buy an imagetank, or an ipod, or something like that and stop worrying about CF vs SD vs whatever. much more cost effective too. 1GB gard in either format will set you off by about $50-60 these days. buy two, and swap them as needed -- that's about $120 (or 10% of *istd price, basically, the sales tax in NYC) on top of the camera price tag. i wouldn't pay more for either sd or cf storage, unless i already had 10GB worth of it.
best, mishka On 3/19/06, Brian Dipert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My reason for earlier asking about the storage card format of the upcoming > 10 Mpixel DSLR is that I just bought a new *ist D on clearance from Amazon > for $1199, as a backup for my existing *ist D. Here's where I'm torn: > 1) 10 Mpixel resolution will certainly be helpful when doing extreme > enlargements, or said another way enlargements of a small portion of a > captured image, and > 2) the *ist DS/DS2 on which I assume the new camera will be based makes some > feature advancements over the *ist D, albeit with a few features discarded > along the way (I admit I'm a bit fuzzy on how the *ist D compares to the > *ist DS/DS2, and would welcome folks' feedback on this), but > 3) Especially for those of us that primarily shoot RAW, CompactFlash storage > capability, versus SD card, is desireable both from an absolute capacity > standpoint and cost/GByte standpoint (esp when MicroDrives are factored into > the mix). > > So what do folks think? The newer cameras are cheaper, and arguably > better-featured (again, data and opinions are welcomed), but only work with > capacity-deficient SD cards. Does it make sense to pay more simply for > CompactFlash capacity? > ============================== > Brian Dipert > Senior Technical Editor: Mass Storage, Multimedia (audio, displays, 2-D and > 3-D graphics, and still and video imaging), PCs and Peripherals > EDN Magazine: http://www.edn.com > My blog: http://www.edn.com/briansbrain > 5000 V Street > Sacramento, CA 95817 > (916) 760-0159, fax (781) 734-8038 > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Visit me at http://www.bdipert.com > >
