P900 write speed: I am hoping to speed up the white speed, especially after a burst. I am willing to invest in a new U3, 90MB/s SD card. Is the camera capable of writing faster to a...

jaybyrd Loc: Oceanside, CA

I am hoping to speed up the white speed, especially after a burst. I am willing to invest in a new U3, 90MB/s SD card. Is the camera capable of writing faster to a faster card? The manual doesn't address it and so far their customer tech support has no clue. Any other P900 users try this?

braindamage Loc: Appley Bridge, Lancs, U.K.

Here is a link that may help. http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3824622 I am a P900 owner and wouls be interested in your results. Cheers.

jaybyrd wrote:

I am hoping to speed up the white speed, especially after a burst. I am willing to invest in a new U3, 90MB/s SD card. Is the camera capable of writing faster to a faster card? The manual doesn't address it and so far their customer tech support has no clue. Any other P900 users try this?

jaybyrd Loc: Oceanside, CA

I talked with a Nikon tech spec person yesterday and was told they haven't tried any U3 disks in their cameras yet. So i guesses i will buy one and find out. I'll get back to you.

jaybyrd Loc: Oceanside, CA

So I bought a 16GB, 90 MBs, U3 card and am trying it out. I think it is marginally faster than the 80 MBs, U1 and I'm going to continue to use it and keep experimenting. I have not tried it yet with a video.
But the best part: I bought it at Best Buy this morning. It is a $49.99 card, but at the register there was a $30 instant credit on it. So for $19.99 i got a great card. If you have a BB nearby, ...
If anyone else experiments with this, appreciate to hear about your results.

braindamage Loc: Appley Bridge, Lancs, U.K.

Sounds like you got a great deal, well done. We don't have BB this side of the pond unfortunately. When you say it is a 90mbs card is that the read speed? From the limited research I have done the highest write speed that I have come across is 80mbs?

jaybyrd wrote:

So I bought a 16GB, 90 MBs, U3 card and am trying it out. I think it is marginally faster than the 80 MBs, U1 and I'm going to continue to use it and keep experimenting. I have not tried it yet with a video.
But the best part: I bought it at Best Buy this morning. It is a $49.99 card, but at the register there was a $30 instant credit on it. So for $19.99 i got a great card. If you have a BB nearby, ...
If anyone else experiments with this, appreciate to hear about your results.

jaybyrd Loc: Oceanside, CA

Hi BD. I spent 4 years on your side of the pond in the 70s, at Edzell, Scotland and enjoyed every minute of it.
OK, let me try to translate some of the tech talk, ... up to 90MBs read for faster xfr to PC, and write perf up to 60MBs for faster shot-to-shot. However, the real results ultimately depend on the host devices actual write speed / ability.
I guess had I spent $50 for the card it would not have been worth the marginal, if any improvement, but for $20, ...