Kingston Ultimate 133x (1 GB) SD Card (SD/1GB-U)
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- Speed Rating: 133x
- Type: SD Card
- Capacity: 1 GB
- Write Speed: 20 MB/s
- Read Speed: 23 MB/s
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Fast memory card
Pros
2-5x faster than 33x cards on my setup.
Cons
A bit more expensive.
Recommended it?
Yes
The Bottom Line:
Helps leverage the capabilities of new cameras. Fast, expect it to be reliable.
I just bought a new Panasonic FZ7, figured I'd replace the generic speed memory cards with the fastest card I could get, since delays with digital cameras bug me.
Kingston's Ultimate line seems to be the best deal in the 133x+ speed range, I got my 1G card for $50 plus shipping a Digital Distributors (via Amazon). At least today (3/06), it's not much more expensive than the Elite Pro (50x), why get a slower card?
It's hard for me to actually tell the speed of an SD card. I have this camera and an older one, plus a new SanDisk USB 2.0 reader. There are no specs on the reader, and the camera does other things beside writing the card when you take a picture. Nonetheless, these are the ways in which I use the cards.
Without moving the camera, (and not using the burst mode, just repeatedly pushing down the button), I can take around 1 picture per second. With a standard (I guess 33x) Viking card, it took 2 seconds per picture. 2x isn't bad.
On my computer, copying a 150Mb directory to the card, it took 52 seconds with the Kingston vs about 5 minutes with the Viking.
In both cases the card was erased (on the computer) or formatted (on the camera) before I did the test.
Burst mode is no different between the two on this camera, I suspect that since it's limited to a small number of frames it may store it in the camera memory and not the card.
I have lots of Compact Flash and SD cards, have never had any problems with Kingston, expect it to have very good reliability. Lifetime warranty, of course.
If I can get my hands on a 66x card, I'll try the same experiment to see if it makes a difference.
Kingston's Ultimate line seems to be the best deal in the 133x+ speed range, I got my 1G card for $50 plus shipping a Digital Distributors (via Amazon). At least today (3/06), it's not much more expensive than the Elite Pro (50x), why get a slower card?
It's hard for me to actually tell the speed of an SD card. I have this camera and an older one, plus a new SanDisk USB 2.0 reader. There are no specs on the reader, and the camera does other things beside writing the card when you take a picture. Nonetheless, these are the ways in which I use the cards.
Without moving the camera, (and not using the burst mode, just repeatedly pushing down the button), I can take around 1 picture per second. With a standard (I guess 33x) Viking card, it took 2 seconds per picture. 2x isn't bad.
On my computer, copying a 150Mb directory to the card, it took 52 seconds with the Kingston vs about 5 minutes with the Viking.
In both cases the card was erased (on the computer) or formatted (on the camera) before I did the test.
Burst mode is no different between the two on this camera, I suspect that since it's limited to a small number of frames it may store it in the camera memory and not the card.
I have lots of Compact Flash and SD cards, have never had any problems with Kingston, expect it to have very good reliability. Lifetime warranty, of course.
If I can get my hands on a 66x card, I'll try the same experiment to see if it makes a difference.
