kchfamly
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What size of memory?
Olympus C-5050 Storage cards
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kchfamly
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How long of a write time are we talking about with a regular card (sandisc etc) longer than the flash recharge? I am about to by a card but I dont want to over kill or buy a snail. I just an amatuer.
Thanks John
Thanks John
including the 5050 have an internal buffer which will hold several shots. The faster cards will allow you to shoot faster once its full, as they "drain" quicker.
If you're shooting with the internal flash in "auto" mode then it is completely immaterial as the flash will essentially fire at or near full power, and the recharge time dominates. If you are, however, sync'ing to an external flash then its an entirely different matter, as many of them can recharge VERY quickly.
The Ridata 1GB card is available online for right around $200, which compares very well with the "slower" cards such as the SanDisk. I'd get the faster one since, all things being equal, the faster card is more "future proof" (if you get a better camera in the future it won't be the bottleneck!)
If you're shooting with the internal flash in "auto" mode then it is completely immaterial as the flash will essentially fire at or near full power, and the recharge time dominates. If you are, however, sync'ing to an external flash then its an entirely different matter, as many of them can recharge VERY quickly.
The Ridata 1GB card is available online for right around $200, which compares very well with the "slower" cards such as the SanDisk. I'd get the faster one since, all things being equal, the faster card is more "future proof" (if you get a better camera in the future it won't be the bottleneck!)
Gensis is right about shot to shot times on the 5050
but one thing is that the memory cards you use is that it will affect it and usually like in most things you get what you pay for in memory cards. Current king of the hill in CF memory cards is Ridata as they are the fastest ones on the market.
there are a couple of companies who claim they are faster but this is with a write assist technology that only works in certain high end digital SLRs but with out it there no faster then this companies normal cards.
if you want to see a comparison of various media cards read this article
http://www.dpreview.com/articles/mediacompare/
but one thing is that the memory cards you use is that it will affect it and usually like in most things you get what you pay for in memory cards. Current king of the hill in CF memory cards is Ridata as they are the fastest ones on the market.
there are a couple of companies who claim they are faster but this is with a write assist technology that only works in certain high end digital SLRs but with out it there no faster then this companies normal cards.
if you want to see a comparison of various media cards read this article
http://www.dpreview.com/articles/mediacompare/
There seems to be some differences as far as CF card and camera are concerned. Some CF card seems to work faster with certain cameras but not with all camera.
Beside dpreview, a couple of other sites I found that have pretty extensive CF cards in their speed test.
http://www.molon.de/imaging/5050writetime/
http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007
Beside dpreview, a couple of other sites I found that have pretty extensive CF cards in their speed test.
http://www.molon.de/imaging/5050writetime/
http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007
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