Ideal Memory Card for a100

[Lubber Duckie]

CF card or Pro Duo memory stick will be ideal?
a100 users, please advise which will you recommend?

[zcf]

CF card are generally cheaper
$ony Duo pro are generally more expensive, and need adaptor, unless you have other $ony equipment which use them as well.
You can find a bit more info on users tested card speed at dyxum.com

Hope you will enjoy the camera, let us know if you have any question.

[satay16]

"MS is faster than normal speed CF cards," said the Sony person.

but i think it is indeed faster than normal cards(meaning the exclusion of Extreme 4 or 5), cos remember that during the roadshow, the MS wif adapter was able to keep shooting countinuos non-stop, but when replace with some CF card(forgot what brand), it stopped after a while(again, forgot how long).

[Zenten]

Originally Posted by zcf CF card are generally cheaper $ony Duo pro are generally more expensive, and need adaptor, unless you have other $ony equipment which use them as well. You can find a bit more info on users tested card speed at dyxum.com Hope you will enjoy the camera, let us know if you have any question.

Yeah .....I have one question for you ........

[zcf]

Originally Posted by Zenten Yeah .....I have one question for you ........

You are so oldbie liao, some more using 3 systems + curve master. Only other people ask you for info instead of you ask other

[dominator]

Originally Posted by zcf You are so oldbie liao, some more using 3 systems + curve master. Only other people ask you for info instead of you ask other

Maybe he Jack of all system but Master of non

[Takki]

Cant go wrong with Sandisk Extreme CF III... or IV if you can find that.

Certainly cheaper than MS Duo, and I dont think the MS duo can beat the CF Extreme speed.

[dr34mc4st3r]

Sandisk Extreme series CF cards....too overkill la. a transcend 120x cf or even normal ms duo pro is good enough for continuous writing

[Trigger Happy]

why the hang-up about shooting continuously? get a sony videocam instead

[tankm]

Good value CF card for the A-100 RiData 4GB 150x. The RiData 80x based on what I heard is slow in the A-100.

Following is my measured speed comparison of the Ridata 4GB 150x and Lexar 1GB 80x WA in the A-100 Firmware:1.02

Lexar 1GB 80X WA
1 raw, MB/s = 7.18 MB/s
Avg write time = 1.40s

Ritek/Ridata 150X PRO 4GB
1 raw, MB/s = 6.35 MB/s
Avg write time = 1.58s

Full CF/SD card for the A-100 here... http://dyxum.com/reviews/cfcard/index.asp?cam=a100

[synapseman]

Originally Posted by Trigger Happy why the hang-up about shooting continuously? get a sony videocam instead

Heh. Yeah. 30fps for 1hr continuous!

I think CF cards the better choice, simply because it's more compatible with more systems. And in my experience, the average shooter would not need to do continuous shooting. Not on an A100 @ 3fps anyway, which is not that useful a framerate.

(Sorry ah, I'm from the old-school film style, one-shot-one-kill.)

But for what it's worth: Not tested the A100, but on the D5D with Kingston Elite Pro (50x), max size/quality JPEG, tops out after 7 frames continuous but the buffer still clears quite fast after that. And the A100 is supposed to have improved in this area so I wouldn't be too concerned about that.

[tankm]

Another issue that's more important is CF card compatibility to the camera. Heard a few cases where Kingston Elite Pro (Blue color) when used on the KM5D/7D caused picture corruption or lost. So be careful when using the Kingston Elite Pro on the Km5D/7D.

The normal (orange color) Kingston seems to be ok on them. Not sure about the newer/recent Kingston elite Pro 120x/150x.

Originally Posted by synapseman Heh. Yeah. 30fps for 1hr continuous! I think CF cards the better choice, simply because it's more compatible with more systems. And in my experience, the average shooter would not need to do continuous shooting. Not on an A100 @ 3fps anyway, which is not that useful a framerate. (Sorry ah, I'm from the old-school film style, one-shot-one-kill.) But for what it's worth: Not tested the A100, but on the D5D with Kingston Elite Pro (50x), max size/quality JPEG, tops out after 7 frames continuous but the buffer still clears quite fast after that. And the A100 is supposed to have improved in this area so I wouldn't be too concerned about that.

[Trigger Happy]

Originally Posted by tankm Another issue that's more important is CF card compatibility to the camera. Heard a few cases where Kingston Elite Pro (Blue color) when used on the KM5D/7D caused picture corruption or lost. So be careful when using the Kingston Elite Pro on the Km5D/7D. The normal (orange color) Kingston seems to be ok on them. Not sure about the newer/recent Kingston elite Pro 120x/150x.

I haven't lost anything w the kingston elite pros (blue) but those are s...l...o..............w

The rebadged orange tab ones (now with flower motif - looks so girly) are as good as the old 1024 orange tab kingstons. I doubt if the 5d, 7d or a100 will perform any better w the new 150x ones - I suspect the prob may hv been inherited on the a100, afterall its not a real technical problem only a performance issue.
Does anyone hv a piece to try?

[Takki]

Well, you said ideal...

Theres a new Sandisk Extreme III 12GB and 16 GB just announced at Photokina!

Now thats ideal

[satay16]

Originally Posted by Takki Well, you said ideal... Theres a new Sandisk Extreme III 12GB and 16 GB just announced at Photokina! Now thats ideal

feel that they like reach the critical number. i dun really feel safe having like 4-5k of pictures floating about in 1 CF card. does not give the same sense of security of 1 computer hard disk.

[Trigger Happy]

Originally Posted by Takki Well, you said ideal... Theres a new Sandisk Extreme III 12GB and 16 GB just announced at Photokina! Now thats ideal

That's hardly a sensible thing to do, the saying all eggs in one basket comes to mind. With a 2gb card at extra fine you can go 300+ photos that's already more than you can shoot recklessly in 3 hours (or thereabouts).

12 or 16gb cards would be great as thumbdrive or portable hdd alts though.

[satay16]

Originally Posted by Trigger Happy That's hardly a sensible thing to do, the saying all eggs in one basket comes to mind. With a 2gb card at extra fine you can go 300+ photos that's already more than you can shoot recklessly in 3 hours (or thereabouts). 12 or 16gb cards would be great as thumbdrive or portable hdd alts though.

maybe there are preparing for the Canon 70D and the Sony A800, plus a Nikon D900 .

[Trigger Happy]

Originally Posted by satay16 maybe there are preparing for the Canon 70D and the Sony A800, plus a Nikon D900 .

still doesn't make sense to load up with a huge card. an instructor once cautioned my class with his experience of losing over a thousand travel photos when his 8gb microdrive crashed. whatever the medium, its still silly to entrust everything to one card. i think the balance is somewhere at 1gb/ 2gb or up to 400 photos - that's already a lot to lose if the worst happens... 12gb ah? can go and tiaolao especially if its a paid shoot...

[satay16]

Originally Posted by Trigger Happy still doesn't make sense to load up with a huge card. an instructor once cautioned my class with his experience of losing over a thousand travel photos when his 8gb microdrive crashed. whatever the medium, its still silly to entrust everything to one card. i think the balance is somewhere at 1gb/ 2gb or up to 400 photos - that's already a lot to lose if the worst happens... 12gb ah? can go and tiaolao especially if its a paid shoot...

yah, i agree, ever since i lost one whole day's worth of school events photo in that kingston. anyway, previous post was implying future DSLR with biggy file sizes, like 100MB for 1 raw. wonder if that will every happen.

[Trigger Happy]

Originally Posted by satay16 yah, i agree, ever since i lost one whole day's worth of school events photo in that kingston. anyway, previous post was implying future DSLR with biggy file sizes, like 100MB for 1 raw. wonder if that will every happen.

100mb - take one shot, wait 5 mins for camera to write to card they will need to up the technology in that department, if the i/o capability isn't up to the task then its pointless...