Canon 350D Memory Card

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I've only got an (elderly IBM microdrive!) 1gb card and as I now shoot in raw only, need to buy another card.

I'm a relative 'newbie' to buying kit and am unsure which/what to buy - type 1 / type II

I read a post somewhere (not on this site) that the 350D doesnt accept larger capacity cards, but lots of the selling sites says it does! I cant afford a 16gb but would like to stretch to maybe a 4 or 8.

You can pay the earth or peanuts it appears - I know its all down to speed - but I dont understand enough to buy something OK but not over spec for the 350D.

Anyone got any advice?
 
Don't worry about type 1 or type 2 you can only get one size of Compact flash card nowadays. The type 2 slot was designed for microdrives anyway.

Go for a mid priced card. No point in getting a "fast" one as the 350 may not be able to transfer files at the full speed these cards can deliver.

I would go for multiple cards anyway rather than one big one. If a card fails, and they do , although very rarely, you still have a back up card(s).

Looking at the Rob Galbraith CF card comparison database, there doesn't seem to much advantage between the SanDisk Ultra ll and Extreme lll models when used in a 350D. So save money and go for the slightly slower option. The same goes for Lexar cards as well.

You can check out card performance yourself if you like, here's the link

http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007-7699
 
Chappers said:
Don't worry about type 1 or type 2 you can only get one size of Compact flash card nowadays. The type 2 slot was designed for microdrives anyway.

Go for a mid priced card. No point in getting a "fast" one as the 350 may not be able to transfer files at the full speed these cards can deliver.

I would go for multiple cards anyway rather than one big one. If a card fails, and they do , although very rarely, you still have a back up card(s).

Looking at the Rob Galbraith CF card comparison database, there doesn't seem to much advantage between the SanDisk Ultra ll and Extreme lll models when used in a 350D. So save money and go for the slightly slower option. The same goes for Lexar cards as well.

You can check out card performance yourself if you like, here's the link

http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007-7699
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Thank you so much! This site's great - so many helpful knowledgeable and friendly people!
 
Also just for your information 4gb ultra 11's are available for 17.99 on pic stop...theres a thread round here somewhere with a link...
 
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I've only got an (elderly IBM microdrive!) 1gb card and as I now shoot in raw only, need to buy another card.
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IBM microdrive !!:bonk: :runaway: I tried one of them once in my 350d
slooowwwwer than a slow thing from sloowww land when it was fast asleep
as for the size, 4Gig is OK so far, never tried anything larger.
 
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