Memory Cards

What do you use?

Do you carry a spare?

What capacity is/are it/they?

Do you carry loose or in a container?

Why did you choose that brand?

Have you ever lost images or had a fault?

Regards

I use mostly Sandisk ultra SD cards and I always carry a spare card when Iam out with my camera. I usually use 2 gb however I have started using 4gb ones.

Sandy

I use kingstone 4gm and 2mg and use a container but also use a grip with a extra sd card

I must admit never had a fault but had to once retrieve images with don't panic witch is good but after you delete do not use again until you have retrieved the image's.

James

I have three 4 Mb Sandisk Extreme lll, decided upon them after recommendations on this forum. I keep them in the supplied containers, always format in camera before I go out on a shoot and upload to a PC when I return.

Never had any problems

Regards - Steve

Another vote for the Sandisk Extreme III. 2GB has proved enough for us and whilst we are not as careful in treating them well as stevejcoe have never been let down. It's the speed of extreme III we love, do quite a bit watersports continious shooting and it copes well.

From what I have read in these circumstances with this card our K10D (buffer?) is the limiting factor on speed writing to the card after a 'burst', not the card itself.

depending on where else they have ended up, I carry between 4 and 8 1gb Sandisk Ultra II and Extreme III cards in a 7DayShop hard case. It just lives in the front of my camera bag.

I almost never need that many of course, but I like to have more than I plan to use so I never run out.

The read-write enable tab fell off of an Ultra-II once, but other than that no failures yet.

What do you use?
I have 2gb (Sandisk Ultra II & Extreme III). Just ordered 2 x Mymemory Class 6 4GB, for a trip to the US.

Do you carry a spare?
I generally don't use both, so 1 is for backup.

What capacity is/are it/they?
2GB and 4GB, 8GB one was even cheaper, but I don't like the idea of keeping all eggs in one basket.

Do you carry loose or in a container?
Loose or in tiny plastic case inside appropriate pocket in bag.

Why did you choose that brand?
Sandisk is one of the more respected. Mymemory were cheap and I will rarely need so much memory (now 12 gb).

Have you ever lost images or had a fault?
No breakdowns but both have broken plastic separators between pins, still working fine. Its the issue with SD cards...
I've had them for ~2 years.

1x SanDisk UltraII 2GB 1x Panasonic Class 6 4GB, 1x Kingston SD4 8GB. When not in the camera or the PC, they are in a case. Never had a problem with any of them (although the Kingston is quite new ~3 months old.

As an aside, how do people get the images from the Camera to the PC?

I stopped using the cable some time ago because of the power-drain - at around £12 to replace the batteries in my DLII it was getting to be an expensive method. I purchased a mult-card reader and installed it in the PC and now use that.

Make/Size:
Kingston 4gb - Class 6 with K20, class 4 with K10

Spares/containers:
Always - in battery grip for local trips. Longer trips carry additional 4 spares in Lowepro wallet. Apart from those in camera or grip, in the supplied plastic case

Brand:
Kingston have a good reputation for all things memory + good price from 7dayshop.com

Fault History:
None


Steve


ps - trans method - multi-card reader

Why not get a psu ? mains to dc !

I keep Kingston 8Gb SDHC cards in camera and grip. I have 2 x 4Gb SDHC and 2 X 2Gb SD Sandisk Extreme III's in a separate container in my belt pouch which also holds my light meter, cleaning kit, spare batteries, cable release etc.

I got fed up of moving umpteen bits of kit between bags depending on which bag I was using. I now carry all the associated bits 'n bobs in a separate small Tamrac camera bag and attach it to my belt.

I have never lost an image due to card corruption or a camera fault. I've had corrupted images due to the Micromate reader that came with some of my cards. Removing and reinserting the card in the reader and downloading again has always fixed it.

I switched to Kingston from Sandisk because their cards have the same spec, but Kingston is much cheaper.

I've never used the USB cable, always a card reader.

If you are still buying alkaline batteries, you should think about investing in a set of Sanyo Eneloop (or similar) rechargeables. Cheap as chips nowadays and far superior power/life to alkalines. Once charged, they hold 80% of their charge for a year.

Check here. But if you are thinking of upgrading to a K10/20D or K-7 any time soon, don't waste your money on these. All those cameras have a proprietary battery.

Have Sandisk extreme III 2GB and 8GB

Use the 2GB as back-up and that one is in a SD cover that it was suplied with.

Why sandisk.
because they were the most respected but will go for Toshiba now, their white cards seem to be very good.

For transfer, I use the card reader that was packed with the SD-card, it's very fast.

I've never had a problem so far.

ps. am I the only one that thinks Toshiba might be very good?

Standard AA's don't last in this camera! I've been using Lithium CRV3's for as long as I can remember and always carry a spare full set in the bag. The major advantage with a camera that "will" take AA's is of course that should you get caught out, they can be obtained anywhere. I generally have to replace batteries twice a year.

I did try a set of rechargeable batteries but they only lasted marginally longer than a standard AA. I would have tried lithium rechargeable sets, but according to the manual, that is a no-no.

Batteries are the one thing that has stopped me "upgrading".

Then you haven't tried Eneloops. Rechargeable battery technology has improved in recent years to the point where it's almost not worth buying Alkaline's at all. Sanyo Eneloops, and other similarly designed battery, are streets ahead of NiCd or NiMh battery technology of a few years ago.

That said, I have a few gadgets that don't like to run at the lower voltage (1.2v) of rechargeables and will only really work reliably with the 1.5v delivered by alkalines.

[quote="RayB"]Batteries are the one thing that has stopped me "upgrading".[/quote]With third party batteries coming in at under a tenner for the later cameras, that's no longer a reason to put off upgrading.