Is size important ?

gus · March 31, 2004

Ok doods & doodettes....waxola has put me onto Buy.com & im buying some big memory there, problem is that im an idiot.

What is the big difference here between these two ?

Sandisk 1 Gig compact flash SDCFB-1000-768 @ $150 USD

or the........

Lexar 1 Gig compact flash 40x speed @ $260 USD

Thats $130 clams diff here in 0z speak...I already have a standard 128 CF card that im perfectly happy with so is it really ness to go to the high speed ?

Thanks all...god i love this site ! & i love fish specially...he sent me some grits & for that im putting him in my will, he gets my collection of boot lasts & coca cola yo-yo's.

wxwax · March 31, 2004

I reckon the biggest difference between the two cards is how fast they intake information, and how fast they output it.

I also reckon that those numbers only really matter when you're dealing with huge files from dSLRs. Or if you shoot a ton of frames in burst mode. Most of the time, a consumer camera won't stress the card. For example, I have both of the cards you mention, and for the life of me I can't detect one whit of difference in the performance.

I figure it's because my little 4mp files are a ho-hum affair for them. Gimme the 1DmkII and I'm sure it would be a different story.

Seamaiden · March 31, 2004

Well, I decided that Humun needed a bit more reassurance, so I figure a lady telling him that size doesn't matter so much as how he uses it would be helpful.

No worries.

gus · March 31, 2004

wxwax wrote:

. Or if you shoot a ton of frames in burst mode. .

Thats what i was thinking also but my standard 'slow' old card will do 3.3 frames per second so i really dont know what its all about.

Come on i know there are speed boffin's lying in wait in this group....speak now or ..etc etc

fish · March 31, 2004

Seamaiden wrote:

Well, I decided that Humun needed a bit more reassurance, so I figure a lady telling him that size doesn't matter so much as how he uses it would be helpful.

The main difference is speed and your camera may or may not be able to take advantage of it. The Lexar card also comes with a dedicated card reader, which adds a little to the price.

pathfinder · March 31, 2004

fish wrote:

The main difference is speed and your camera may or may not be able to take advantage of it. The Lexar card also comes with a dedicated card reader, which adds a little to the price.

But I usually read my Lexar 1Gb card in my Sandisk card reader that is always plugged into my PC. The only difference I see is that for very large fast file transfer - like a DSLR in multi-frame mode... Like Waxy - I use a Sandisk and a Lexas 40X interchangeably.

jimf · April 1, 2004

pathfinder wrote:

But I usually read my Lexar 1Gb card in my Sandisk card reader that is always plugged into my PC. The only difference I see is that for very large fast file transfer - like a DSLR in multi-frame mode... Like Waxy - I use a Sandisk and a Lexas 40X interchangeably.

I have both standard and 22x CF cards. On my Olympus C2500L it doesn't much matter which I use. On my Rebel the 22x card blows everything else away; it's even about twice as fast as the microdrive. This makes a huge difference if you're taking shots quickly; the difference between, say, 5 and 3 seconds per frame becomes very noticable when you've filled your shot buffer :-).

Is size important ?

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