Bought my first DSLR

[Mathmosman]

Bought a Sony a200 tonight - poor thing's sat downstairs as I didnt buy a Compact Flash card at the same time.

Anyone have suggestions as to the best one to buy, and perhaps the best (i.e. cheapest) place to buy one?

 

[Tim Sainsbury]

Some cheap internet places here, this is will be far cheaper than on the high street I think..

http://www.camerapricebuster.co.uk/cat2.html

"Sandisk Extreme III CompactFlash - 2GB" for 11.99 would do nicely I reckon.

 

[pmjg]

play.com always worth a look.even there own make flash,works fine and is quick.

 

[Slimbert]

If you absolutely have to have one tomorrow, then argos do one for about £15.

If you can wait a few days, then you can't go wrong with these: http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=102025

 

[Mathmosman]

Is the Kingston one compatible with the Sonys?

I'm worried about shooting in RAW, so I guess it's better to go for say 8GB??

 

[jazzypurr]

I bought the Kingston Class 6 8GB SDHC for £11.99 inc p&p from this site a couple of weeks ago: http://www.blahdvd.com/Hw/Kingston-Flash-memory-card-8-GB-Class-6-SDHC-SD6-8GB/SD6_8GB/product.htm to use in my Nikon D90 shooting RAW. Had never used the site before but had absolutely no problems - very reliable and great price!

 

[Slimbert]

I use some Kingston Cards in my a200 and they have been faultless......in fact there is one in it right now!!

I shoot RAW+JPEG rarther than just RAW, and get around 200ish shots on a 4GB card at full res, I rarely shoot more than 200 shots in one session so 4GB suits me fine.

If you were shooting RAW only, you'd get a few more but how many I don't know:shrug:

 

[Slimbert]

I bought the Kingston Class 6 8GB SDHC for £11.99 inc p&p

SDHC's are no good for a200's and they usually a lot cheaper than compct flash cards anyway, but £11.99 for an 8GB is a very good price! Might invest in one myself!!

 

[leaky5]

I did the same thing when I bought mine, had to buy one off the high street to get me going, then bought a 4Gb from Amazon and now use the high priced 1GB as a backup.

Jessops are showing a 1Gb own brand for £10.

http://www.jessops.com/online.store...Jessops/1GB Compactflash Card-27887/Show.html

 

[mastertrinity]

Is the Kingston one compatible with the Sonys?

I'm worried about shooting in RAW, so I guess it's better to go for say 8GB??

dont get 8GB get 2x4GB instead because if a card gets corrupted you lose all them images.

 

[jazzypurr]

I have a 8GB and then a 4GB as a backup, but 2 4GBs would do the job too. Just depends how often you're going to upload photos to the computer. Oh and I shoot in RAW+JPEG

 

[Subaru_WRC]

If you absolutely have to have one tomorrow, then argos do one for about £15.

If you can wait a few days, then you can't go wrong with these: http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=102025

Another vote for the 4GB Kingston ones here, they have been faultless for me in my Canon.

Congrats on your new camera.

 

[Qwerty69]

I have 2 8gb Kingstons and have not had any problems thus far.

I'd recommend not filling one card completely before moving on to the next one as there's more chance of something going wrong if the memory card is full to bursting with images.

For my 8gb cards I don't really want to go above 6gb before changing to the other card, likewise if you opt for 4gb cards don't go above 2/3 full.