lea <lea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote/replied to: >I need another CF card for my Canon 10D. Thinking about 1-2 Gigs. What >do the X numbers and the WA mean? How fast can the 10 D write? I don't >want to pay for a high speed card if I don't have a high speed camera. I'll give my comments then. The 512meg cards are at the best price point. I have two and that's about 75 RAW shots each. I also have a 128meg card for another 28, so I can shoot around 180 RAW shots with only these card. For me, that's plenty but I bought a little Imagtank for times I need more. For me, having a pair of cards is good, not putting all the eggs in one basket so to speak. Imagine filling a 2 gig card, then losing them all. Unlikely, but who knows. The imagetank is a good way of keeping duplicates and even if one doesn't shoot more than the cards carried, you have backups of everything. With a laptop also on a long trip you can backup everything plus review and delete them. I do love the size of the imagetank, it fits easily in the corner of a bag, or even on your belt. Of course I want a big CF card eventually, and if shooting fashion or something else you would need bigger Cf cards of course. The 10D writes pretty fast and keeps up your shooting sequence very well. Don't expect instant previews though or accessing the menu until it finishes writing. Don't pay extra. My Adorama CF cards were reasonable in price but write quite quickly, at least compared to what others have reported. I keep the 128meg for taking images to the Lab for printing. Very handy as they have a reader and it's faster than CD and of course erasable easily. -- Jim Davis Nature Photography http://jimdavis.oberro.com Replies in plain text only please!
