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write speeds M8 on 8MB SDHC


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I did a small test with two SDHC cards in a M8 with latest FW, shooting in continuous mode

 

I used a budget sandisk (blue) 8MB and an ultra II 8MB

 

first DNG+jpg basic

 

blue: 10 images, 1m30s write time

U II: 10 images, 1m15s write time

 

2nd just DNG

 

blue: 11 images, 35s write time

U II: 11 images, 27s write time

 

anybody did the same with an extreme III card? I would expect it to go to about 20sec

 

BTW: D200, high speed continuous mode, ultra II, 4G CF, AF on,

 

RAW+jpg basic

18 images 55sec,

 

RAW only

22images 56s

 

This means that mainly you can conclude that the jpg processing in the M8 is horribly slow and that the shutter is not as fast as the D200s. But also that the write speed is normal

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Yes, that is correct. The Jpg processing is slowed down by the limited processing capability of the M8. After all, it has been built from discrete parts. Cameras using a dedicated chip can be much faster. New Leica models will be using the Maestro chip, which will speed up processing considerably.

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