Walk around... memory card?

Calicajun wrote in post #6159578
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. 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"

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

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.

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

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.