Does a faster SD card improve performance in a Canon EOS 1000D?
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I’m buying an SD card for a Canon EOS 1000D and want to know whether a high-speed card is worth it. Is there a practical write-speed limit in this camera, and at what point do faster cards stop giving any real benefit?
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Rob Galbraith did an experiment with a Canon 450D here which may be useful to you: http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/camera_multi_page.asp?cid=6007-9424 He seems to suggest the camera will write at max of 11-14MB's. The 450D has a similar sized sensor (similar size photo) and the same image processor so your 1000D will be similar.
If you shoot in JPG a high speed card should not be necessary (the 1000D will shoot JPG continuously while writing to the card and never filling its internal buffer). But while shooting in RAW the cameras internal buffer will eventually fill up, a faster card will allow you to get back to shooting sooner.
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Yes, but only up to a point. Based on community testing and comparisons to the very similar Canon 450D, the 1000D is likely limited to roughly 11–14 MB/s write speeds. That means extremely fast SD cards won’t deliver their full rated speed in this camera.
In practice:
- For JPEG shooting, a high-speed card usually isn’t necessary, because the camera can keep shooting without quickly filling the buffer.
- For RAW shooting, a faster card can help clear the buffer sooner after a burst, so you can resume shooting faster.
A Class 6 card is generally a sensible target for this camera. It should offer an improvement over Class 4, but going much faster than Class 6 is unlikely to provide a meaningful real-world gain in the EOS 1000D.
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