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post #1 of 11
2/18/05 at 1:02am
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I'm either going to be using a Nikon D70 or a Canon 20D (Digital SLRs that take CF cards). So I'm wondering what brands/types of CF cards are the best.

I know SanDisk is pretty much the "name" brand in CF and it appears their "Ultra II" cards are probably near the top of the line, so my questions is, is there anything faster? Are there other companies that I should consider instead of SanDisk? What other cards are as fast as the Ultra IIs?

I'm thinking of going with multiple 512MB cards rather than say a 2 1GB cards or 1 2GB card as I think that it's probably best not to put "all my eggs in one basket" (e.g. having every picture I shoot on a trip be one card that fails or is lost).

Basically I'm looking for the best deal on 512MB fast (read/write speed) Compact Flash cards.

Thanks.
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post #2 of 11
2/18/05 at 1:07am
Sandisk and Lexar are super cards (I have sandisk)
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post #3 of 11
2/18/05 at 5:04pm
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Anyone else have any input?
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post #4 of 11
2/18/05 at 6:57pm
Off topic:

ilCacciatore, You just bought a new laptop, your planning on buying a new Gaming PC and now your going to buy a new DSLR?

How about giving me some money?
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post #5 of 11
2/18/05 at 8:33pm
Arent the ibm microdrives CF form factor? Ive herd those are okay
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post #6 of 11
2/18/05 at 8:42pm
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Originally Posted by JFvergara
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ilCacciatore, You just bought a new laptop, your planning on buying a new Gaming PC and now your going to buy a new DSLR?

How about giving me some money?
I've been working a lot lately and got a raise.... so I have a few thousand extra $ to spend.

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Originally Posted by mjolnir
Arent the ibm microdrives CF form factor? Ive herd those are okay
Are they CF cards or what... I mean, I guess, what are they?
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post #7 of 11
2/18/05 at 10:42pm
I have a 512mb Lexar 12x card. Seems to work just fine for me although I haven't taken a large amount of shots in a short time to really test the transfer rate.
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post #8 of 11
2/19/05 at 1:19am
i can't offer any input, but lemme know how you like whichever digital slr you wind up with...*drools at the thought of having a digital slr of my own*
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post #9 of 11
2/19/05 at 1:52pm
Microdrives are Compact Flash (Type II - i.e. a bit thicker, but still compatible with all things CF).

The microdrives DO offer the most storage for the smallest cost, however, they require more battery power (spinning HD) and are more fragile than flash-RAM CF cards.

I prefer LEXAR (panasonic-rebranded) media ALWAYS. San Disk ULTRA's are OK, but so is most everything else out there geared towards digital cameras.

READ THIS WEBSITE for all the info you could possibly want to know about flash memory with respect to digital cameras. BTW: Steve's digicam site is very good for most things dealing with digital cameras.

-myrkat
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post #10 of 11
2/24/05 at 1:20am
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Originally Posted by Zem Frim-Bott
i can't offer any input, but lemme know how you like whichever digital slr you wind up with...*drools at the thought of having a digital slr of my own*
I am going with a new D70 for personal use. I work for a photography company that owns tons of them (they just ordered another 35 of them and have a room filled with them) - so I got a really great price ($950, overnight shipped, no tax, with the 18-70mm lens outfit/kit) and it is warrantied under my company's account - so basically forever.
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post #11 of 11
2/24/05 at 5:07am
Here is some info.

http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/mul...e.asp?cid=6007


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Stay away from micro-drives. They are fragile. It is to easy to lose data on them. You can drop a CF card since it is solid state, drop a micro-drive and you may have lost everything. Micro-drives were a transitory piece of tech. With the current crop of CF cards I don't see any reason to use one.
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