November 8, 2004: The D60 section of the database is no longer being updated, as we no longer have access to this camera.

Several D60 design decisions mean that this camera will benefit from the fastest possible CompactFlash card.

• First, The D60 is not able to shoot and write simultaneously. Therefore, if you hit the buffer limit when shooting an extended sequence, as often as not you'll need to wait for the camera to finish processing or writing one photo before continuing.
  
  
• Second, the camera's relatively small 8 frame buffer, regardless of file format, means that it's possible to bump up against the buffer limit in some shooting situations.
  
  
• Third, the D60 doesn't permit the reviewing of photos until the buffer is completely emptied to the card.

CompactFlash Write Speed - Canon EOS D60 (Firmware Version 1.0.4)

The data in the table below was derived by timing how long it took the D60 to write out 8 Large Fine JPEG and 8 RAW .CRW photos to the card. Timing commenced when the camera's card status light illuminated, and stopped when the light went out. Each test cycle was performed 3 times (if the card's capacity allowed for that) to ensure accurate results.

Note: Because the D60 isn't capable of writing to cards that have been FAT32-formatted, only cards whose capacity is 2GB or less have been tested in this camera.

Card-to-card speed variation within the same brand and model, photographing scenes of varying detail and at different ISO settings - these and other factors may slightly alter write speed performance. As a result, write speed differences of 5% or less from card to card in the table below should be considered insignificant. If one card's write speed is within 5% of another's, the two cards are likely to offer effectively the same performance in the real world. Similarly, it's unlikely that most photographers would notice a difference between the fastest card and one that was up to 10% slower.

The results are arranged in the table from fastest to slowest (based on JPEG write speed). The top 10% (based on JPEG write speed) are marked in blue.