Higher speed card worth the money?

Is the speed difference between the 133X and 300X Lexar cards worth the $10.00 price difference that B&H is asking? I have a 20D and currently use one 133X Lexar 4Gb card. I want to buy another, but am wondering if a 300X might be advantageous. I shoot a lot of airshows, so I'm always looking for more speed (and I can't afford a new 1D. :cry

I dont think you would see a noticible increase in speed on a 20d. But for ten bucks...who cares?

Since the difference is only $10, the 300x card may come in handy in the future. You never know when you'll have a use for the speed. And since it's such a miniscule difference, it wouldn't hurt.

There is not much difference on the camera side, I own a 4 gb 300x and a 133x but with my FireWire reader the 300x dumps the photos on to the PC faster. Saving $10 is not a big deal but saving $50 is, so go to amazon.com and get this SANDISK. I have one and I don't think it lacks speed. If you have a USB reader you will not see much of a difference between the tree mentioned here. I hope this helps. Peace.

tunin wrote in post #4171793
There is not much difference on the camera side, I own a 4 gb 300x and a 133x but with my FireWire reader the 300x dumps the photos on to the PC faster. Saving $10 is not a big deal but saving $50 is, so go to amazon.com and get this SANDISK. I have one and I don't think it lacks speed. If you have a USB reader you will not see much of a difference between the tree mentioned here. I hope this helps. Peace.

Much as that's a nice price on the SanDisk ( and I appreciate your referral on that one), I decided to go with the 300X Lexar. I already have a Lexar 4Gb 133X and it has worked flawlessly for me. I'm going to stick with what I know works well in my camera and computer.

Thanks to everyone that responded.

The speed of the card can be a benefit when you transfer the images back out to your computer. Have a 300x doesn't truly benefit the camera for the camera has a max speed that can buffer and write. 133 is fast enough.

This might help as well: http://www.bobatkins.c​om …t_flash_memory_​cards.html

Based on my own personal shooting style, RAW+jpeg, my XTi becomes sluggish whever I use cards with less than 140x write speed; I'm waiting for the cameras buffer so that I can go on with shooting.

I have been tempted for sometime now with those 300x cards from Lexar, perhaps I'll take the leap and buy one, just to see if the write speed is worth it.