A-Data 4GB 266x Compact Flash Card Speed Test on Nikon D200

[MrYoda1972]

hi. nice demo. i currently have a Nikon D60, and im thinking of buying a used D200 (body) for $550. do you think this would be a good buy for a older model? or should i go for the new D90 body for around $800.

[bentse]

Yes, if the speed reported is correct but I noticed that some brand inflate their rating and doesn't give enough substain write rate.

[dewatandas]

i'm very new in SLR, i just bought Canon 300D, but the CF included was a 32mb card. too small. so i'm planning to buy 4gb Kingstone, is there a lot difference between 133x and 266x cf card? tq

[TMASR001]

So how is Compact Flash different from SD Cards?

[darthsmidge]

just faster data transfer i think

[CerBEER]

d200 can write just 10Mb/s no matter how fast card is.

[73irdman]

that really slow for a 266x I have the same mp's as you and a kingston ult. 266x and it easily writes 10 RAW in 8 sec.

[adminforego2]

266x is how many MBps (mega bytes per second)

[73irdman]

around 40-45

[Filiu1]

Good card,good camera.

[bentse]

This meant to be a CF card speed test, not camera test. Thanks for viewing.

[somejoeschmoe]

you don't need to be shooting 18-21 continuous shots in RAW anyway, unless you're a moron. the card's fine; choose your shots wisely.

[lazlobass]

except action sports sequences. I've shot 24 frame sequences and still come up short

[dinksong]

Jeez... so slow!

[bentse]

Extreme IV is good but pretty expensive.

Unless you have UDMA on your camera, the Sony 133x and the Transcend 120x,133x are pretty good.

[isma3000]

A-data?? try Extreme IV 4 Gb ;-)

[bentse]

Yes, Extreme III is a good card, I don't even need to show you the video. The Sony is also a good card (a little slower than the Extreme III but much cheaper when I got mine on sale), waiting to test out their new 300x card.

[gr2k]

my..that's ridiculously slow =/

just got for the wonderful Sandisk Extreme III!! nvr failed me =)

cheers!

[nimacavalli]

eeeeeeeeeehhhhhham come onnnnnnnnn!!

[bentse]

"A", "Data" => 1 at a time => slow

[dryan2]

seems very slow

[superphilman2]

Nik-on! idiot not Nike-on. Japanese don't have hard vowels. Also that card is stupidly slow

[bentse]

Yes, the A-Data is very slow. I'll try to avoid it - I was first attracted by the low price. The 120x transcend seems to be a good buy, should test out the 266x as well.

[awksedgreep]

Is it just me or is that slower than the 120x transcend??

Thanks for posting this.