[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hmm ... never saw Marnie's original post: > > Right now, using the latest firmware upgrade, all Pentax DSLR cameras can > use 4GB SDHC compliant cards. With just a few exceptions, the 4GB SD card > is the largest available - certainly the largest readily available. Just a > few months ago one or two companies (Pretech is one, I believe) announced > an 8GB SD card. I'm sure the K10D will be able to use 4GB cards, but, if > not, a firmware upgrade will probably follow close behind. > > More important in some regards is the speed of the card. Dave's 52X card > is really too slow for the Pentax. Not everybody needs to shoot at the max speed. I.e. for many people, being able to shoot 9 consecutive RAW images or as many JPGs as they want is good enough. For them, buying a faster, more expensive card is a waste of money.
>Even the early istDS can take advantage > of an 80X card (based on tests that Godders and I did and posted to the > list some time ago). Based on current information, the K10D should be > using 133x - 150X cards, Again, use the word "should" with care, it should read for those who need the speed. >and, although I'm guessing, the K100D might be > able to take advantage of the faster card as well. > > Were I to buy a K10D right now, I'd start with a 2GB 150X card, and an > appropriately fast reader. Later, when there are more SDHC 4GB cards > available, and a choice of good readers, I'd upgrade the reader and add 4GB > cards as needed. But for now, and the near future, the 2GB cards are the > safe and sure way to go, both in terms of price, brand selection, and > available card readers. > > Shel > > > > >>[Original Message] >>From: David J Brooks > > >>Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > >>I guess a question relevant to this also is, how big a capacity are SD > > cards > >>going to get? And how big a capacity SD card will the K10D allow? I.E. for >>having both RAW and JPGs on the card? > > > Dave Brooks wrote: > > >>Neither my D200 or my D2H have any processing problems shooting >>raw/jpg in Continuous mode. I would think the K10D would be fine >>to.(CF Extreme III and Kingston 52X cards) > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
