Thank you G ... that was exactly the info i was looking for. Shel
> [Original Message] > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi > There is little point to cards much beyond the speed of the camera to > write data to them, although faster cards do allow faster downloads > to computer through a card reader. I have cards of various brands and > speeds, most are 45x and 60x but I have a couple of slower ones. It's > easy to see the difference between 32x and 45x cards, not so easy to > see much benefit from the 60x cards. But since 60x cards are only a > couple dollars more than than 45x cards now, they're worth buying for > the download speed improvement. > > Sandisk Ultra IIs work well, as so the Transcend and PQI cards. I > don't have any Lexars, but the ATP cards seem to be about the best > made of all of them. > > The DS buffers writes so you rarely run into the limitations on the > camera due to card speed unless you're shooting continuous > sequences ... faster cards will allow you to squeeze a couple more > frames in a fast sequence than slow cards. If that's not your style > of shooting, than even slow cards do just fine.
