Actually, I agree with you. I'm satisfied with the 1GB cards, although I can see getting a 2GB card for a number of reasons. I mostly asked about the 4GB card for a friend who recently bought a DS, but possibly for my own consideration as well.. My next card purchase will probably be a 2GB card because, in the price range I want to pay, and considering the brands available in that price range, the 2GB capacity cards are often faster than their 1GB counterpart, and will speed downloading and file transfer. Plus, I want to see if cards faster than the ones I have will have any effect on the transfer rates within the camera. Of course, the additional capacity is nice to have, even though there's only been one time that I've filled a 1GB card.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi > I recall seeing some discussion on DPReview.com regarding 4Gbyte > cards. Some folks have not had any problems with some makes, some > folks haven't been able to get them to work. File system doesn't seem > to be the problem as firmware v2.0 implements FAT32 already. > Evidently, there are controller issues with some cards ... 2G and 4G > cards were not available when the specs for the DS were designed and > tested, so it was impossible to test these cameras against the actual > hardware as opposed to against a specification. There are often > differences. > > Sandisk is releasing new "SDHC" (SecureDigital High Capacity) card > models to establish a more standardized format for these very large > capacities. > > As always with emerging technologies, it's best to stay one jump > behind the bleeding edge for maximum compatibility and best > performance per dollar. Memory cards are a commodity purchase, it > makes sense to simply get the best bang for the buck and eschew > always wanting the latest, biggest, fastest, etc. I've been > standardized on Sandisk Ultra II 1G SD cards for some time on this > basis. Now, with the easy availability of 4G cards and the prices > dropping on the 2G cards to where they were for 1G cards a year ago, > I've ordered an Ultra II 2G card to test out how well it works in > cameras and readers. 95 exposures per card on 1G cards seems a > reasonable storage capacity to me, double that is nice but likely not > essential to me. > > (For the Sony R1, I had to go to 2G cards to get the same 95 shot > comfortable capacity per card...) > > Godfrey > > > On Apr 19, 2006, at 8:26 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > Yes, Dario - that much I knew from updating the original to v1.02. > > However, at that time there were no, or very few, SD cards with a > > capacity > > greater than 2GB, hence my question. I don't want to buy a 4GB > > card only > > to find it doesn't work or work properly. I was hoping that > > someone who > > actually knew, perhaps having used a large card in the v2.0 DS, > > would be > > able to confirm the maximum size card the camera can use. > > > > Shel > > > > > > > >> [Original Message] > >> From: Dario Bonazza > > > >> DS firmware v.1.2 allows SD cards greater than 1GB (how much > >> greater is unknown). v.2.0 also includes all v.1.2 features. > >> > >> Dario > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Shel Belinkoff" > > > >>> Will the DS with v2.0 of the firmware > >>> support SD cards with a greater than > >>> 2GB capacity? I thought I saw that it > >>> does, but I cannot find the link now. > > > >
