Max write speed of Canon PowerShot SD700 IS?

I am seriously considering getting the Canon PowerShot SD700 IS so now
i am thinking about memory. I don't want to spend extra (like for a
SanDisk Extreme III) if the mem wildly exceeds the camera's write
speed. So would something like SanDisk Ultra II still top the SD700 max
write speed?

Cheers

-Gaiko

 

According to dpreview.com:

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canonsd700is/page10.asp

This is the same as about 3.29 MB/sec. While the testing was done
with an Extreme III card, I believe that the Ultra II would be
adequate, but just barely, meaning it might be a tiny bit slower,
but you'd be hard pressed to notice any improvement using the
Extreme III. But if the Extreme III isn't too much more expensive
than the Ultra II it might be worth getting, if only so it'll be up
to speed for your next, presumably faster camera. I think that the
Extreme III also includes some file recovery software but that
shouldn't boost the value very much, since similar free software is
available for download. This SD700 review didn't have very much
information about card speeds, but the Nikon D200 review had some
useful data. Note the last line giving the Ultra II JPEG write
speed, which is only about 2% slower than the SD700 wrote to the
Sandisk Extreme III card:

But take everything said so far with a grain of salt. Only by
having someone compare the SD700 with those two cards will you
really know if the Ultra II would or wouldn't slow down the SD700.
You can be pretty certain of one thing though, that the Extreme III
wildly exceeds the SD700's needs.

 

Thank you for info (and about dpreview, nice site). I was mainly
interested in the Ultra because of the Ultra Plus, that can convert and
be plugged directly into a USB slot, very handy.

Thanks again,

-Gaiko

 

You're welcome.

 

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