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Does a class 10 sd card mean that the awful annoying delay on taking pictures is reduced?
Perhaps somebody could explain what this number really means..
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Does a class 10 sd card mean that the awful annoying delay on taking pictures is reduced?
Perhaps somebody could explain what this number really means..
Cheers
It depends what card you were using before. A class 10 SD card means it has a transfer rate greater than 10 MB/s (1MB/s=8Mbit/s) a class 6 card would be greater than 6MB/s and so forth.
It should be a pretty fast tranfer in real terms which is the question you asked.
Hope this helps,
Paul.
It should be a pretty fast tranfer in real terms which is the question you asked.
Hope this helps,
Paul.
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this should help.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital
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For sure the Class 10 card will accept data faster than a lower class card BUT whether it solves your delay problem depends on how fast your camera can write from the buffer to the card.
If you take the Nikon D90, for example, you need a Class 6 card to get the number of continuous shots before the buffer fills up (and you get shutter delay) that Nikon claim, but using a Class 10 doesn't improve things as the camera can't clear the buffer any faster anyway.
HTH
If you take the Nikon D90, for example, you need a Class 6 card to get the number of continuous shots before the buffer fills up (and you get shutter delay) that Nikon claim, but using a Class 10 doesn't improve things as the camera can't clear the buffer any faster anyway.
HTH
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Is the delay after shooting several shots continuosly meaning the fram buffer is full or is it all the time? In the latter case a faster card will not help, it is the camera, In the former a faster card will help by increasing the number of shots you can take before the buffer fills up, provided the camera can write to the card at its max speed.
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Hi David,
My understanding is that the higher to Mb/s the faster the information is transferred to the card. So a 10Mb/s will be far slower that a 60Mb/s, the ones I use on my 7D.
But the higher the number the more it also costs. You usually get what you pay for.
Malcolm
My understanding is that the higher to Mb/s the faster the information is transferred to the card. So a 10Mb/s will be far slower that a 60Mb/s, the ones I use on my 7D.
But the higher the number the more it also costs. You usually get what you pay for.
Malcolm