SD card for DS

[dick graham]

I just received my DS and 16-45 DA lens.  Being new to DSLR I am wondering 
if there is a  difference in SD cards and which one all of you DS users 
recommend.


DG

Re: SD card for DS

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

The DS body can take advantage of write speed improvements up to the  
60x to 80x rated cards. Beyond that, any speed improvement on the  
part of the card is useful when downloading to your computer (via an  
appropriate, fast USB 2.0 card reader...) but doesn't help the  
camera's write speed at all.


I generally stick with Sandisk  1G Ultra II cards and have been  
pleased with their price, speed and reliability.


Godfrey



On Feb 21, 2006, at 12:38 PM, dick graham wrote:

I just received my DS and 16-45 DA lens.  Being new to DSLR I am  
wondering if there is a  difference in SD cards and which one all  
of you DS users recommend.


DG

Re: SD card for DS

[Fred]

 I generally stick with Sandisk  1G Ultra II cards and have been  
 pleased with their price, speed and reliability.

Same here.  I do think memory cards are one area where the name brands
(e.g., SanDisk and Lexar) are worth getting (for reliability).  Then,
getting the Ultra (etc.) ones can offer ~some~ speed improvement.  I've
been happy with some SanDisk and some SanDisk Ultra II cards (the non-Ultra
ones may not be as fast, but they're certainly usable).

Fred

Re: SD card for DS

[Igor Roshchin]

 I generally stick with Sandisk  1G Ultra II cards and have been  
 pleased with their price, speed and reliability.

I also use the same card and had no problem since June 2005.
Ultra II seems to be using all (or almost all) speed capacity of
the DS.

I also found that the SanDisk SD 1GB gaming (yellow) card
http://www.sandisk.com/Products/Item(1193)-SDSDG-1024-SanDisk_Gaming_SD_1GB.aspx
is as fast on DS as the Ultra II (or even very slightly faster, probably 
within statistical deviation).
I don't know how reliable that one is, - I've been using it only since 
late December.

I found that the regular SanDisk SD 1GB is slower than the capability
of the DS. Also, ATP MMCplus 1GB card is extremely slow on DS.

HTH,

Igor

Re: SD card for DS

[Shel Belinkoff]

The Transcend 80x cards are a good value and are well regarded.

Shel



 [Original Message]
 From: Godfrey DiGiorgi 

 The DS body can take advantage of write speed improvements up to the  
 60x to 80x rated cards. Beyond that, any speed improvement on the  
 part of the card is useful when downloading to your computer (via an  
 appropriate, fast USB 2.0 card reader...) but doesn't help the  
 camera's write speed at all.

 I generally stick with Sandisk  1G Ultra II cards and have been  
 pleased with their price, speed and reliability.

 Godfrey



 On Feb 21, 2006, at 12:38 PM, dick graham wrote:

  I just received my DS and 16-45 DA lens.  Being new to DSLR I am  
  wondering if there is a  difference in SD cards and which one all  
  of you DS users recommend.
 
  DG