meteor_phoenix
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I am looking for a 256M compact flash card. Which one is the fastest, Lexar 12X, Sandisk Ultra, or Viking CF256M? Thanks!
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fastest compact flash for 7i?
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Peter Marina
Leading Member
Viking is the fastest hands down. Youshould also consider the Transcend. I payed 104$us for my 256mb CF from http://www.mydigitaldiscount.com If you pend a litle more on a CF reader, the shipping is free within the US.
Hope this helps...
Peter Marina
PS: stay away from sandisk and sandisk ulta. They are among the slowest.
Peter Marina
Hope this helps...
Peter Marina
PS: stay away from sandisk and sandisk ulta. They are among the slowest.
--I am looking for a 256M compact flash card. Which one is the
fastest, Lexar 12X, Sandisk Ultra, or Viking CF256M? Thanks!
Peter Marina
Jon W77861
Forum Enthusiast
We have the Viking and it works well. I believe a tad under 2MB/sec is the tops the D7/D7i can do, and the Viking easily exceeds that.
Check Phil's review of storage cards, he timed a whole bunch of them. Really you can consider any of them that did 2MB/sec or better on writes.
Ridata is pretty popular for both price and speed as well, but we got a good deal on the Viking when Amazon was running a $20 off $100 or more purchase which brought the 256MB Viking down close to $80.
Check Phil's review of storage cards, he timed a whole bunch of them. Really you can consider any of them that did 2MB/sec or better on writes.
Ridata is pretty popular for both price and speed as well, but we got a good deal on the Viking when Amazon was running a $20 off $100 or more purchase which brought the 256MB Viking down close to $80.
meteor_phoenix
New member
Thanks a lot! I had thought sandisk ultra is faster since it can write up to
2.8M/s while lexar comes in the second with a 12X (1.8M/s) speed.
2.8M/s while lexar comes in the second with a 12X (1.8M/s) speed.
Hope this helps...
Peter Marina
PS: stay away from sandisk and sandisk ulta. They are among the
slowest.
--I am looking for a 256M compact flash card. Which one is the
fastest, Lexar 12X, Sandisk Ultra, or Viking CF256M? Thanks!
Peter Marina
Aaron Bredon
Forum Enthusiast
Based on user tests at:
http://webpages.charter.net/bbiggers/DCExperiments/html/dimage_flash_card_speeds.html
The fastest cards are:
Viking, Kingston, and Lexar 12x
There is no significant differences between them in speed.
Sandisk Ultra is slower - it is one of the slowest cards for the 7i
Also look at the problem reports on that page - there are some
cards that don't work well at all.
http://webpages.charter.net/bbiggers/DCExperiments/html/dimage_flash_card_speeds.html
The fastest cards are:
Viking, Kingston, and Lexar 12x
There is no significant differences between them in speed.
Sandisk Ultra is slower - it is one of the slowest cards for the 7i
Also look at the problem reports on that page - there are some
cards that don't work well at all.
I am looking for a 256M compact flash card. Which one is the
fastest, Lexar 12X, Sandisk Ultra, or Viking CF256M? Thanks!
meteor_phoenix
New member
Do you recommend IBM 1G microdrive or Ridata 512M for 7i? Thanks.
We have the Viking and it works well. I believe a tad under 2MB/sec
is the tops the D7/D7i can do, and the Viking easily exceeds that.
Check Phil's review of storage cards, he timed a whole bunch of
them. Really you can consider any of them that did 2MB/sec or
better on writes.
Ridata is pretty popular for both price and speed as well, but we
got a good deal on the Viking when Amazon was running a $20 off
$100 or more purchase which brought the 256MB Viking down close to
$80.
William West
Senior Member
Are you saying, if there were a 50X compact flash card, a 50X cardWe have the Viking and it works well. I believe a tad under 2MB/sec
is the tops the D7/D7i can do..........
would not work any faster than a 25X card in a D7/D7i to record
an image, where everything else was equal? Or, are you talking
about USB 1.1 transfer rates from camera to computer?
William
I wonder why nobody mentions the Lexar 24x as (theoretically) the fastest CF in town.
http://webpages.charter.net/bbiggers/DCExperiments/html/dimage_flash_card_speeds.html
The fastest cards are:
Viking, Kingston, and Lexar 12x
There is no significant differences between them in speed.
Sandisk Ultra is slower - it is one of the slowest cards for the 7i
Also look at the problem reports on that page - there are some
cards that don't work well at all.
I am looking for a 256M compact flash card. Which one is the
fastest, Lexar 12X, Sandisk Ultra, or Viking CF256M? Thanks!
Peter Marina
Leading Member
Look at this sire and juge for your self. remeber not to pull your hair out.... Cheers
http://www.robgalbraith.com/media/compactflash/index.html
Peter Marina
Peter Marina
http://www.robgalbraith.com/media/compactflash/index.html
Peter Marina
--http://webpages.charter.net/bbiggers/DCExperiments/html/dimage_flash_card_speeds.html
The fastest cards are:
Viking, Kingston, and Lexar 12x
There is no significant differences between them in speed.
Sandisk Ultra is slower - it is one of the slowest cards for the 7i
Also look at the problem reports on that page - there are some
cards that don't work well at all.
I am looking for a 256M compact flash card. Which one is the
fastest, Lexar 12X, Sandisk Ultra, or Viking CF256M? Thanks!
Peter Marina
Aaron Bredon
Forum Enthusiast
The 12x Lexar is already capable of writing faster than the Dimage 7i can send the data, so there is no speed boost from anything faster.
http://webpages.charter.net/bbiggers/DCExperiments/html/dimage_flash_card_speeds.html
The fastest cards are:
Viking, Kingston, and Lexar 12x
There is no significant differences between them in speed.
Sandisk Ultra is slower - it is one of the slowest cards for the 7i
Also look at the problem reports on that page - there are some
cards that don't work well at all.
I am looking for a 256M compact flash card. Which one is the
fastest, Lexar 12X, Sandisk Ultra, or Viking CF256M? Thanks!
Peter Marina
Leading Member
Very true, but if you could get a faster CF for the same price, wouldnt that be a better purchace down the road? Even if the D7i doesnt take advantage of the extra speed, your next camera might. Also the CF might have a better reale value.
Peter Marina
Peter Marina
Peter Marina
--http://webpages.charter.net/bbiggers/DCExperiments/html/dimage_flash_card_speeds.html
The fastest cards are:
Viking, Kingston, and Lexar 12x
There is no significant differences between them in speed.
Sandisk Ultra is slower - it is one of the slowest cards for the 7i
Also look at the problem reports on that page - there are some
cards that don't work well at all.
I am looking for a 256M compact flash card. Which one is the
fastest, Lexar 12X, Sandisk Ultra, or Viking CF256M? Thanks!
Peter Marina
Peter Marina
Leading Member
"resale value" is what my typo wa all about!
sorry for the waste of bandwith.
Peter Marina
sorry for the waste of bandwith.
--Peter Marina
--http://webpages.charter.net/bbiggers/DCExperiments/html/dimage_flash_card_speeds.html
The fastest cards are:
Viking, Kingston, and Lexar 12x
There is no significant differences between them in speed.
Sandisk Ultra is slower - it is one of the slowest cards for the 7i
Also look at the problem reports on that page - there are some
cards that don't work well at all.
I am looking for a 256M compact flash card. Which one is the
fastest, Lexar 12X, Sandisk Ultra, or Viking CF256M? Thanks!
Peter Marina
Peter Marina
Jon W77861
Forum Enthusiast
There are all sorts of speed limitations.:
All the following limit the speed:
1) The camera;
2) The flash card;
3) The compact flash interface design;
4) USB 1.x
Firewire and full speed USB 2.0 are both much faster then any of the above, and are not a limiting factor.
A 50X card would be capable of 7.5MB/sec which would be real close to the limit of the compact flash interface, and much much faster then the D7 or D7i can write to the card. So while you might be able to read the files faster in to your PC if you had say a firewire reader, you wouldn't be able to take pictures any faster with a 50X card then 12X one.
All the following limit the speed:
1) The camera;
2) The flash card;
3) The compact flash interface design;
4) USB 1.x
Firewire and full speed USB 2.0 are both much faster then any of the above, and are not a limiting factor.
A 50X card would be capable of 7.5MB/sec which would be real close to the limit of the compact flash interface, and much much faster then the D7 or D7i can write to the card. So while you might be able to read the files faster in to your PC if you had say a firewire reader, you wouldn't be able to take pictures any faster with a 50X card then
Jon W77861
Forum Enthusiast
Read Phil's review of Digital Film.
Anything 12X or better will be fast enough for the D7/D7i. Get as fast as you can, but there's no reason to pay a premium for performance your camera won't use, and just make sure it's compatible with the D7.
Write speed summary:
Micro Drive 22X
Pretec 16X
Ridata 16X
SimpleTech 15X
Fuji 15X
Transcend 15X
Viking at 14X
Lexar Pro 14X
Microtech 14X
Delkin 12X
SanDisk Ultra 12X
Anything 12X or better will be fast enough for the D7/D7i. Get as fast as you can, but there's no reason to pay a premium for performance your camera won't use, and just make sure it's compatible with the D7.
Write speed summary:
Micro Drive 22X
Pretec 16X
Ridata 16X
SimpleTech 15X
Fuji 15X
Transcend 15X
Viking at 14X
Lexar Pro 14X
Microtech 14X
Delkin 12X
SanDisk Ultra 12X
Jon W77861
Forum Enthusiast
On Bryan's web page that you linked to, one of the San Disk Ultra's delivered a 12.5sec raw file write. That's top notch speed.
Keep in mind the tests are user reported and the conditions of the testing is going to be much more varied then if a single reviewer conducted them.
Also be sure to look in the section titled "D7 Times: This table is from cameras with 121 or 122 firmware only." Until he adds a new section, those should be the closest in speed to the D7i.
Keep in mind the tests are user reported and the conditions of the testing is going to be much more varied then if a single reviewer conducted them.
Also be sure to look in the section titled "D7 Times: This table is from cameras with 121 or 122 firmware only." Until he adds a new section, those should be the closest in speed to the D7i.
my 12X Lexar cards (3- 256MB & 1- 128MB) all write a RAW file in 11.4 secs.
they are capable of writng faster, but the 7i is not.
the 24X seems sweet, but who is gonna buy a camera $$$ that can make use of them.........believe me, no one is more "anal" than me when it comes to having the best accessories, but the 24X is not worth the moolah.
they are capable of writng faster, but the 7i is not.
the 24X seems sweet, but who is gonna buy a camera $$$ that can make use of them.........believe me, no one is more "anal" than me when it comes to having the best accessories, but the 24X is not worth the moolah.
On Bryan's web page that you linked to, one of the San Disk Ultra's
delivered a 12.5sec raw file write. That's top notch speed.
Keep in mind the tests are user reported and the conditions of the
testing is going to be much more varied then if a single reviewer
conducted them.
Also be sure to look in the section titled "D7 Times: This table is
from cameras with 121 or 122 firmware only." Until he adds a new
section, those should be the closest in speed to the D7i.
E
engbert
Guest
The "Ultra" is misleading. My Sandisk ultra 256 mb takes 24 seconds to save a RAW tile. My Kingston 256 mb takes 9 seconds. I do not know if this is typical, or I just got a slow one.
Remember that this is not much of an issue unless you are saving RAW or tiff files, because with the jpegs buffering covers a lot of the problem.
Remember that this is not much of an issue unless you are saving RAW or tiff files, because with the jpegs buffering covers a lot of the problem.
Hope this helps...
Peter Marina
PS: stay away from sandisk and sandisk ulta. They are among the
slowest.
--I am looking for a 256M compact flash card. Which one is the
fastest, Lexar 12X, Sandisk Ultra, or Viking CF256M? Thanks!
Peter Marina
Emmanuel54656
Leading Member
Hey, how comes your Sandisk Ultra is so slow. On my D7 it takes 12 seconds to transfer a RAW file. My Ridata 256MB is about the same speed.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel
Remember that this is not much of an issue unless you are saving
RAW or tiff files, because with the jpegs buffering covers a lot of
the problem.
Hope this helps...
Peter Marina
PS: stay away from sandisk and sandisk ulta. They are among the
slowest.
--I am looking for a 256M compact flash card. Which one is the
fastest, Lexar 12X, Sandisk Ultra, or Viking CF256M? Thanks!
Peter Marina
9 SECONDS........WOW that is a real fast card..........the fastest Kingston to date only wrote a RAW file in 10.4 seconds........you have an exceptional card or camera, or a real fast stopwatch.........;-)
Remember that this is not much of an issue unless you are saving
RAW or tiff files, because with the jpegs buffering covers a lot of
the problem.
Hope this helps...
Peter Marina
PS: stay away from sandisk and sandisk ulta. They are among the
slowest.
--I am looking for a 256M compact flash card. Which one is the
fastest, Lexar 12X, Sandisk Ultra, or Viking CF256M? Thanks!
Peter Marina
Jon W77861
Forum Enthusiast
Oh, I agree. I wouldn't pay a premium for anything faster then 12X for a D7/D7i, but my reply was to Aaron's comment that the Sandisk Ultra was slow. It may not be a good value, but it doesn't appear to be slow.believe me, no one is more "anal" than me
when it comes to having the best accessories, but the 24X is not
worth the moolah.
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