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Faster SD card cuts shot-to-shot time
Faster SD card cuts shot-to-shot time
I've tried 3 SD cards in my Pentax Optio 4Si - Belkin efilm, Kingston, and PQI. The first two appear to be standard (256MB), the PQI is a fast card (512MB). PQI doesn't claim any particular speed on its packaging, but i've seen tests (mostly from PDA-land) that show PQI as a fast card. I did the following test: turn off instant review mode, go into continuous shot mode, point camera at a plain background, and see how many shots i get in 1 minute. I subtract two from the "score" because the 4Si has a two shot buffer, which continues to empty after i release the shoot button. With continuous mode i don't think it is refocusing between, but not sure about that. With the 2 standard cards, i got 12 (14 - 2) shots in a minute, with the fast PQI card i got 30 shots. Shot to shot times (after first two shots) of 5 sec w/ standard cards, 2 sec w/ fast card. |
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