flash memory

[tedmales]

i am looking to pick up some secure digital flash memory cards for my camera. are there any brands to look at or avoid. i have found "kingston" cards way cheap. are they any good. i know there are better brands, which ones are best

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[Mintychip]

I have Kingston memory in my PC and I've had no problems with it and I regularly abuse it with my music editing softwear that eats up LOTS of memory.

[michael_loomis]

kingston memory sux on a gaming computer .... because of this i've been too scared to invest any money on it for digi toys.

[Kritter]

if you have a camera that does panoramic pictures you sometimes lose that feature if yo udont run the brand specific memory. I have an Olympus and I lost that feature with aftermarket memory that was not olympus brand

[pphat]

Kingston actually isn't that bad a brand o' memory... matter of fact, a lot of branded memory isn't actually made by the folks on the label. They just throw their name on it.

If you don't mind the price , a lot of camera geeks swear by Lexar Media. SimpleTech will do ya just fine... And you can find it in just about any compusa.

It's a shame there aren't SD performance tests like these listings for CF cards:
http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/mul...e.asp?cid=6007

If you want to do some serious searching for the best prices, try either cnet.com for price listings, or pricewatch.com.

[tedmales]

i ended up with sans disk cards from staples. they had a good sale, and they are only 2 b,ocks from my house. thanks for the help.

[pjc]

Try SanDisk "Ultra".

Side by side, compared with the generic, SandDisk brand, software soaks up (multiple motor drive) images nocticeably faster on Nikon D1x.

[pphat]

Good info. Thanks Pat!
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