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[OM] Re: 8G Lexar $50

Subject: [OM] Re: 8G Lexar $50
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 02:30:03 -0700
ScottGee1 wrote:
> On 4/13/07, Jeff Keller <jeffreyrkeller@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   
>> Adorama has a $120 price, and then a $70 rebate gets the price down to
>> $50 for a Lexar 133x CF
>>
>> http://www.adorama.com/ILXCF1338G.html?emailprice=T
>>     
>
> I'm thinking Moore's Law is at work here.
>
> It the 8GB is anything like the 2GB version, it's sca-reeming fast.
>   
It isn't. Rob Galbraith's tests show the 8gb to be considerably slower. 
Most brands get at least a bit slower as they go from 2 to 4 gb, and 
again going to 8gb.

For example, the with the 5D:

                         JPEG       RAW
Lexar 133X 2gb       =  6.7 mb/s  7.6 mb/s
Lexar 133X 4gb       =  6.2 mb/s  7.3 mb/s
Lexar 133X 8gb       =  4.5 mb/s  6.1 mb/s

Sandisk Ultra II 2gb =  6.3 mb/s  7.3 mb/s
Sandisk Ultra II 4gb =  5.6 mb/s  6.6 mb/s
Sandisk Ultra II 2gb =  3.7 mb/s  5.4 mb/s

May not be a deal breaker at that price, but not as fast as the 2gb.

Moose

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