Where to buy Compact Flash cards???

I'm new to this forum and to digital photography. I have a new baby.... a 10D and need to purchase additional CF cards. Where and what brand do some of you use and are there any good deals right now. I have read several articles about read/write times and brands but would like some references from real people that have used cards they like and don't like and how do you feel about smaller cards vs. larger cards? I shoot mostly portrait work and worry about all my eggs being in one basket. Thank for any information.

512 MB to 1 GB are good sizes. I use a mix of Kingston, SanDisk, Lexar, and a couple of IBM (now Hitachi) 1 GB microdrives. Sources: whoever's got the best price, commonly computer stores such as PC Connection or NewEgg. That's 200 or 400 (average) photos/card at Large Fine JPEG, or 60-120 in RAW. 512s run anywhere from $70-$130 depending on performance, while 1 GB are around twice that, so the price/picture is about even. My D60 doesn't seem to care whether I run baseline CF cards or any of the various high speed cards (SanDisk Ultra, Lexar, . . ..) that are out there. For all practical purposes, I don't see a difference in write speed in the camera.

I use Sandisk 512M Ultra II cards which I bought from B&H Photo.

In my early days with digital cameras, I thought that a 256MB CF card was nice, since it had about the same RAW capacity as a roll of film. Since then, I have moved up to 512MB CF cards, so I have a mixture now.

---Bob Gross---

512 MB 52x Ritek Ridata CF cards at newegg for $70, free shipping. Great card, fast, reliable. Got mine last week!

2x512MB Sandisk Ultra II and 1x2GB Sandisk Ultra II, you can't go wrong with them, fast and reliable, still looking forward to couple of more 1GB ones, when i have money in the near future, hopefully

I got the 512MG Sandisk Ultra II as well

I purchased a 512MG Sandisk Ultra II as well when I purchased my dRebel camera the other day. So far, I have been very pleased with it, it is fast. But that is the only CF I have ever used, but I think it is a good one.

I purchased mine at Circuit City for about $150.00 with a $16.00 discount for buying it with the camera.

I purchased a 512MB Sandisk Ultra II at Amazon.com for $108 (they are $94 now). http://www.amazon.com …ce&s=electronic​s&n=502394

Also, buy.com has them for $101. http://www.buy.com …sku=10354252&lo​c=101&sp=1

Both are shipped free.

I have just sourced some 2.2Gb CF cards and may be persuaded to divulge price etc...

Where I may be paying UK price on 10d (I've taken a risk of not buying today in the hope I can still better the price) I have a VERY good price on the 2.2Gb CF cards. (Sub £150)

Anyone interested where?

Pete

I found the 512 to be a nice size. I did a bit of looking around - the chain electronic stores seem to give the best deals (Best Buy, Future Shop, etc).

As for the speed, I'm not sure it really matters much since the speed is limitted more by the camera more than the card. I have on Scan Disk Ultra and one regular Scan Disk. The only time I notice the difference is when I'm uploading the pictures to my computer (and even there it isn't that much of a difference).

Pete, I hope you didn't buy a whole bunch of MagicStor 2.2 GB microdrives? They don't work well in digital cameras. A lot of people have trouble with them. Look here, for example:

https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=36617
https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=33197

Thanks for all the help and the links. It really helped.

Joyce

The microdrives are unreliable. They break if dropped. The pressure of aircraft ruin them too.

The speed is important (and there isn't much of a premium for that speed). The camera buffers a limited number of pictures that could inhibit multiple consecutive shots.

I've found good prices at newegg.com , buy.com , and Amazon

I just bought another 1 gig Sandisk Ultra II CF card from Comp-U-Plus for $177.95, which included shipping. I ordered it on Sunday and already have the tracking number today.

Mike