If not mistaken SD cards come in a few flavours and those high capacity ones needs "special" features in the camera to take advantage of it. SDHC (like the 450d)

Anyway... I went Lowyat to get a new CF card. AIming for a 4GB one.. 133x (not 266x as too expensive and not much use for the camera.)

Went up/down/round/round no one selling/got stock for the 4GB Kingston 133x. (RM160), they have 4GB 50x @ RM130 (a bit stupid since price difference so little) and then the 266x is like RM260, RM100 different man!! I don't feel worth it, just like the sandisk Ultra. X. (what for ultra, my money also ulta already man..)

End up, I bought a trancend 4GB (last one on stock) after asking Viking for opinion. (Worry if if there's known issues with this CF brand with the canon. What happen if suddenly DIE? All 4GB mati lah!!)

So.. end up got it for Rm160 and verified working. Have not tested kao-kao.

BTW, for some reason, ppl in Low Yat

1. Don't sell CF
2. Kingston nearly everywhere out of stock!!

Now aimming for the Extreme IV as those Ducati Edition are too expensive and I feel that not worth paying much more for just a 5mb/s faster

zomg... V2 liao ar? this thread is faster than a shutter 1/4000 ...ohohohohoh... XSi... i like the Remote Live View feature....

the body spec is really nice , but the lens.still not there yet...haha~~

I still think they are not worth the extra money anyhow.

how to get rid of lens flare?

try to PP it..

take out your UV filter

regarding CF speed, IMO it depends on how you use it la.

if your style of photography rarely use BURST mode, then i don't see a problem using 50x.

those that want speed usually do lotsa bursts and snap in RAW, they'll get the faster CFs.

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Added on January 24, 2008, 11:57 pm5mb/s faster doesn't do anything when you snap only 1 pic at a time. i find that you have to be like really in need for the speed, like snapping a lot of burst shots of let's say some motorcross where participants pass your position again and again and such.

This post has been edited by goldfries: Jan 24 2008, 11:57 PM

erm.. last time the KLPF i fulled a 2GB on 350D in just 30minutes XD

sorry, what is KL PF?

KL Photography Festival i suppose... i think 133x is sufficient. I'm happy with my Ultra II which is 66x only

yeah lor, 66x also can do already. you use 66x or 150x. it's not like you can feel the difference unless the way you use pushes the read / write speed.

i scared the dust stick on the lens.

aiyoh you ah.

lens flare on pic, you PP lor.
dust on lens, you wipe lor.

i had the same problem with my 50mm f1.8 with cheapo hoya filter. Just take out a while to see if the UV filter is the culprit

later u can blow it if there are dust and put the filter back

This post has been edited by vincent_audio: Jan 25 2008, 12:24 AM

btw, isnt that 400D write speed is not that fast even if we put ultraII is actually more than enough?

capacity is always the main concern, who cares the speed if you cant really notice the difference le?

Added your new babehhh I'm considering the 24-70mm f2.8L, where did you saw it for RM3k?

If you've tried it once, you'll definitely say no. I've had enough of Alpha. Luckily I managed to sell off all my lens before happily migrate to Canon 400D.

Not much stocks left most prolly cause too much of demand as CNY is getting closer. How's ya transcend? Try shooting RAW + Drive mode.

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Added on January 25, 2008, 12:34 amNot really, speed does matter. There were once I was supposed to copy 4gb of pictures to my client on the spot after I finish shooting cause they were rushing to somewhere else and they need to take the copy back to their HQ, thank god my 8Gb is 266x, else I would have got screwed by them kaw kaw. Basically it depends on you, if you don't mind waiting for ages for it to copy, you may go ahead on those slow ones.

This post has been edited by vikingw2k: Jan 25 2008, 12:45 AM

but if comparing the price, i would choose size more than speed ... well, it depends on the person purpose also ...

This post has been edited by cypher: Jan 25 2008, 12:43 AM