Best Memory Card for shooting a series

[skater75]

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What’s the best choice for memory card if the goal to get more images per second while shooting a series? I am not sure if  Monochrom Typ 246 is in compliance with USH-II memory card standard? Looks like it is not. I could not find any explicit info on that. Say, in the latest S model (released after Typ 246) there are two slots for memory cards: one for USH-I, the other for USH-II. Then using USH-II card for Typ 246 may be feasible, but has no real advantage? And may even slow the speed of series down?

So the choices are:

SDXC I USH-I U3 95Mb/s;

SDHC II USH-II U3 280 Mb/s

Which one is better to fit the goal?

[skater75]

I finally found the answer on my own right here:

 

http://pct1.sandisk.com/ProductList.aspx?DeviceID=22815

 

Typ 246 is NOT really supposed to use USH-II cards, cannot take the full advantage of its 285MB/s speed.

To my surprise even B&H help desk got this wrong and answered me that using USH-II cards is OK with 246. USH-II card may be used indeed, but is it just waste of $$ since the camera is not able to keep up to the card' speed? Why to pay 200%+ surcharge for something that has no value...???

[pop]

If your computer supports USH-II cards, it will be able to transfer the pictures from the card to its drive much faster. This may or may not seem useful to folks.

[250swb]

Almost any modern card you can buy will keep up with your M246, it is the camera buffer that gets full and slows things down, not the card that is the choke point.

[skater75]

I think the most important point is to choose the card that utilizes camera buffer size&speed processing in sync with its own speed. Then the flow of shots in the continuous series is smooth and most efficient. Also why pay twice for a speedy card if your camera cannot keep up to that speed? I personally consider that waste of $$, - I can afford to wait a few seconds longer while reading files on my PC, no big deal ( as opposed to pay $68 vs. $34 for a card )