Best memory card for Fujifilm X100

Submitted by Parka on 14 May 2011 - 2:38am

Here's a test of the writing speed from various SDHC memory cards.

All cards are formatted before testing. The timings are recorded using a stop watch, with the average calculated for several readings.

A typical X100 RAW file is 19MB, and JPEG is 4.2MB.

Below are the results arranged from best to worst.

SanDisk Extreme Pro SDHC UHS-1 (95MB/s)
RAW + JPEG: 2.9s

Delkin Elite SDHC UHS-1 (95MB/s)
RAW + JPEG: 3.4s

SanDisk Extreme Pro SDHC UHS-1 (45MB/s)
RAW + JPEG: 4.3s

Transcend SDHC Class 10
RAW + JPEG: 6.3s

PNY Professional Class 10 SDHC
RAW + JPEG: 6.6s

Fujifilm SDHC Class 6 (came with X100)
RAW + JPEG: 7.2s

PenDrive Class 4 (came with EPL2)
RAW + JPEG: 7.7s

PenDrive Class 6 (came with EPL2)
RAW + JPEG: 7.9s

Kingston SDHC Class 6
RAW + JPEG: 10.3s

Class 4 is adequate. FYI, Class 6 is 6MB/s which is 48Mb/s - note the small 'b'. Class 10 is 10MB/s, so that's 80Mb/s.

In this test, the SanDisk Extreme Pro SDHC UHS-1 (95MB/s) is the fastest card.

Note that even while you're writing, you can still take photos until the buffer is full.

Links below are to Amazon. Check them out for more reviews.

Delkin SHDC UHS-1 (95MB/s):
Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk

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