jaapv Posted July 16, 2013 Author Share #21 Posted July 16, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) .Jaap, might i suggest that you press the shutter release before switching the cam on and check your startup time again? No difference. 0.8 sec approx from switching on to the stopping of the flashing red light. It may be ready to shoot even before but I am not quick enough to test that. On my Panasonic Gold class 10 etc.. the startup time is about 2.5 sec. I cannot explain it, in the posts above I am guessing like the rest of us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted July 16, 2013 Posted July 16, 2013 Hi jaapv, Take a look here M Typ 240 startup time. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
algrove Posted July 16, 2013 Share #22 Posted July 16, 2013 I bought a couple Sandisk Extreme Pro 95 32GB Sd cards for this trip. I must say I have had no problems with them, but not as good as Jaap's speeds. My old 32GB SD Sandisk 45's work fine, but I do get lockup once in a while when my battery gets down under 30%. Can those of you getting great times kindly indicate your settings please-like metering, etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted July 16, 2013 Share #23 Posted July 16, 2013 OK i'll order a Lexar 600x but i'll end up owning all 16GB cards of the market if things go on like that... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted July 16, 2013 Author Share #24 Posted July 16, 2013 No difference whether using LV/EVF, manual metering, AE, whatever. I have not found a setting yet that slows down startup. The only thing is that if the camera switches to LV automatically it will do so after startup is complete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thighslapper Posted July 16, 2013 Share #25 Posted July 16, 2013 What would be interesting would be to try several identical Lexars in your camera..... I suspect that not all cards are identical and that the class 10 label specifies a minimum performance ..... and that there is variability from card to card above that..... From previous threads there are some inexplicable anomalies regarding this with no real pattern emerging at all..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
satureyes Posted July 16, 2013 Share #26 Posted July 16, 2013 Hmm.. Well I have a couple of SanDisks cards.. One is the Extreme 64Gb 45Mb/s and is 4.2seconds. and an Extreme Pro 16Gb which is 5.4 seconds from switch on to the light going off. Perhaps I need to do a full zero out of the card or something.. what's that software I've seen touted around that regenerates the cards? They've been used in a couple of different cameras so this may be the cause.. but at the moment they are SLOW. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted July 16, 2013 Share #27 Posted July 16, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) You should get about 2 secs with the 16GB Extreme Pro. I would try to format it with SDFormatter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted July 16, 2013 Share #28 Posted July 16, 2013 Here is the page for the SD formatting software that you somehow missed. https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitalfx Posted July 16, 2013 Share #29 Posted July 16, 2013 Im using the Sandisk Extreme Pro's I'll try these and see if they are any faster. Amazon has a two pack: Amazon.com: Lexar Professional 600x 16GB SDHC UHS-I Flash Memory Card 2-Pack of 16GB: Computers & Accessories I wonder if the 32GB or 64GB are just as fast on the M? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
satureyes Posted July 16, 2013 Share #30 Posted July 16, 2013 Here is the page for the SD formatting software that you somehow missed. https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/ Ah..startup on the extreme pro is now just over 2 seconds since using the formatted and doing an full format..doing the 64gb extreme now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2wk Posted July 16, 2013 Share #31 Posted July 16, 2013 Hey Jaap, did you see this today? Toshiba Announces New SD Card Series, Boasts 'World's Fastest' Write Speeds 260mb / 240mb!! That should speed things up even more.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WPalank Posted July 16, 2013 Share #32 Posted July 16, 2013 How about "wake-up"speeds? I see the decisive nano-second, depress the shutter speed slightly, and the camera doesn't wake up for three seconds. The shot is gone and down the street. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted July 16, 2013 Author Share #33 Posted July 16, 2013 I'll test it out tomorrow, William. As it is, the lack of battery life of the M8/9 has gotten me into a habit of switching the camera off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
satureyes Posted July 17, 2013 Share #34 Posted July 17, 2013 I'll test it out tomorrow, William. As it is, the lack of battery life of the M8/9 has gotten me into a habit of switching the camera off. I think I had left my m switched on overnight in my camera bag- and I don't think it depleted more than 1 or 2 % Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
01af Posted July 17, 2013 Share #35 Posted July 17, 2013 I see the decisive nano-second, depress the shutter speed slightly, and the camera doesn't wake up for three seconds. The shot is gone and down the street. This happened to me on my first or second day with the the M (Typ 240). And it was not start-up from Off but wake-up from automatic sleep mode. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonoslack Posted July 17, 2013 Share #36 Posted July 17, 2013 Jaap, might i suggest that you press the shutter release before switching the cam on and check your startup time again? Thank you for that - Jaap - could I second that request please Timing Startup Time is quite an issue - I've found the easiest way is to hold down the shutter release and turn the camera on - then time how long it takes to take a picture. Pretty Please? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted July 17, 2013 Share #37 Posted July 17, 2013 ...I see the decisive nano-second, depress the shutter speed slightly, and the camera doesn't wake up for three seconds. The shot is gone and down the street. Half depressing the shutter button while holding the camera solves mostly the problem but waking times should not be higher than one second anyway. If Jaap's card can do that it'll be enough for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted July 17, 2013 Share #38 Posted July 17, 2013 ...Timing Startup Time is quite an issue - I've found the easiest way is to hold down the shutter release and turn the camera on - then time how long it takes to take a picture... Agreed but it doesn't seem to make a difference for Jaap. See http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-m9-forum/292830-m-typ-240-startup-time-2.html#post2458493 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted July 17, 2013 Author Share #39 Posted July 17, 2013 It is the same through four of these cards ( Yes, I just bought my holiday supply ) According to the rather knowledgeable owner of the dealer where I bought them the difference does not come from the write/read speed of the flash memory, but from a more efficient controller. He also told me that some Nikon models exhibit the same improvement.FWIIW Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted July 17, 2013 Author Share #40 Posted July 17, 2013 Thank you for that - Jaap - could I second that request pleaseTiming Startup Time is quite an issue - I've found the easiest way is to hold down the shutter release and turn the camera on - then time how long it takes to take a picture. Pretty Please? 0.8 sec approx. with the shutter button depressed. No difference, if anything the unpressed switchon is quicker by a miniscule margin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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