Question about SD Memory Card

[JohnRChick]

Hey. I just bought a new Canon SD300 digital camera. It came with a 16mb card standard, but right now i'm looking into getting a much much larger one. In the manual, it says that it recommends a "high-speed" memory card. I checked out bestbuy and compusa, and they have cards that have transfer rates of 2mb/s, 5mb/s,10mb/s, 60x, and 65x. Which speed would you recommend so that I could get the most (or atleast what I have now) performance from my camera? Thanks

John

[almo]

They only recomend that on the off chance that you would actually buy one of their's. The faster the more expencive. The truth is that unless you are using a high end prosumer camera or a Dslr then the speed of your card isn't going to make much of a difference. My advice would be to buy the cheapest namebrand you can. That'ed probably be SanDisk or PNY.

[Photo-John]

Generally, what almo says is true. But I have been hearing more and more that fast cards are making a difference with compact cameras. On the other hand, for most people, and most purposes, I don't think it will matter much. Personally, I'd buy the cheapest name-brand card I could find. A 256 or 512 would be the way to go. You get the best price/performance for your money at those capacities.

One place where the speed will matter is with a card reader. If you have a USB 2.0 card reader plugged into a US 2.0 port you will be able to transfer your files much faster. That's where I appreciate having a high-speed SD card.

[chis]

I would say , it doesn't matter which brand you go with, they will all do pretty much the same, apart from maybe a slight difference in transfer speed? I paid £25 on amazon.co.uk for my 512MB SD card, which I think is a great price, works fine, transfer rate is good enough for me.. (which I don't actually know?)