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Subject: [OM] Re: 1gb Simpletech CF card deal
From: "tOM Trottier" <tOM@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 19:55:24 -0400
So try formatting the card FAT16 in your computer. You lose a little space (avg 
32kb/photo) but 
may gain performance  

See some benchmarks at http://www.core-sound.com/pdaudio_system/6.php

The absolute limit for fat16 is 4GB, but cameras may croak sooner because of 
the 64kb cluster 
size.

tOM

On Saturday, August 12, 2006 at 22:58,
Chuck Norcutt <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Yup, I think FAT32 is the culprit as well.  A fair amount of overhead 
> designed for better performance with random access on small records. 
> Just adds overhead for images which need large, sequential blocks for 
> the most part.  The 4GB cards would perform better with FAT16 and 64KB 
> clusters ala Win NT.
> 
> Chuck Norcutt
> 
> Moose wrote:
> > 
> > I don't know how much a new production technology will help, as it 
> > seemed it was probably related to the need to go FAT32 above 2gb.
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