size storage card

[shindig 0]

what size card do you guys use for your 10ds and any other digital camera. I just ordered the 300rebel and should get it this week. I have no idea about digital pics so I'm learning. also what format do you take the pics in RAW and how many can you hold doing that. I ordered a 1G card.

[PhreeZone 20]

Size is as important as speed. If the card can't write as fast as it needs to the entire camera will take less pictures. 42X is the slowest I'd use on a tool as nice as the 10d and I'd try to find 45X or faster if I could. 512 or Gig cards are your best bets.

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[teamhypoxia 0]

I get about 100 skydiving pictures on my 256mb. I think I would rather have two 256 cards then one 512. You can download from one while using the other. Also, I've tried different speed cards and I honestly can't see a difference with my 10D. I know everyone says speed of the card is so important, but they all seem to provide the exact same fps speed. Does anyone have any concrete evidence to the contrary?

[freeflyanvil 0]

I can get about 200 pictures at the highest quality/resolution on my 512 sandisc ultra (using 10D). No problems with the speed of the card either. Works like a charm

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[fasterfaller 0]

I use 256-512 cards in my cameras . On my 1ds I get about 20-25 shots on a 256 and 40-50 on a 512 . My reasoning is this , if I have a card fail I would rather have to reshoot 20-25 shots vs 80-100 shots on a 1 gig card . There is a device called a disc steno made by Apacer that you can download to a cdr in the field and on battery power and that is what I do with data files in the field .

Also realize that if you fill a 1 gig card up it will not fit on a single cd but you might get it on a dvd . When I jump a digital I shoot a large fine jpeg and only will shoot raw if I am after maximum quality images .

[monkeyKam 0]

If you're flying a Canon digital SLR, Canon tech people will tell you that a standard speed card is all you need for speed on the camera. The D60, for instance, cannot write to the CF card faster than a standard Sandisk (for instance) can take it. He told me not to waste my money on faster cards, as the bus in the camera will not write faster than standard speed. He said that if I wasn't concerned with the download speed in my card reader on my laptop, stick with standard CF cards.

He was right, I'm happy with my 2 128 MB Sandisk cards. I can't fire off more than the max 49 large high-quality JPEGs the 128 MB card can hold, so alternating two of them between jumps works perfectly (for my pocket book, too).

Andy

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