Comments on: MS Duo Pro catches up in speed http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2008/09/04/ms-duo-pro-catches-up-in-speed/ Search this site - over 170 articles on Alpha system topics! Subscribe to our magazine too! Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:06:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Dr.Harout http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2008/09/04/ms-duo-pro-catches-up-in-speed/comment-page-1/#comment-1173 Dr.Harout Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:19:38 +0000 http://www.photoclubalpha.com/?p=961#comment-1173 And why not have a MS slot which could and can be a saver? You may have 2 options, that is 2 slots, one for CF card and the other MS. It's up to the user to pick one (at least you have options). And as far as I know Sony is manufacturing also CF cards (8 & 16 GB for now, I think). And we should not forget that there are plenty of our friends using A100, A200, A300 and/or A350 for which that MS is quite meaningful. And why not have a MS slot which could and can be a saver?
You may have 2 options, that is 2 slots, one for CF card and the other MS. It’s up to the user to pick one (at least you have options).
And as far as I know Sony is manufacturing also CF cards (8 & 16 GB for now, I think).
And we should not forget that there are plenty of our friends using A100, A200, A300 and/or A350 for which that MS is quite meaningful.

]]> By: TallPaul http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2008/09/04/ms-duo-pro-catches-up-in-speed/comment-page-1/#comment-1172 TallPaul Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:00:50 +0000 http://www.photoclubalpha.com/?p=961#comment-1172 20mb/sec read, 15mb/sec write does not sound that fast to me? Currently the fastest CF cards seem to be 45mb/sec write (SanDisk Ultra IV), so Sony seem to be some way behind the curve here. It might be fast enough for the new Alpha 900 at 5fps, but if its a 25mp camera, you are going to want a bigger card than 4GB Sony, and you are going to want a faster read time that 20mb/sec otherwise its going to take a long time to download your images! Lets hope this really doesn't mean they put a MS DUO slot in the A900!... 20mb/sec read, 15mb/sec write does not sound that fast to me? Currently the fastest CF cards seem to be 45mb/sec write (SanDisk Ultra IV), so Sony seem to be some way behind the curve here.

It might be fast enough for the new Alpha 900 at 5fps, but if its a 25mp camera, you are going to want a bigger card than 4GB Sony, and you are going to want a faster read time that 20mb/sec otherwise its going to take a long time to download your images!

Lets hope this really doesn’t mean they put a MS DUO slot in the A900!…

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