An Extreme III SD card question.

[NLAlston]

Yesterday, I somehow lost a $30 PNY 4GB SD/HC card, almost immediately after purchasing it from BJ's. I was so torn up about it (I hate to lose anything) that my wife told me to go out and get myself another card - and that I could get any card I wanted. So, I wound up getting myself the $100 Sandisk Extreme III 4GB SD/HC card - and didn't lose this one . I couldn't WAIT to get that card in my K10D, and was somewhat disappointed in what I found. I had been hearing as to how much faster the Extreme III's were, and even the salesperson kept saying how I was going to be 'blown away' by the speed of that card. In all honesty, though, I have yet to see what he, and everyone else, had been talking about. Shutter response, writing, burst shots - the whole shebang - was supposed to be faster; some, even considerably so. I did seem to notice that there was quicker action with the burst shots, but that was mainly it. Everything else moved at about the same rate as when I used my previous PNY 2GB SD card. Not being a frequent player on the 'Burst Shooting' field, I'd have to say that the one plus, with the Extreme III, is the ability to capture & store about twice the numbers of photos. But that's not a big thing (especially with the $70 difference) because any of the cheaper 4GB cards will also hold just about the same number of photos. I wonder, now, if maybe I happen to have a 'bad' card. Does anyone think that this could be the case?

[SpecialK]

Eh, I think the speed limit is actually the camera, not the card.

You might see an increase when downloading to the computer, though.

[Steinback]

Are you shooting in jpeg or RAW? You would be more likely to notice a difference in speed with bursts of the larger RAW files - I have yet to notice a situation where I'm outshooting my Extreme II card with jpeg files, though I usually don't do long bursts of shots either.

[NLAlston]

Thanks.

The 'Burst Shootings' that I had done, were in Jpeg mode. Maybe there will be a much more noticeable realization of speed when I try again in Raw mode. I didn't mean to sound like a 'belly-acher' about this, but just didn't see the improvements that so many had praised about - when speaking on this card. Maybe once I really get into some deeper/different shooting types, I will then see enough to feel the heftier cost expenditure, for this card, to be well warranted. If not...oh well, I have it now - and will put it to the best use that I can .