Best SD Card for a Canon Powershot A700?

[AlpineZone]

Hi all - first post here. I have a Canon Powershot A700 that I plan to use to take skiing photos and videos for publishing on the Web. I currently have a 1GB Standard SanDisk SD card, but I want to get a faster card to take advantage of the continuous shooting mode (2fps). Since I will be shooting video at 640 x 480, I need a card with as much capacity as possible, while still being fast enough to take pics at 2fps.

Are the SanDisk Ultra-II SD cards fast enough or do I need the Extreme-III card? Also I noticed Circuit City has a great deal right now ($130) for a Panasonic 4GB SD Card. The Panasonic site also says the camera must be "SDHC compatible" and I can't find anything on the A700 that indicates that. Also, is this Panasonic card fast enough to take photos at 2fps? If so, I would like to have the 4GB so I can take more video.

So, based on my needs which do I go with?

• Panasonic 4GB SDHC
• SanDisk 2GB Ultra-II SD
• SanDisk 2GB Extreme-III SD

Thoughts? Thanks in advance!

[Canuck935]

I'm not familiar with this camera, but find out how fast it's capable of transferring data. Getting a card faster than what your camera can write is pointless really since you won't gain anything. I use SanDisk extreme II's which allow me to shoot continuous 3fps at 10 megapixels... Then again I'm using CF cards... Nevermind me, I don't think I helped out any here... oh well..