Micro SD Card Shootout: The Need for Speed
I recently wrote a post about the Lumix GX1 camera, and how I'm learning to take insanely great photos.
I love the GX1. Here's a write-up I posted after my first 14 days using the camera. However, one thing that's frustrated me has been the slow write-speed of the 16 Gig Class 10 MicroSD card I was using. So I set out to see if I could find a better solution.
I purchased a 32 gig 45mbps for $32.95 card, which writes photos 4.5x as fast as the Class 10 card, as well as a 16 gig 95mbps card for $40, which in theory is 9.5x as fast. But how would they perform in real-world tests? And was the faster card worth the extra cost for only half the space?
