Compact Flash - Brand or Cost?

Richard Songer said:

I just ordered my lst digital camera (Canon s300) and now it's time
to buy additional memory. Does brand make a difference or should I
just be concerned about price? I found a 128 Viking card with
discounts and rebates for $64.95 and a 128 San Disk for $99.95.
This raises another point, I can buy two San Disk 64's for $43.95
each which is less then a 128. What would people who have used
digitals for some period of time recommend? Thanks for the
information.
--
Richard Songer

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Richard Songer said:

I just ordered my lst digital camera (Canon s300) and now it's time
to buy additional memory. Does brand make a difference or should I
just be concerned about price? I found a 128 Viking card with
discounts and rebates for $64.95 and a 128 San Disk for $99.95.
This raises another point, I can buy two San Disk 64's for $43.95
each which is less then a 128. What would people who have used
digitals for some period of time recommend? Thanks for the
information.
--
Richard Songer

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jeffrey behr said:

Richard--
I have 3 hearty recommendations. 1. Shoot RAW, not JPG, and use
Breezebrowser to convert. Remember, the quality you lose in 1 JPG
compression can NEVER be recovered. This means that you'll be
creating c. 3MB files. 2. The smaller the card, the more space is
wasted by its sector size. Buy a couple 256MB cards. 3. SEARCH
this forum for my prior notes about Kingston and Delkin CF cards.
There are BIG differences in speed.

I now carry my D30 with 2 256MB Delkins and 2 340MB Microdrives.
What's that saying about one can't be too rich or too thin?

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Richard Songer said:

jeffrey behr said:

Richard--
I have 3 hearty recommendations. 1. Shoot RAW, not JPG, and use
Breezebrowser to convert. Remember, the quality you lose in 1 JPG
compression can NEVER be recovered. This means that you'll be
creating c. 3MB files. 2. The smaller the card, the more space is
wasted by its sector size. Buy a couple 256MB cards. 3. SEARCH
this forum for my prior notes about Kingston and Delkin CF cards.
There are BIG differences in speed.

I now carry my D30 with 2 256MB Delkins and 2 340MB Microdrives.
What's that saying about one can't be too rich or too thin?

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Thanks Jeffrey for the best information I have heard on the subject
to date from either the forum or the 12 salesmen that I have talked
to about Digital Cameras and Compact Flash Memory.

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jeffrey behr said:

Richard--
I have 3 hearty recommendations. 1. Shoot RAW, not JPG, and use
Breezebrowser to convert. Remember, the quality you lose in 1 JPG
compression can NEVER be recovered. This means that you'll be
creating c. 3MB files. 2. The smaller the card, the more space is
wasted by its sector size. Buy a couple 256MB cards. 3. SEARCH
this forum for my prior notes about Kingston and Delkin CF cards.
There are BIG differences in speed.

I now carry my D30 with 2 256MB Delkins and 2 340MB Microdrives.
What's that saying about one can't be too rich or too thin?

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Sam said:

May I ask where you ordered your Delkin 256MB cards?

Also, do you think most mail order places have run out of the older
Delkins with Hitachi controller? I'd probably not place the order
if I know it's going to be the new Delkins with Toshiba controller,
considering how much slower these are...

Many thanks!
Sam

jeffrey behr said:

Richard--
I have 3 hearty recommendations. 1. Shoot RAW, not JPG, and use
Breezebrowser to convert. Remember, the quality you lose in 1 JPG
compression can NEVER be recovered. This means that you'll be
creating c. 3MB files. 2. The smaller the card, the more space is
wasted by its sector size. Buy a couple 256MB cards. 3. SEARCH
this forum for my prior notes about Kingston and Delkin CF cards.
There are BIG differences in speed.

I now carry my D30 with 2 256MB Delkins and 2 340MB Microdrives.
What's that saying about one can't be too rich or too thin?

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