I find my Leica 1200 is too slow for my taste, especially after upgrading the software.
So, knowing that the RX1250 collector reads and writes to the card a lot, which card should I get that would expedite that process? I've been told that I should stick to a size of 2GB or less.
I used a 32mb all last summer, how many shots are you taking on a daily average?
When I bought my TPS 1203, it came with a 256 mb card and I was told by the Leica rep to not use anything bigger as it would slow things down. I see Leica still carries the 256 cards but are harder to find elsewhere.
I often (well, when things were really busy) collect a huge number of points, and I've never come close to filling a 32MB card.
SD cards for Leica
Not directly related, but this is a good opportunity to share..
Leica sells "military grade" SD cards for use with their CS15, GS15 and TS15s. Each unit was delivered with one of the Leica approved SD cards, but I wanted spares. Naturally at a couple hundred a pop I figured Leica must be full of it. Why not use some from Target at $5 each? They seemed to work fine in the office.
And they worked fine in the field until the weather warmed up. The crew came back from a long day in the 95° heat with a corrupted and nearly empty data file. Those Target SD cards work fine at office temperature, between about 60° and 80°, but not so well outside that range.
Luckily the only thing we lost was an OPUS session, and we were returning to the site the next day anyway. Could have been much worse.
SD cards for Leica
Well then, I'm glad I opted for the expensive cards. Last summer (think hot) I dropped the rover card in a parking lot while I was putting away the rover and base, then getting out the reflectorless for the building lines. I found it ten minutes later, one side baked to the pavement, but all of the data intact and the card used many times since then. I was very impressed by the durability.
SD cards for Leica
> .. Last summer (think hot)....
In Tucson? Sure, but it's a dry heat.
SD cards for Leica
Hello Bruce,
The companies I've worked for have used Leica and non-Leica CF cards. It gets hot here in summer (>100*F) and cold-ish in winter (<40*F) and I've only ever seen and heard of a few of instances of data loss. Leica and non-Leica cards were both implicated, and having a Leica branded card was no guarantee against data loss.
I say "implicated" and not "to blame" because although people wanted to believe the cards and the card readers were the fault as they are cheap and replaceable, there was no evidence that the expensive instrument was blameless. Who'd want to believe their $40,000 TS was at fault?
I've noticed the 256MB cards are slower to read on the PC than the 32MB cards, and If I were looking for a new card I'd probably go with the fastest brand name card I could find. Something like a sandisk extreme in the smallest capacity, or similar.
I once lost all my data with a Leica 1200.
Only thing I could put it down to was when I jolted the whole GPS when I jumped down off a ledge.
Leica was able to retrieve the coordinates but all my codes were lost.
That was a timely reminder to use their CF cards.
I'd bought a standard CF card and it sat in my drawer ever since.
I do remember when I purchased being told large cards aren't necessary
I think the Leica ones were 32mb.
Personally, though they cost dearly, I'd pay extra for a proprietary one.
Another thing to consider is if you ever have an issue with the gear, Leica could walk away from you if you are using third party cards.
Not sure I'd be willing to test that idea.