Thanks for the tip on Transcend. I bought two of their 2 gig. I also bought a Sandisk Ultra II 2 gig at Costco, and I have a Sandisk Ultra 2 1 gig that I bought when I got my Panasonic point and shoot. So I'm good to go. BTW, I can shoot nice 20 minute movies on those 2 gig cards with the Panasonic. Lots of fun. On Sep 24, 2006, at 4:53 PM, Joseph Tainter wrote:
> Transcend 150x 2G SD cards have proven to be reliable and fast, are > currently on sale at NewEgg.com for $37 apiece. I've done business > with them quite a few times and not had any bad experiences. > > ----- > > Many told me to quit griping about Pentax ditching CF cards because SD > cards were now so cheap that they were disposable. Well, I have > ordered > a K10D and a 130X Lexar 2GB card to go with it. The card is over $100. > To get the 10 GB I'd like eventually to have for extended travel will > cost me $500 at that rate. (I have 9 GB in CF cards, and fill them up > pretty quickly when I travel. I also have a 40 GB Flashtrax, but > consider it a backup rather than a susbtitute for cards. And I'll have > to get a CF to SD adapter for it.) > > The Transcend certainly looks attractive on price, but are they of the > quality of Lexar and Sandisk? I won't buy a card that may prove > short-lived and lose valuable images. > > I don't know whether the K10D will be able to take full advantage of > cards in the 130-150x range. A future model might be able to. If I > invest now in expensive SD cards, though, that will guarantee that > Pentax will switch to some other kind of card in the future. > > The 4GB CF Lexar card that I have D causes the D to boot so slowly > that > I a hesitate to go beyond 2GB in future cards. Or maybe the K10D will > boot quickly enough that it won't be a problem. > > Joe > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
