Memory advice?

Memory advice?

by devoleb Sep 4, 2005 5:37PM PDT

Hello,

I am currently in Iraq and am going to get a digtial camera. At the PX here, they have the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T7 Digital Camera. I've been reading reviews and so far it seems like a fairly decent camera, and plenty for the casual photographer that I am.

My only nit-picking detail is the speed at which I can take pictures. I would like to be able to take pictures at a fairly fast rate. The ideal would be just to keep hitting the button, but I know this isn't realisitic without getting a professional quality camera.

So it comes to Memory write speed, to my understanding. The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T7 Digital Camera takes Memory Stick PRO Duo memory. My question is this: What should I look for when buying the fastest possible of this type of memory? Which brand? What is the fastest write speed I can get for the Pro Duo?

Thanx for any help,

Much appreciated.

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Usually does not affect time between snaps.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Sep 4, 2005 9:44PM PDT

Here's why. The picture is being compressed by some small computer chip in the camera. The write speed is only one part of the picture to picture delay. Focus, compression, storage and possibly other steps work to set what number of pictures you can take per second.

Reviews at cnet.com but more so at http://www.dpreview.com do note picture to picture times. I have both the Kodak dx6490 and dx7590 and like it's burst mode where you press and hold the button to get a series of snaps as fast as it can go.

Bob

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Memory Stick Pro Duo

by snapshot2 Forum moderator Sep 4, 2005 11:31PM PDT

The Pro Duo is the fastest memory stick available.

Pro stands for high speed.
Duo stands for short memory stick.

You should buy it, not for photos, but for video.

To achieve 640x480 at 30 fps (frames per second), the Pro Duo is required.

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ultra II versus regular

by devoleb Sep 5, 2005 5:34PM PDT

Ok, Pro it is, now I've been researching, and now I have one more option:

SanDisk 1GB Memory Stick Pro Duo with 15mbps write
or
SanDisk Ultra II 1GB Memory Stick Pro Duo with 10MB write

The 15mbps converts to roughly 1.88MB write. So obviously the Ultra II is the better of the two, but does the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T7 support writing images at 10MB?

If it does, then I'm sold.

Thanx for help so far, guys

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High Speed Memory Sticks

by snapshot2 Forum moderator Sep 6, 2005 12:06AM PDT

I doubt that you will see any benefit from the SanDisk Ultra II memory stick on the T7.

The only place that you might get that type of information is from a review.
But none of the professional reviewers have ever reviewed the T3, T5, T7 or T11.
The only review has been the original T1.

From what I see of that review, the only area that might see a benefit is burst mode. But the LCD is too slow to keep up with burst mode when using the Sony Pro Duo.

http://www.steves-digicams.com/2004_reviews/t1_pg5.html

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