i'll give the dd with bs=1kb a run for its money next time around, but don't hold your breath, okay?

actually, i also need to put it in the 808 PV and check whether the full resolution pictures save faster on it then on the internal flash (about 5 sec )
considering the sustained write speed & the 10MB size of a 38 MP jpg, that should go down to about 2 sec
unless there is a lot of processing involved