After reading your mail I thought that I had better re-check the write speed
of the E-1 with the Sandisk Extreme III and Ultra II (1GB cards).
I found that writing a full 12-shot buffer of RAW images took 41 seconds
with the Ultra II, whilst the Extreme III took 31 seconds. So the Extreme
III is quite significantly faster than the Ultra II in the E-1.
I think that I must have confused the results that I got when testing the
same cards with my C-7070, where there was no measurable difference.
Roger Key
>From: "Piers Hemy" <piers@xxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [OM] Re: Does anyone know the write speed for E-xxx cameras ?
>Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 14:47:18 +0100
>
>
>And on the same basis I can say that the E-1 *does* gain from using a 2GB
>Lexar WA 133x compared to a 2GB SanDisk Ultra II. The write acceleration
>does indeed act as the name suggests.
>
>--
>Piers
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>Of Roger Key
>Sent: 15 May 2007 14:37
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Re: Does anyone know the write speed for E-xxx cameras ?
>
>
>From my own experience with an E-1, E-500, and E-330, I can say that the
>E-1
>gains nothing from using a SanDisk Extreme III rather than an Ultra II. The
>E-500 and E-330 gain about 50% by using an Extreme III. I believe that the
>E-300 shows similar gains. I assume that all later Oly DSLR's also benefit
>from the Extreme III. I do not think that the Extreme IV has shown to be an
>improvement over the III for any Oly DSLR, and probably not for any other
>DSLR as yet...
>
>Roger Key
>
>
> >From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> >To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [OM] Re: Does anyone know the write speed for E-xxx cameras ?
> >Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 20:54:14 -0400
> >
> >When dpreview does a full camera review they always give image write
> >performance using various cards. Write performance is generally
> >constrained by the camera but the E-330 seems pretty quick. The test
> >results at <http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/olympuse330/page11.asp>
> >show that the E-330 can make good use of a SanDisk Extreme III or a
> >Lexar 133X. Both perform much better than a SanDisk Ultra II. On a
> >Canyon 5D, however, the the Extreme III will beat an Ultra II but only
> >by about 5%. Whether the E-330 can make use of the extra performance
> >of the
> >(hyped) 266X card would be difficult to say. I suspect that you'll
> >find that the 266X is marginally faster and you'll have to evaluate the
> >price difference and take the rest on faith. I just bought an 8GB
> >Lexar 133X since Adorama had a whopping $70 rebate on it which brought
> >the price down from $120 to $50. My last CF card purchase was a 2GB
> >Ultra II for $40 which I was happy to pay at the time.
> >
> >Chuck Norcutt
> >
> >Rand E wrote:
> > > I was reading a computer mag today and saw that there are CF
> > > cards available that are 266X (Transcend 8GB 266X).
> > > Of course I drooled a bit at the thought of one. But then I
> > > wondered if my camera could utilize that kind of write speed.
> > > I have an E-300 and an E-500 now but hope to move on to an E-330
> > > in the future ( for my eyes, you understand ).
> > > So, I looked through the manuals that I have but was not able to
> > > find and figures for the write speed of the cameras.
> > > Anybody have this information ?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Rand E.
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