on 14/12/02 1:17 pm, Shangara Singh wrote:
> It seems to me like playing with fire a little bit. If a full card goes down > or is lost, you're going to loose an awful lot of images. However, if a 256 > card goes down or is lost, you're only going to loose comparatively few. > > Isn't it better to have 4x 256mb cards as opposed to 1x 1GB? What's the > list's take on it? > > I'm thinking of getting 2x 256MB and one 512MB Ridatas. > What camera are you shooting with? With a D1 a 256MB card gives 60 or so NEF files which for me is about the right amount. Giving a good number of shots, against the risk of lost data. With a D1x I would want 512MB cards, and with the new higher resoloution cameras, 1GB Cards. I would always go for several smaller cards, over a big card. For me it helps workflow, downloading one card while shooting on another. Ridata are good, fast and reliable. The only outher cards I would consider are the Lexar Pro series. With the new Write Accelerated technology, they look to be the fastest, and they come with a free (I think) data recovery service in the case of corruption. But at a price! The choice should be yours. Also with the new 3 GB cards. not all cameras can 'see' the full 3GB. I belive at present, the Canon 1Ds is the only camera that can use the 3GB card. Ian -- Ian Goodrick, Tel/Fax +44 (0) 1474 333066 Ian Goodrick Photography, Mobile 07860 362322 Gravesend, Kent, UK =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
