help on storage for drebel

[mmilesj]

I think I've decided on the Drebel, but I was wondering if I could get some help on what is the best storage card for the Drebel. I want a large capacity, and am looking for the best cards, and best brands. Also the fastest? What do you recommend.

 

[Carl Hoang]

it doesn't matter with speed on 300D. Go for storage like 1G.

I think I've decided on the Drebel, but I was wondering if I could
get some help on what is the best storage card for the Drebel. I
want a large capacity, and am looking for the best cards, and best
brands. Also the fastest? What do you recommend.

 

[MarcosV]

Take a look at the CF database entry for the 300D at

http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007-6425

In short, the 300D/Dreble doesn't support the write acceleration technology found in the more expensive cards and so the fastest (most expsensive) cards are only twice as fast of the slowest.

I would still go with a decently fast card because even being just twice as fast as the slowest card out there does make a noticeable difference and you'll see a huge difference if you use a card reader to transfer data from the cards to your computer.

I went with a Ritek card from mydigitaldiscount.com for my main storage. Sandisks and Lexar are better at slightly higher prices.

• Marcos

I think I've decided on the Drebel, but I was wondering if I could
get some help on what is the best storage card for the Drebel. I
want a large capacity, and am looking for the best cards, and best
brands. Also the fastest? What do you recommend.

 

[Doug J]

Here is a website that lists CF comparisons for the drebel, there is about a 2X difference in write speed between the slowest and fastest cards. This difference may or may not be important to you. I use a Transcend 1GB 40X and 2 Sandisk 512MB standard CFs with my 10D. The Transcend is about 70% faster writing images to the card and I definitely notice it. The prices on CFs has come down a lot, I suggest you get a fast card and, depending on your budget, nothing less than 512MB.

http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007-6425

Here is a link to the manual for the drebel. You can download a copy and look at the section on file sizes, this will help you figure how large the CF should be.

http://www.powershot.com/powershot2/customer/manual.html

I suggest you use a USB 2 card reader for your PC, this will make a significant difference (about 5-10X) in download time to the PC compared to the camera to PC cable. Even if your PC does not have a USB 2 port, the reader still makes it easier to download and they are very inexpensive.

I think I've decided on the Drebel, but I was wondering if I could
get some help on what is the best storage card for the Drebel. I
want a large capacity, and am looking for the best cards, and best
brands. Also the fastest? What do you recommend.

--
Doug
http://pbase.com/dougj

 

[mmilesj]

thanks for all of your help. That really helped.