New 1d3, need memory cards!

[Jay12329]

I ordered a new 1dMk3 from Jessops yesterday (2k, 12months 0%!) I've been using old sandisk ultras with my 20d and 5d but suspect I could do with some faster cards for the new toy.
So what speed should i be looking at for the 1d? and are there any good bargains out there at the min?

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[MJ Stebbings]

Depends on your style of photography, if you fire 3 shot bursts, Ultra IIs arent bad cards, but if you want something quicker, i'm happy with my Extreme IIIs in my mkII

 

[Sonsey]

As the 1D Mark III can only write to a memory card no faster than 11MB/sec your current cards may be fine. Have a check to see how fast they are rated, anything around 15MB/sec will do the job well enough, anything faster than that is overkill.

 

[Tobers]

I use Sandisk Extreme III cards in mine. Seem to work fine. 2 8GB cards and I write to both at the same time to act as an automatic backup just in case.

 

[dod]

If you're looking at 8 or 16GB avoid the kingston elite pro 133X, they didn't work properly in mine. Sandisk, as usual, were perfect.