Although the GX100 is not the direct GRD successor, it seems that Ricoh significantly improved the major GRD weakness, which is too slow RAW writing. But the same as in case of GRD, you will have to use the proper SD/SDHC card to get the maximum out of the GX100! Thanks to GX100 guys at DPReview Ricoh forum, in the below table you can see the summarized RAW writing times for different SD/SDHC brands & sizes..
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The "# BLINKS" is just the number of blinks of the camera AF led light. This light apparently shows also the writing progress.
Sorted by number of blinks, where 1blink = cca 0.5sec.
SD/SDHC CARD TYPE ..................................................... # BLINKS
2GB Sandisk Extreme III ............................................... 8 (Australia)
4GB Panasonic Class 6 SDHC Gold (RAW+N640) .......................... 8-9
2GB Sandisk Extreme III ............................................... 9 (Italy)
2GB Sandisk Ultra (Extreme) III ....................................... 9 (Italy)
(Assume member meant Extreme III, as there is no Ultra III)
2GB Kingston 50x SD ................................................... 9
2GB TwinMOS Ultra-X 150x (cheap) ...................................... 9
2GB Adata 150x SD ..................................................... 9
2GB Transcend 150x .................................................... 9
2GB Transcend 150x (Non-SDHC) (RAW +FINE JPEG) ........................ 9
4GB ATP Promax SDHC Class 6 ........................................... 9
4GB Kingston SDHC Class 6 ............................................. 9
4GB Lexar Platinum 2 60X .............................................. 9
4GB Lexar Professional 133x ........................................... 9/4secs
4GB Sandisk Extreme III ............................................... 9
8GB A-Data Class 6 (Raw + N640) ....................................... 9
2GB Sandisk Extreme III ............................................ 9-10
2GB Kingston elite pro 50X (Raw + N640) ............................ 9-10
8GB SanDisk Extreme III (Class 6) .................................. 9-10
16GB SanDisk Ultra II (Class 4) .................................... 9-10
2GB TRANSCEND SD 150X ................................................ 10
2GB Sandisk Ultra II (USB version) ................................... 10
2GB Sandisk Ultra II ................................................. 10
4GB Sandisk Ultra II ................................................. 10
4GB A-Data SDHC Class 6 .............................................. 10
8GB Transcend SDHC Class 6 ........................................... 10
16GB AData Turbo Class 6 SDHC (RAW+FINE) ............................. 10
2GB Panasonic Class 4 SD Blue (RAW+N640) .......................... 10-11
1GB Sandisk Ultra II Plus ............................................ 11
2GB Sandisk Ultra II ................................................. 11
2GB Kingston Elite Pro 50x ........................................... 11
4GB D.Media SDHC Class 6 (RAW+FINE+color - 6 sec) .................... 11
4GB Apacer SDHC Class6 ............................................... 11
1GB Corsair .......................................................... 12
1GB Integral High Speed (66X) ........................................ 12
4GB SANDISK SDHC Ultra II ............................................ 12
4GB Transcend SDHC Class 6 (RAW+FINE) ................................ 12/7secs
4GB Verbatim SDHC Class 6 ............................................ 12
8GB Kingston SDHC Class 4 ............................................ 12
4GB Kingston SDHC Class 6 ......................................... 12-13
4GB SANDISK SDHC ..................................................... 13
2GB Sandisk MicroSD ............................................... 13-14
4GB PNY SDHC Class 4 ................................................. 14
4GB Toshiba SDHC Class 4 ............................................. 14
2GB Lexar Professional 133x (RAW + N640 JPEG) ..................... 14-15
8GB Patriot (Class 6) ............................................. 14-15
4GB Sandisk SDHC (expensive) not speed branded ....................... 15
1GB Toshiba AUD$20 not speed branded ................................. 16
8GB Transcend SDHC Class 2 (purchased in San Jose CA ) ............... 17
2GB Standard Kingston SD (RAW+Fine) .................................. 17
1GB Kingston MicroSD .............................................. 15-18
512MB ordinary Sandisk .............................................. ~18/9secs
64MB Sandisk TransFlash .............................................. 19
512Mb Crucial (speed not specified) .................................. 19
1GB Patriot 40x (Non-SDHC) ........................................... 20
2GB "My Memory" (online shop own-brand) 133x SD ...................... 22/11secs
4GB PQI SDHC Class 6 ................................................. 22
2GB Fujifilm 60x ..................................................... 23
32MB SanDisk ......................................................... 34
64MB Sandisk ......................................................... 49
GX100 internal memory .......................................... 56 to 58
BTW, if your GX100 can write RAW under 8-9blinks/4-5 secs, don't forget to tell us about it! But even if your card is not the fastest card, please, drop your # of blinks/times here too! It would help the other people not to buy SD/SDHC cards, which are not suitable for RAW.
Thank you!
