On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, Paul Eriksson wrote: > The wife finally ok'd the purchase but the store said it would be 2-3 weeks > before the next shipment. Now I have to figure out the memory and battery > requirements. I figured that a single 512mb or 1gb card would be sufficient > to start out with, any suggestions when it comes to brands and speeds? Also > what kind of rechargeable batteries are you using with your ist d's?
I'm using some Energizer 2200mah AA NiMH cells that I bought at BestBuy currently. When buying NiMH cells at a retailer like that make sure that you look at every single area that has batteries, often you'll find higher capacity NiMH cells in one area than another (even though the brand is the same). I have 3 CF cards, 1 128mb Viking that I've had forever, a 256mb Sandisk that I picked up at BestBuy when getting the batteries and a 512mb Ritek that I bought used from a co-worker out of our company classifieds. If you are shooting JPEG images a 512mb card is fine for day trips (I get about 100 images on the card) but if you are planning to use RAW then you'll want as much storage as you can afford. http://www.techbargains.com often lists sale prices on CF. A lot of people get excited about CF speed, but I really don't think it is too big of a deal unless you plan on shooting sports or other things were timing is critical. The buffer on the *ist D is pretty big and I've never filled it in normal shooting...only when I was holding the shutter button down to see how quickly I could fill it. The money that you would spend on a fast 512mb card will often get you a slow 1gb CF card and I'd rather have the space than the speed. alex
