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Just wondering what memory cards you take with you on holiday? We are going away this weekend for 2 weeks with family and I only have a 2GB one, which now I have started using RAW won't hold enough on that memory card. Am I better off getting a 4MB or another 2GB (or 2 more even!)?
 
I recently went to Austria for a week. I took x2 4GB's and x2 1GB's. The bigger the card, the more upset you would be if you managed to loose it, for me its lots of small cards are better than 1 big card :)
 
i always use 2GB just incase i lose one or it becomes corrupted. however i have 9Gb in total of memory so even in RAW i shouldnt run out quick.
 
i recently got myself another 4gig card to go with the 2x2gig cards i already had from my memory for £20.99 INC DELIVERY....but can be had cheaper from play.com and amazon.

i'd also have several smaller cards over 1 or 2 big cards :thumbs:
 
Sgt_Major said:
I have 3 * 4GB cards. With raw I only get 196shots per card...
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What camera are you using mate?

I can get 154 photos in RAW onto a Sandisc Extreme III 2GB card with my 40D...:thinking:
 
Little Man said:
What camera are you using mate?

I can get 154 photos in RAW onto a Sandisc Extreme III 2GB card with my 40D...:thinking:
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Depends on the file size - a D300 is lucky to get 98 shots onto a 2gb card, but a D70 which is only 6mp will allow over 300
 
I have 2x 8GB and 1x4gb cards for my 5D. I shoot RAW. I also back up to a 60GB disk when on hols. For 3 weeks in Ecuador it was just big enough. (most of that 1 week on Galapagos islands).
 
Flash In The Pan said:
Depends on the file size - a D300 is lucky to get 98 shots onto a 2gb card, but a D70 which is only 6mp will allow over 300
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Don't I know it! Shooting in Edinburgh I had to keep a real eye on how much I was shooting bearing in mind what other gigs I had coming up (6GB doesn't go far with a D300 :eek:)

This was all thanks to whoever Amazon use for First Class delivery not delivering in two days like they said they would. However, I now have two 4GB cards in time for my holiday. :)
 
just bought 2 2gb compact flash 9.99 each to go with four 1gb as will be away for four days around durness
 
Ive not long been back from Kenya for 2 weeks. Took with me 3 x 4GB cards and just about filled them up. Also had a laptop to store if needed :p
 
I use the Sandisk Extreme III 8gb cards and very good they are too. I filled three of them yesterday and half a 4gb one on just one job, the processing was rather tedious. :shake:
 
yeah lol

i use 8gb cards, most i filled was 2 and abit cards

it all depends roughly on how many pics you are planning on taking, i say the more the merrier

that batter flash? :lol:
 
I have ordered another 2x 4gb cards, the plan being that I'll start checking the histograms of my shots and binning if they aren't up to scratch whenever possible. Also I intend just to try to take my laptop with me as emergency offloading where possible if I am likely to go beyond the 3. And if i think I will be pushing it I will just step down to JPG's on the 3rd card.
 
Thanks for that everyone -that's been really useful - off I go shopping tomorrow! Hope to post some shots when we get back!
 
dvd.co.uk do some cheap cards normaly. I have 4x2gb a 4gb Card so only 12gb total :(
 
I have 10 2GB cards: 1 in use and 4 spare for each camera.
 
All Sandisk
2 x 16Gb
4 x 4GB
2 x 2GB
1 x 1GB
Reason so many............when on safari you can never have enough
 
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