{"id":136,"date":"2006-01-24T23:35:54","date_gmt":"2006-01-24T14:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2006-01-24\/136"},"modified":"2006-10-05T21:13:35","modified_gmt":"2006-10-05T12:13:35","slug":"timing-another-transcend-card-120x-this-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2006-01-24\/136","title":{"rendered":"Timing another Transcend card, a 120x card this time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<!--TECH-->\n<div class=\"robots-nocontent\" style=\"border: 2px solid #FF8080;\n            float: right;\n            padding: 0 1em 1em 1em;\n            margin: 10px 0 1em 1em;\n            display: inline;\">\n<p style='white-space: nowrap'><b>My Tech-Related Photography Posts<\/b><\/p>\n<ul style='margin:0; font-size:80%'>\n  <li><a href='\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/ipad-howto2'>My Lightroom-to-iPad Workflow<\/a><\/li>\n  <li><a href='\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/'>Lightroom Goodies<\/a> (lots of plugins)<\/li>\n  <li><a href='\/blog\/photo-tech\/color-spaces-page1\/'>Digital Image Color Spaces<\/a><\/li>\n  <li><a href='\/blog\/other-writings\/online-exif-image-data-viewer\/'>Online Exif (Image Data) Viewer<\/a><\/li>\n  <li><a href='\/blog\/photo-tech\/focus-chart\/'>Jeffrey's Autofocus Test Chart<\/a><\/li>\n  <li><a href='\/blog\/photo-tech\/calendar\/'>Photoshop Calendar-Template-Building Script<\/a><\/li>\n  <li><a href='\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/ipad-howto'>How to Prepare Photos for an iPad<\/a><\/li>\n  <li><a href='\/blog\/photo-tech\/nef-compression\/'>A Qualitative Analysis of NEF Compression<\/a><\/li>\n  <li><a href='\/blog\/2007-08-24\/554'>Tripod Stability Tests<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style='font-size:85%; margin:10px 0 0 0'><a href=\"\/blog\/photo-tech\/\">more<\/a>...<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<!--\/TECH-->\n\n<p>\n\nThis is a followup to a previous post in which <span class='nobr'>I did<\/span> <a\nhref=\"\/blog\/2006-01-14\/132\">writing-speed tests of <span class='nobr'>a\nTranscend<\/span> 80x 4GB Compact Flash card<\/a>, with a <a\nhref=\"\/blog\/2006-01-10\/130\">Nikon D200<\/a>. This time, <span class='nobr'>I'm testing<\/span> the <b>120x<\/b> version, which <span class='nobr'>I just<\/span> received today after <span class='nobr'>I\npurchasing<\/span> it for 29,000 yen (about US $250) from an <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.pasoden.com\">online<\/a> shop.\n\n<\/p><p>\n\nThe tested card's model number is <tt>TS4GCF120<\/tt> and its serial number\nis <tt>129542-0419<\/tt>.\n\n<\/p><p>\n\nAs before, the test was done with <span class='nobr'>a newly<\/span>-formatted card with the D200 in\nmanual-focus, manual-exposure (1\/200, wide-open aperture) mode at ISO 1600.\nMeasurements were taken from audio-recordings using Adobe Audition. <span class='nobr'>The tests<\/span> were of uncompressed raw &#8220;NEF&#8221; images, which are about\n15.6 megabytes each.\n\n<\/p>\n\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"5\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"baseline\"><th>Card Tested<\/th>        <th align='center'>Initial frames<br\/>at 5 fps<\/th><th>Subsequent Frames<\/th>    <th>Total Frames in<br\/>One Minute<\/th><th>Maximum Write Speed<\/th><\/tr>\n<tr><td><a\nhref=\"\/blog\/2006-01-14\/132\">Transcend 4GB 80x<\/a><\/td> <td align='center'>22<\/td>        <td align='center'>2.156 sec\/frame<\/td> <td align=\"center\">48<\/td><td align=\"center\">7.23 MB\/sec<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Transcend 4GB 120x<\/td>             <td align='center'>22<\/td> <td align='center'>2.265 sec\/frame<\/td> <td align=\"center\">46<\/td><td align=\"center\">6.88 MB\/sec<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n<p>\n\nThis new 120x card is actually <b>slower<\/b> than the 80x card. This is\ndisappointing, to say the least.\n\n<\/p><p>\n\n[<b>UPDATE Feb 8th<\/b>: <span class='nobr'>I contacted<\/span> Transcend Japan and was able to <a href=\"\/blog\/2006-02-08\/145\">test another card<\/a> ]\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> This is a followup to a previous post in which I did writing-speed tests of a Transcend 80x 4GB Compact Flash card, with a Nikon D200. This time, I'm testing the <b>120x<\/b> version, which I just received today after I purchasing it for 29,000 yen (about US $250) from an online shop. <\/p><p> The tested card's model number is TS4GCF120 and its serial number is 129542-0419. <\/p><p> As before, the test was done with a newly-formatted card with the D200 in manual-focus, manual-exposure (1\/200, wide-open aperture) mode at ISO 1600. Measurements were taken from audio-recordings using Adobe Audition. 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