Olympus C5060 Zoom Memory Card Write Speeds

This is a summary of a survey of the Olympus C5060 write speeds to different memory cards. 

The tests were made according to the following way:

• The camera was set in manual focus mode, with a short shutter time, and the flash disabled.
• The memory card to be tested was selected.
• The card was formatted in the camera.
• The camera was set to save RAW pictures (gives an Olympus Raw Format (.orf)  file with a size of 7.4 MB).
• Pictures were taken and the write times were measured manually with a stopwatch, starting immediately after the exposure (shutter sound) and ending when the "busy" red light went off.
• At least three measurements were made and the average time was calculated.
  

Explanation of the tables

• Card Type: CF=Compact Flash, CF II=Compact Flash type II, xD=Extreme Digital
• Brand and Model as written on the cards
• Size in MegaBytes
• Write speed: Measured as described above. Time values were rounded up to closest 0.1 second except for a few cases where timing devices with only 1 second accuracy readings were used. In those cases the write speed was rounded up to the closest whole second and no decimals are given in the tables. It should be noted that a considerable "operator" dependent error is present in these measurements. The measurements may deviate by approximately ±0.5 second depending on exactly how the measurer interpreted the instructions for the tests.
• Firmware: The firmware version of the camera used to do the test as determined from  the EXIF data in a picture taken with the camera.

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