Memory Question > Photography & Photoshopping

Posted: 10/25/2006 9:46:27 AM EDT

What is the difference between Ultra II and regular compact flash cards? Getting ready to order a Canon Rebel XTI and wanted some extra memory cards. Does the kit come with a card? I can't seem to find a clear answer on that.

Posted: 10/25/2006 10:13:41 AM EDT

[#1]

read/write speed is the big difference.

SanDisk Standard CompactFlash® Features: * High transfer rate for fast copying and downloading

This SanDisk 1 Gigabyte Ultra II CompactFlash card has a minimum sustained write speed of 9 megabytes (MB) per second and a read speed of 10 MB per second.

This SanDisk Extreme III 1 Gigabyte CompactFlash Card has a minimum of 20MB/second sequential write and read speed (based on SanDisk internal testing)

SanDisk Extreme® IV CompactFlash® has extremely fast read/write speeds. (Up to 40MB/sec*)

The XTi kit as listed at B&H does not include a CF card.


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Posted: 10/25/2006 10:54:38 AM EDT

[#2]

Rob Golbraith's site has a plethora of information on Card Speeds, which is really the main difference. I use 50x Kingston cards and they are plenty fast for my needs. If you shoot a lot of bursts, then higher speed cards help. Otherwise the place you'll notice the most is in copying to/from your computer.

The Rebel (300D, not the xti) came with a 32mb card, which is pitiful for a 6mp camera, let alone a 10mp.

Posted: 10/25/2006 11:39:59 AM EDT

[#3]

I was going to do the 2 or 4 gig card. There's only a $10-$15 difference between the regular and the Ultra.

Posted: 10/25/2006 12:31:40 PM EDT

[#4]

Is there much difference between brands? PNY seems to be cheaper than Sandisk.

Posted: 10/26/2006 3:52:43 PM EDT

[#5]

card speed is not going to make too much of a difference for that particular camera....

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