Walk around... memory card?

[zod]

Just wondering what people use. I shoot in raw and 2gb never seems to be enough.

[Riff Raff]

Used an 8GB in the Rebel XTi. Switched to a 16GB when I got the 40D, since the 14-bit RAW takes up more room.

[alt4852]

4gb. i only shoot raw so that equates to roughly 300 pictures per card. during weddings i may have to switch cards twice at most, and i sleep better knowing that i won't lose a whole wedding due to one card malfunction. if i were lead, i might use a 8gb because i'm guessing if i ever got that serious i'd have a 1d series with dual cards stacked. ;)

[alexg]

i dont see a point in buying 8gb for walk around... with 32gb under 100 bucks, might as well get one :) also, dont get suckered into buying extemes or something like that for this...

[Alex Rechetov]

I always shoot in raw, and use a 4GB in the XT and an 8GB in the 40D. Seems to be sufficient for casual walk-around.

[75D]

If I'm walking around I usually use the 2GB and swap the cards as needed. If it is a specific event I am shooting I will use a 4GB. Don't find it a problem to swap cards.
Don't believe in putting all my eggs in one basket so feel comfortable with several smaller cards.

[Riff Raff]

Well when you have a 16GB card that you've already bought for a purpose other than 'walkaround', there's really no point to putting in a smaller card. I'm OK with it not getting filled up on hiking trips. :-)

[da_nige]

Two 4GB cards in my 1D, both Extreme III

[zod]

Awesome. Yeah I think I might pick up an 8gb and 4gb just because when I'm shooting promos for people I am really pushing it with only a 2gb, and with 4 or 8 I don't have to worry about cleaning it off as often for causal shooting. Thanks guys!

[_aravena]

Only have 4GB cards. Not a big deal to carry an extra if need be. 400 photos tends to be enough just walking around.

[SuzyView]

For just getting around, I have 4 4gb cards ready to go. For events, the same 4 cards and add 4 more.

[Jim G]

I did use 4G and 2G cards until I got a 1D III and for those occasions where I shoot RAW there 4G ain't what it used to be... so I have a few 8G cards now for those really long days. Thought about just having more 4G cards as backup against losing everything in case of failure but given that I can back up everything to the second card now it wasn't as appeailng as it was before.

[Calicajun]

I carry (2) 2 gig cards and one (4) gig card around at all times. Started off shooting jpeg only and that was plenty of storage, in fact never used up a 2 gig card in one day. Now that I have found RAW, I may need a bigger cards soon.

[_aravena]

With a 40D!?! Heck yeah. There are times I shoot with one card thinking it'll be enough and next thing I know I have less than 50 photos left and I just grab another.

[Calicajun]

Well space hasn't been a big problem for me as yet, because I seem to be still stuck in the 35mm film frame of mind. That is to say, that when ever I go out to shoot it seem I still think I'm using film and so everything is shot in multiply of (36) usually around what would be (4) rolls of (36) exposure film.:oops: Hard habit to break, even know shooting digital is free. Guess that comes from being taught to plan your shots before pushing the shutter.;)

[Jim G]

Well space hasn't been a big problem for me as yet, because I seem to be still stuck in the 35mm film frame of mind. That is to say, that when ever I go out to shoot it seem I still think I'm using film and so everything is shot in multiply of (36) usually around what would be (4) rolls of (36) exposure film.:oops: Hard habit to break, even know shooting digital is free. Guess that comes from being taught to plan your shots before pushing the shutter.;)

darn good skill to have there, too. took me quite a while to acquire that - I spent a good amount of time with my 20D happily blazing away without putting too much thought into it. If I ever come across some very small CF cards for cheap I'm going to try and find out what it was like to have ~20-30 shots per "roll" :D

[Calicajun]

JimG,
Thanks, of course that doesn't mean that all my planned shots come out as planned.

[ATI058]

I'm a little paranoid after experiencing catastrophic card failure during a paying assignment with a borrowed N'k'n slr. Losing 2gb of photos is a very bad thing but I can still survive this with a little extra time and effort. The lost of 8gb or 16gb of photos is officially a total disaster. I currently carry eight, 2gb cards in two gepe carriers and change out as needed. I shoot mostly in RAW+jpg mode and I've not run out of gig space during a shoot yet.

[ben_r_]

I own 5 8gb cards and only one 4gb. I think at 12MP the 8gbs are a happy medium.

[yabbie]

I have one 8Gb card for each camera (just purchased the 2nd last week), started out with 2x1Gb, but these are filled up too quickly shooting raw. I have a 2Gb from a year ago too, which is good to use if one of the 8Gb cards are full.
16Gb would take me a long time to fill, and I'd probably forget to back it up as often, so 8 is perfect for me.