Yep, get the highest mah rating you can. Make sure you get batts which are rated as OK for fast charging too, if you get a fast charger.
If you want to shoot RAW then go for no less than 1Gb in my opinion. As Alex says 512 is fine for jpgs. I can wholeheartely recommend the Lexar 1Gb cards. They come with a free reader too, but this reader only works with other Lexars so I will probably stick with one brand for now. Alex is right not to worry about speed - this is not really an issue unless you do serious wildlife or motorsports photography. > -----Original Message----- > From: alex wetmore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 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
