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To: Ausdauer who wrote (20320)	5/23/2001 5:46:42 PM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Respond to of 60323

Aus, you're right that 8mb flash cards aren't going to make anyone rich. But if there's a glut of low capacity cards and few buyers, this is at least one way to get rid of them. I still don't know of any data that compares read/write speeds of higher capacity cards in the same type of camera, and if there's a difference, whether it is a big difference. I would like to try a Lexar 64 or 128 mb flash card in my Nikon 950, using the high resolution TIFF setting. The SanDisk card takes about 30 seconds to record the 2.1 mb file. I suspect that there would be little difference using a Lexar card, and that the real problem is lack of a sufficiently large buffer in the camera to allow writing the image file while still permitting the camera to take another shot. If I find a store willing to demonstrate a Lexar card, I'll try to do a real world test. Art