Newbie to SLR photography with CF question for new DRebel

[kd5izq]

I'm thinking about getting a 1 gig CF card for my DRebel. Right now it's a toss up between the Sandisk 1 gig and the Kingston 1 gig (the standard one, not the high performance one). Anyone got any good or bad to say on those 2?

[timmyquest]

I've got a 512 scandisk...it's slow, but it hasnt failed me yet.

[kd5izq]

so it works ok in the camera? I'm not so worried about "dump" time, but more so it slowing down the camera. All I've got right now is a typical no frills 128 from Wally World and it seems to do ok.

[robertwgross]

Since the buffer on the Digital Rebel is smaller than on some of the other cameras, does this make CF card write speed more important or less important?

---Bob Gross---

[ScottJE22]

I've got a Kingston 512 right now. I'll probably pop for a 1 gig when that becomes the "sweet spot" in the CF card market. The 512 is adequate when shooting RAW, but if I were going to be away from my PowerBook for any length of time I would buy another one.

[DReb-MO]

I'm thinking about getting a 1 gig CF card for my DRebel. Right now it's a toss up between the Sandisk 1 gig and the Kingston 1 gig (the standard one, not the high performance one). Anyone got any good or bad to say on those 2?

Spend $200 and get yourself a MuVo2. Extract your 4 GIG CF card and go crazy taking pictures. Knowing I will not run out allows me significant free to "goof" around with shots.

[kd5izq]

Thanks for the suggestions guys. As it turns out the Kingston 1 gig was actually cheaper after freight than the Sandisk because it comes from a warehouse that I can get free shipping while the Sandisk didn't (at least from this particular supplier of mine). I can't wait till it gets here, my wife and I have been dying to play with it and we've been out diving every weekend since we got it and haven't had anytime to just play with it. I bought her a Rebel G (with the time & date stamp) about 6 years ago and she loves it, but being the "tech geek" that I am I've always wanted a digital so that I could play and learn without have a mess of developing fees involved in the process.

[WestFalcon]

I have 4 Kingston cards and about 4 other brands. The Kingston cards have never failed me where I've had minor problems with every other brand.

[kd5izq]

Thank you! That was exactly what I was hoping (and really kinda figured) I would here. For years Kingston has been, imho, the best memory maker around but usually a little more expensive. Glad that wasn't the case this time.

[Andy_T]

Hi KD,

also take a look at this site ... it's Rob Galbraith's CF database with write speeds for most common camera models (including the DRebel).

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

Best regards,
Andy

[kd5izq]

Thanks. I went and looked at that and apparently Kingston isn't one of the best, but for now I really don't have the money for one of the high end faster cards. Kinda makes me sad.

[Adam Hicks]

I have two SanDisk Extreme 512mb cards vs. one 1Gb card. They're super fast and I bought them sealed in the package on eBay for around $125 each. I couldn't be happier with them, and I have a little redundancy.

Adam