tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312640351553996069.post1323570401659603674..comments2023-04-03T13:03:08.797+01:00Comments on David's photography blog: Kent Wedding Photographer - UDMA cardsDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01637794816032625118noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312640351553996069.post-4598388025667404482008-11-20T10:32:00.000+00:002008-11-20T10:32:00.000+00:00Absolutely George - reliability comes first.I've n...Absolutely George - reliability comes first.<BR/><BR/>I've never heard of Transcend memory cards - are they reliable? SanDisk CF cards have never let me down and so I'll stick with them until they do.<BR/><BR/>For those braver than I the comparison is:<BR/><BR/>A SanDisk Ducati 8Gb (293x, 298x read, write) costs £72.<BR/><BR/>A Transcend 8Gb (309x, 249x) costs £50.<BR/><BR/>The price difference, from my perspective, is totally irrelevant.<BR/><BR/>I bought these cards without even considering video use. They're just to ensure I don't have to wait for the camera to catch up when shooting RAW.<BR/><BR/>Yours,<BR/><BR/>DavidDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01637794816032625118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312640351553996069.post-16543393035654483622008-11-20T10:02:00.000+00:002008-11-20T10:02:00.000+00:00You can see some real-world card result on this li...You can see some real-world card result on this link. The Ducati is not the best performing card, but you might prefer it in terms of reliability.<BR/><BR/>http://www.hjreggel.de/cardspeed/<BR/><BR/>This shows the Transcend 300x UDMA card hitting 51.34MB/s read and 49.7MB.s write (Ducati is 43MB). I've not checked but I guess the Transcend card is probably cheaper.<BR/><BR/>The video support requires 8Mb/s so you probably get away with lower spec cards of higher capacity (16GB = 30min).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312640351553996069.post-64984393159577224012008-11-18T14:41:00.000+00:002008-11-18T14:41:00.000+00:00Hi,I bought it in spite of the fact that it has a ...Hi,<BR/><BR/>I bought it in spite of the fact that it has a motorbike on the card! ;-)<BR/><BR/>The Ducati card has a transfer rate of 45 Mb/second and can be purchased for £71.99. The Extreme IV card is 40 Mb/second and costs £69.99. I was happy to pay the extra £2 for this slight gain!<BR/><BR/>I would never use a card larger than this. I'd rather have 4 cards with 150 shots on each one, than one card with 600 shots on. Risk management!<BR/><BR/>Yours,<BR/><BR/>DavidDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01637794816032625118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312640351553996069.post-70954055970990643942008-11-18T14:19:00.000+00:002008-11-18T14:19:00.000+00:00David are you a secret motocycle racing fan? :)Thi...David are you a secret motocycle racing fan? :)<BR/><BR/>This card is actually no different to the Sandisk Extreme IV - which is also a little cheaper and a better option for video on the 5DMk2 as it comes in sizes greater than 8GB.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com