Recommended Accessories?

Hi Everyone,

I am going to be getting the Canon PS SD850 soon for a trip to Europe, and I was wondering what accessories you all would recommend. I am thinking about getting one extra battery and at least 2 2gb memory cards. Does name brand really matter on either one? I ask because I saw this memory card and I'm wondering if I should go with a name brand. For the price, I would definitely buy 2 4gb cards instead of 2 2gb cards. I also saw this battery that seems to be the store brand equivalent of the powershot battery.

If anyone could let me know if name brand matters, or any other accessory I should get, please let me know. Sorry for the long post!

Get a reliable manufacturer's memory cards. I've got/had around 20-25 SanDisk cards of various sizes and capacities; only one has ever failed; I recovered everything from it and SanDisk replaced it for me. Needless to say, that's what I use exclusively. Batteries - a lot of us here go to Sterlingtek.

Thanks for your help! So, would this be a good deal? And I don't need a high speed card even if I'm going to be taking video right? http://www.amazon.com …ics&qid=1210298​077&sr=8-2

Also, about how many pictures do you think one of these would hold? I know it largely depends on the quality I choose but I just need a rough estimate.
Thanks again.

hmmm...accesorries...h​ow about a nice Dslr, possibly the canon 40d, and a few nice lenses...say the canon 10-22, 24-70, and 70-200? Will only run you up about 4000 dollars? Or just go with you P&S and buy a few mem cards and a few batteries.

hmmm.. I guess you were making a joke, so I'm not really sure that helped me...

jpo2005 wrote in post #5488457
Thanks for your help! So, would this be a good deal? And I don't need a high speed card even if I'm going to be taking video right? http://www.amazon.com …ics&qid=1210298​077&sr=8-2

Also, about how many pictures do you think one of these would hold? I know it largely depends on the quality I choose but I just need a rough estimate.
Thanks again.

That'll hold around 400 photos at Large Superfine (the best resolution, which is all I ever set my camera to) on an 8 MP camera, or 16 or so minutes of video at 640x480x30 fps. I'd get a couple or three; I've successfully recorded 9 min. clips (the max. my A620 can handle) on one of those although I mostly get the Extreme IIIs so they can see double duty in my DSLRs as well when needed (via a SDHC-CF adapter). If you're planning on shooting much video (or accidentally flip the switch to the video position), take that into consideration in deciding how many to get. And remember, Canon recommends a low level format of the card in-camera if you plan to use it for video.