Two 2GB, or One 4GB

12345Michael54321 wrote in post #2192245
When I was shooting primarily 35mm, I didn't typically opt to shoot 12 exposure rolls of film, thinking that "This way, if the processor loses or ruins a roll, I've only lost 12 pictures, and not 36." But hey, to each his own.

True, but for critical, non-repeatable jobs I always shot more than one roll and took the film to the lab in 2 or more batches so that if there was a line failure not all of the job would be lost.

Actually with the 5D I use 3 4GB and shoot on raw (which doesn't put many more shots on it than a 2gb on the 30D). And I use 2 2GB's for the 30.

Permagrin wrote in post #2192446
Actually with the 5D I use 3 4GB and shoot on raw (which doesn't put many more shots on it than a 2gb on the 30D). And I use 2 2GB's for the 30.

Ditto (except in numbers) - on the 5D or 1Ds models a 4 GB card is better if you shoot RAW. For 8 MP and below 2 GB is OK. But if you can get 2x 2GB for less than 1x 4 GB, go that way. At last count I had 25 or so GB of cards between 1 and 4 GB, plus some older 512s and 256s (and I'd forgotten how fast a 512 MB card goes in RAW even at 8 MP). I'm another one who doesn't reformat the cards until everything's been backed up several places.

Given the choice I choose 2X2GB.

For those who haven't faced card failure, be fore warned it will happen!!!
I carry 3X2GB and 2X1GB. Since I store my cards on the POTN strap its unlikely that I won't have a card available even if I left it in the card reader. Which would be dangerous since I have a 2 year old at home terrorizing everything in sight.

lostdoggy wrote in post #2193005
Given the choice I choose 2X2GB.

For those who haven't faced card failure, be fore warned it will happen!!!
I carry 3X2GB and 2X1GB. Since I store my cards on the POTN strap its unlikely that I won't have a card available even if I left it in the card reader. Which would be dangerous since I have a 2 year old at home terrorizing everything in sight.

Using your logic, 4 x 1GB is better than 2 x 2GB; and 8 x 512MB is the BEST option.

Let's face it, once you get used to it, it really doesn't matter, and price is really your primary decision point.

If you buy cheap cards, expect failures. You buy good cards (Extreme IIIs) you ain't gonna see the problems.

How quickly people forget how it was hard to imagine 1GB in one card. 4GB ain't nothin but a thang...

I own one 2gb Sandisk Extreme IV and plan to get another. I prefer not having all my baskets in one egg. Hehehehe, I butchered that by accident, but will leave it for fun. I probably wasted money on the EX IV versus the III, but got more money than brains! Enjoy whatever you get.

Two 2gb - 2gig is enough that changing isn't that frequent to be inconvenient and the whole eggs in the single basket thing is not the best idea just in case

joegolf68 wrote in post #2193659
I prefer not having all my baskets in one egg. Hehehehe, I butchered that by accident, but will leave it for fun.

Funny.

2x2. That's my vote. Of course, I still only have 1x1 and 1x512, coupled with a 20G portable drive. Holds on to everything.

I like big cards, bigger is better!

that said, you MUST have two cards!

My recommendation is always, budget your memory capacity, then divide that capacity into two or more cards.

Todd Jacobsen wrote in post #2193477
Using your logic, 4 x 1GB is better than 2 x 2GB; and 8 x 512MB is the BEST option.

Let's face it, once you get used to it, it really doesn't matter, and price is really your primary decision point.

If you buy cheap cards, expect failures. You buy good cards (Extreme IIIs) you ain't gonna see the problems.

How quickly people forget how it was hard to imagine 1GB in one card. 4GB ain't nothin but a thang...

No that is not my logic that is just what I have on hand.

Given the choice between having 2X2GB or 2X4GB I would choose 2X4GB. I like large cards but I wouldn't want to be stuck with just one card.

Buying expensive doesn't guarantee you failure free just better speed most of the time. Contingency plan is to have the right software to recover what is thought to be lost.

This one really does keep on rolling back around, doesn't it?!

I have 1x 4GB card, which lives in my camera. So I'm probably sh**ing the USB connector on the camera. But hey ho...

On the XT, go with the 2GB. If it was the 5D and you were shooting RAW+JPEG well... then that's makes 2 FOUR gbs

I work under the rule of threes,
So for the choice it would have to be 2X2.

Right now I work with three 1gig cards, I have had one of them freeze on me during a shoot and ended up having to buy recovery software for the images, ( after the fact) during every shoot I also have a storage unit with me and use it often.

Rule of threes
Three rolls of flim for ( changed to three media cards)
Three camera bodies with
Three lenses

Though my digital canon camera's could easily brake the reason for the three camera rules, I still try to follow them, I have had a body fail, a card fail, a lens mishap but never all at once.

Two cards for me for safty reasons. it takes no time to change them so why take chances.

I have five of the 4Gb cards. Never an issue. I have always used Sandisk.