what CF Card for 7D

I'm relatively new to photography and I just bought a new 7D and need to buy some CF cards.

What would be the minimum speed that I need.
I have read post where the poster said 60mb/s I have seen 45mb/s some say 30mb/s and some say 15mb/s

Some cards don't have the MB they just have a 200x or 400x I don't know how to compare those to the one with MB/s on them

Anyone on here that knows what I really should have for my camera without buying more speed than what i need.

i have sandisk extreme III 8gb cf cards...they are awesome and not too expensive

Depends on the type of photography you will be doing. If it will be the type that requires the use of high speed continous shooting, then you're going to need the fastest possible card to allow the fastest write to the card. If you will be taking single shots at a time, then the write speed is not so much of a factor, and then you can go with the slower, and therefore cheaper cards. How big the size of the card, 4meg or 8 meg etc, is personal preferance.

Myself, I shoot a lot of air displays and aviation, so can sometimes need the fastest write speed. Size of card, I prefer 8meg cards, which give me 304 pics on the card shooting in RAW. My preference is not to go for larger, just in case the card becomes damaged/lost etc, then I have only lost 300 pics, not possibly double that with a 16meg card. I also have a bunch of 4meg for precisely this reason. I use Sandisk cards, as they have proved reliable for me in the last couple of years.

All the above advice is free, therefore if I'm wrong, too bad

Chris

My local Wal Mart has this card for $25.00 would it be good for single shots.

http://www.walmart.com …ompactFlash-Card/13908932

Those are what I use and have never had any issues. I have an 8gb 16gb.

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Those are what I use and have never had any issues. I have an 8gb 16gb.

Thanks I will pick up some of them $25.00 seems like a good price for them and probably not a counter fit like I would get on E Bay.