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D4s, which card raw

cowleystjamescowleystjames Posts: 74Member
edited April 2014 in Nikon DSLR cameras
I'm just throwing a curve ball out there, and wondering if anyone can advise me which format to send to which card.
I shoot raw and jpg and currently save raw to the xqd and jpg to the compact flash. My theory being that raw files are bigger and xqd is supposed to be the faster format.
Is my reasoning flawed?
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  • Golf007sdGolf007sd Posts: 2,840Moderator
    On my D4, all my images go on the XQD. The CF card is used to store video or when my XQD gets full. I do not save any JPG's.

    D4 & D7000 | Nikon Holy Trinity Set + 105 2.8 Mico + 200 F2 VR II | 300 2.8G VR II, 10.5 Fish-eye, 24 & 50 1.4G, 35 & 85 1.8G, 18-200 3.5-5.6 VR I SB-400 & 700 | TC 1.4E III, 1.7 & 2.0E III, 1.7 | Sigma 35 & 50 1.4 DG HSM | RRS Ballhead & Tripods Gear | Gitzo Monopod | Lowepro Gear | HDR via Promote Control System |
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  • cowleystjamescowleystjames Posts: 74Member
    I don't save the jpg's I transfer them onto my ipad for the client to see the images, they transfer fast using the WT-5 .
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  • Golf007sdGolf007sd Posts: 2,840Moderator
    OIC. Then your setup is just fine.
    D4 & D7000 | Nikon Holy Trinity Set + 105 2.8 Mico + 200 F2 VR II | 300 2.8G VR II, 10.5 Fish-eye, 24 & 50 1.4G, 35 & 85 1.8G, 18-200 3.5-5.6 VR I SB-400 & 700 | TC 1.4E III, 1.7 & 2.0E III, 1.7 | Sigma 35 & 50 1.4 DG HSM | RRS Ballhead & Tripods Gear | Gitzo Monopod | Lowepro Gear | HDR via Promote Control System |
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  • cowleystjamescowleystjames Posts: 74Member
    Not exactly a lab comparison, but I ran a three second raw image burst to XQD and then CF and compared time to save via the write light on the D4s yesterday. Which was about thirty three images.
    The XQD card was faster probably by a couple of seconds overall. Okay, not a massive amount and in the field of work that I do, not critical, but this was just out of curiosity mainly.
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