Compact Flash Memory Speed Difference: Ultra II vs. REgular. Is it that much faster?

[WayneTeK]

I just got a Canon S1 IS camera and it can record 60minutes of DV quality video or more depending on card size. at 30FPS MAX.

My question to you is: Does it matter on the camera memory?

Right now, they have a SAndisk 1GB card for roughly $150 as opposed to $270 for the 1GB ULTRA II..

The Sandisk 1GB ultra II can write 9 megabytes (MB) per second and a read speed of 10 MB per second...

Any feedbakc is appreciated.

 

[brigden]

Depends on the camera. If the camera can utilize higher performance CF, then you might notice a difference.

 

[WayneTeK]

i've been reading powershot.com to see if the camera does utilize faster CF cards, but knowing Canon, they didn't publish it.

 

[AndyHui]

You might want to look around to see if there are some updated benchmarks for CF cards. SanDisk doesn't have a particularly good reputation for speed, and tend to get called "ScamDisk" in other places.

You might want to have a look at CF cards from Transcend and Kingston.

 

[Eli]

YES.

I love my 256mb UltraII!

Regular 4x flash cards are worse than molasses in an Alaskan winter.

Just think of it this way. What would you chose, a 4x burner or a 60x burner? It's the same thing. 1X = 150kb/sec.

 

[yllus]

I bought and compared a Sandisk 128MB CF card against a Lexar 12x 128MB on my old Canon A300. The Lexar 12x was noticeably faster - a good second or two. That's all I can really contribute.

 

[Passions]

really?

 

[manly]

http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007

dpreview.com also did a CF speed test a while back.

 

[dartworth]

SanDisk Ultra II are very good cards. 512MB card can be had for about $80 after rebate @ Amazon.com.

I have a few Transcend cards, which I use in a DRebel. Very good cards also.

 

[SaigonK]

I use a Crucial 512 in my Canon G5 and have often wondered if I should dump it for a faster CF card. Will it make a real difference?
Honestly I dont use the G5 for sports shots, the shutter speed seems to slow for that type of thing most of the time.

 

[WayneTeK]

bump.