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These tests used a Nikon CoolPix 990, firmware v1.1, in manual mode. For these tests, the shutter pressed halfway to eliminate the pre-focus delay, and timing accuracy is plus or minus a few tenths of a second.
| CompactFlash Card Type | Model Number and Purchase Date | Tiff (HI quality) transfer time (from shutter beep to end of hourglass) |
Jpeg (Fine Quality) transfer time |
| Mr. Flash 128 MB | P/N FC128, August 2001 |
45.0 seconds |
3.3 seconds |
| Lexar 8x, 16 MB | July 2000 (w/ camera) |
30.6 seconds |
3.4 seconds |
| Sandisk 64 MB | July 2000 |
51.3 seconds |
3.4 seconds |
| Viking 128 MB | June 2001 |
29.8 seconds |
3.4 seconds |
Conclusion: 99.9 percent of my images are jpeg fine quality, so for me there is no significant difference in transfer time for ordinary use. But for the handful of tiff files I do each year, I'll reach for the Viking card.
For more CF timings, see Bryan Biggers's page.