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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 174052" data-attributes="member: 12496">For a D80?&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Different models have different properties.If (for example) you have a 10 megapixel camera, and it writes a 5 MB JPG file, and you do use JPG, and you don't use the continuous burst mode (if you only write one JPG now and then), and if you are willing that it takes 1/2 second to write that file, then obviously you can use any card that writes 10 MB/second. That is a Class 10 card.If you do use continuous shooting, and fire off a burst of five, that is 5x5MB or 25MB, and could take 2.5 seconds to finish writing, without a faster card.&nbsp; Might not be any issue.D80 specs say SD card which supports SDHC (manual page 122).&nbsp;&nbsp; That could be a fairly inexpensive card<a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/524532-REG/SanDisk_SDSDRX3_8192_A21_8GB_Extreme_SDHC_Memory.html" target="_blank">SanDisk 8GB SDHC Memory Card Extreme Class 10 SDSDRX3-8192-A21</a>This claims read/write speed of 30MB/sec (if the D80 can do 30MB is a different question however, but possibly the burst could be faster?).Newer cameras may want a faster card.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 174052, member: 12496"] For a D80? Different models have different properties. If (for example) you have a 10 megapixel camera, and it writes a 5 MB JPG file, and you do use JPG, and you don't use the continuous burst mode (if you only write one JPG now and then), and if you are willing that it takes 1/2 second to write that file, then obviously you can use any card that writes 10 MB/second. That is a Class 10 card. If you do use continuous shooting, and fire off a burst of five, that is 5x5MB or 25MB, and could take 2.5 seconds to finish writing, without a faster card. Might not be any issue. D80 specs say SD card which supports SDHC (manual page 122). That could be a fairly inexpensive card [URL="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/524532-REG/SanDisk_SDSDRX3_8192_A21_8GB_Extreme_SDHC_Memory.html"]SanDisk 8GB SDHC Memory Card Extreme Class 10 SDSDRX3-8192-A21[/URL] This claims read/write speed of 30MB/sec (if the D80 can do 30MB is a different question however, but possibly the burst could be faster?). Newer cameras may want a faster card. [/QUOTE]

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