It was always thus.

I wonder if anyone knows what will the

I just got a 4 Gig Ultra II Sandisk, and an under the impression that
the III version only costs more. This for Canon 20D and 5D. No tests,
just an impression.

And for you, do $ count? Probably, so only you can factor that.

Makes no difference with that camera.  You will notice the difference when
you plug the card into a USB 2.0 card reader and connect it to your
computer. If you do not mind waiting about 20 minutes to download a 2GB
card, save your money and get the slow one. Unless you have a camera costing
more than $3000, or a Canon 5D, only people who work on a deadline need the
fast cards.

I have an Extreme III in my D200. When shooting parades I have taken so
many pictures quickly that I've had to wait until they have written to the
card. My next card will be an Extreme IV.

Don <www.donwiss.com/pictures/> (e-mail link at page bottoms).

http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007-7906

It'll depend on how often you shoot more than 3 shots in a burst.  If
not, you won't notice the slower cards when shooting.

Cheers,
Richard

There are a bunch of cheap cards coming out of Taiwan and Korea these days
as fast or faster than the Extreme III for a fraction of the price. I just
picked up a 4Gb 140x CF card for about $75. I checked the speed against a
couple of other cards I have and it really is that fast.

The only caveat is that apparently these cards are not recognized by some
cameras. The guy at the store asked me to bring in the camera (D200)--we
tried the card and it worked fine, and has continued to perform flawlessly.

Toby

On Nov 6, 5:13 pm, dans...@yahoo.com wrote:

For a D70 an Ultra II is fine. Generally it is faster, newer cameras
need faster cards. Just bought an Extreme III because I could get Phase
One Capture 1 LE as a rebate. The card is also heat and cold resistant
other than that I really don't know if I'd notice the difference. I
have had 2 Ultra IIs since I bought my D200 and they have been fine,
and that is a faster camera. If I shot sports I might feel I needed the
fastest card. Extreme IIIs and IVs are listed as the fastest cards on
http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007. A great
resource BTW.

Tom

I doubt you will notice the difference in your D70.  The Extreme III will
probably weather extreme environmental conditions better [most cards don't
like heat].  Also, a faster card, while not making a difference in the camera,
may make a huge difference in a card reader.

In a Nikon D70/s it won't make much difference as the camera is not
fast enough to take advantage of the faster write speed of the card:

http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007-7906

Note that the D70/s will work a bit faster with the new Extreme IV
cards, but that difference probably isn't enough to justify the higher
cost over the Ultra II.

However, if you use a fast card reader and fast data port on your
computer, like USB v2 or firewire, then a faster card will transfer
the images to the computer at a higher rate, which may be worth the
added cost.