it to burst mode 10 frames per second. Good to have a class 10 SDHC card to, will speed up time between shots (image capture to memory).
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any high speed SD card....NOT TO EXCEED 2 GB CAMERA WON'T 'SEE' ANYTHING LARGER.
800404
Hello Carole. I've used this CardReader only for SanDisk Extreme, Ultra, etc... SDXC, SDHC cards... I've never used for Compact Flash. But I'm quite sure it will work. I suggest you to try. It's a good item. Good Luck!!!
1834761
Don't know for sure but I think the problems isn't with the size of the card but the speed of the card. It doesn't work with my 32G Lexar 1000x compact flash cards.
2164962
Yes. Some cards work better than others, but the max speed on the pi is only about 20-21 mb/s so if you get an extreme card that has 45mb/s, you will never see that speed on the pi itself. I personally run a 16gb sandisk extreme and I love it.
412539
The D800 supports a number of popular cards: Type 1 CompactFlash SD SDHC SDXC I've ordered mine and I'll be purchasing a large SDXC card to go along with it. Given the size of the pictures, smaller cards will fill up fast. For example, 64gb cards are around $60 on eBay. High speed Sandisk cards are going for around $125.00. However, 64gb Compact Flash cards are faster, but all seem to be selling north of $100. I'll have to try them both to see if the cards are a bottleneck for the data transfer from the camera. Nikon has tested and approved Sandisk and Lexar cards. Hope this helps.
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I'm not sure. I am using Sony SDHC 32 GB cards, with a transfer rate of up to 40mb/s, which should be more than sufficient for the format I'm capturing. It seems to be working fine. I don't know why there would be any difference in quality between the cards. As long as the card can capture the video sufficiently fast, quality shouldn't be an issue. The quality comes from the lens and sensors.
1987843
Fast ones. Samsung and SanDisk make high speed cards that have worked well for me. Iny experience 50mbps iprovides the highest quality video on the GH3.
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I've seen benchmark tests of various SD/SDHC cards and there do see to be speed differences according to brand. SanDisk is usually at or somewhere near the top so they're a safe bet.If you have an old SD card reader then you may well need to replace it. If you have documentation for the reader and it doesn't list being able to read cards above 2GB then it might be too old to support SDHC cards.
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Can anyone tell me if this is compatible with Windows7 using a compact flash card?
921588
Yes, but that is the max speed, average is about 3 to 3.5, on my old laptop anyway. I got a new one for Christmas and it has no place to plug in this card so I gave it to my son (along with the old laptop), he is in CA now or I would test it again.
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Consider these factors when choosing the size of your Compact Flash card. By the way, make sure the Compact Flash is a high speed card. I've been using SanDisk's Ultra II series which is a good performer for the money. Some of the faster brand name cards include Lexar's 80x Professional/Platinum Series cards, SanDisk's Extreme III Series, and just about any memory from Delkin. By the way, higher speed cards do increase the price of the card by a significant amount.