512MB CF card at $270

[cyrilng]

Someone bought a TwinMOS 512MB CF for $270 at DAT, 5th floor, Sim Lim Sq...... Two years warranty by the distributor at Burlington Square. Good deal?

Quote: Originally posted by yaoxing haha~ I just bought a TwinMOS 512MB Compact Flash...... can load lots of MP3s into it liao.... $270 only.... considered cheap cheap.

According to the mfr. the write speed is 24-25x.

[Wai]

wow...cheaper than 2 pieces of 256MB CF....

but dunno if it is as fast as Ridata....anyone use this brand b4??

may be i go and try it out one day....

[mylau]

Quote: Originally posted by cyrilng According to the buyer the write speed is not stated though. How to check a CF card's write speed?

Set the camera to continuous mode.

Start a stopwatch and at the same time fire the camera without letting go of the shutter release until the camera cannot fire anymore.

Stop the stopwatch once the LED of the compactflash slot is off.

Check how many megabytes of data are in the CF card.

Divide this number by the timing recorded on your stopwatch.

You'll get ????MB/sec write speed of your CF card.

[Romulus]

Hmm.. shouldn't you start timing when it first begins to write instead of when you begin shooting? Think some of the cameras have a storage buffer...

[mylau]

Quote: Originally posted by Romulus Hmm.. shouldn't you start timing when it first begins to write instead of when you begin shooting? Think some of the cameras have a storage buffer...

Yah hor...forgotten that the D60 has two buffers.

[Snapper]

Is the speed really noticeable ? I mean the Speed of the CF X20 X 14 etc. I think at S$270 ... it is a good price. But I think the price of all the other CF may be going towards that price.

What do you think ?

[mylau]

Quote: Originally posted by Snapper Is the speed really noticeable ? I mean the Speed of the CF X20 X 14 etc. I think at S$270 ... it is a good price. But I think the price of all the other CF may be going towards that price. What do you think ?

Yup, i can feel the difference between a fast card and a slow one. Not sure abt the others though.

[Wai]

Quote: Originally posted by Snapper Is the speed really noticeable ? I mean the Speed of the CF X20 X 14 etc. I think at S$270 ... it is a good price. But I think the price of all the other CF may be going towards that price. What do you think ?

i can feel the different b/w fast and slow card...
eg. with my Ridata 20x, it takes abt 1-2 blinks to write a RAW image

while with a Sandisk CF, it takes up to 8 blinks to write a RAW image...same setting was used to take the same shot for both CF

[cyrilng]

TwinMOS CF card speed is 24x~25X .

Read speed : 5MB/sec
Write speed : 2.6MB/sec

Regards

Ray Huang
General Manager
TwinMOS Technologies (S) Pte Ltd

[Wai]

Quote: Originally posted by cyrilng TwinMOS CF card speed is 24x~25X . Read speed : 5MB/sec Write speed : 2.6MB/sec Regards Ray Huang General Manager TwinMOS Technologies (S) Pte Ltd

i never trust these figures from the manufacturer themselves....

also, the speed is depends on the device that u use.

yesterday i passed by DAT but forgot to try out this CF

the best way to compare is to test it against with my Ridata

[imaginary_number]

Quote: Originally posted by cyrilng TwinMOS CF card speed is 24x~25X . Read speed : 5MB/sec Write speed : 2.6MB/sec Regards Ray Huang General Manager TwinMOS Technologies (S) Pte Ltd

Wow! Then it sounds like a good buy; btw, I think I saw a TwinMOS 256 CF going for $150 @ SLS.

[cyrilng]

Quote: Originally posted by Wai i never trust these figures from the manufacturer themselves.... also, the speed is depends on the device that u use. yesterday i passed by DAT but forgot to try out this CF the best way to compare is to test it against with my Ridata

Let us know the results if you do.