Timing & Performance

In use the P-2000 doesn't feel sluggish, nor does it seem particularly speedy. Scrolling through large images or pages of thumbnails can seem slow at first, but as the P-2000 caches the data it gets much faster the next time you look at the same images/thumbnails. Transfer speeds are very respectable (though you'll still get a lot faster using a FireWire or USB 2.0 CF reader directly attached to your computer).

Timing Notes

All times calculated as an average of three operations.

Action	Details	Time, secs
Power: On	Complete boot-up process	6.4
Power: Off	All activity ceased	4.3
Display 12 thumbnails	First time	11
	Once cached *1	2
Thumbnail to full screen image	3 megapixel JPEG	1.6
	5 megapixel JPEG	1.8
	7 megapixel JPEG	2.2
	Once cached *1	0.9
Play: image to image	3 megapixel JPEG	1.5
	5 megapixel JPEG	1.7
	7 megapixel JPEG	3.2
	Once cached *1	0.5
Zoom (magnify) image	First step (2x), 3 megapixel	1.6
	To maximum zoom, 3 megapixel	6
Zoom (magnify) image	First step (2x), 7 megapixel	2.5
	To maximum zoom, 7 megapixel	6
Action	Details	Time, seconds
Copy from card, CompactFlash	1GB Sandisk Ultra II, 956MB, 544 files*2	469
Copy from card, SD	512MB Sandisk Ultra II, 492MB, 270 files*2	210
Copy from one album to another	956MB, 544 files	444

So, at around 7 minutes and 50 seconds to download a 1GB CompactFlash card stuffed with over 540 files, the P-2000 compares favorably with a USB card reader or laptop PC card slot, but is nowhere near as fast as CardBus or a FireWire/USB 2.0 reader. To copy a smaller 256MB CompactFlash card takes around two minutes (although obviously these figures presume a fairly fast card in the first place).

Transfer rates

All measurements are the average of six tests. In each case a mixture of 3, 4, 5 and 7 megapixel JPEG and raw files, plus a couple of small AVI movies were copied to (and from) the P-2000 in 'chunks' of between 64MB and 950MB to attempt to recreate real-world usage.