Advice for CF card for Canon A95

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Hello,

I just got a new Canon Powershot A95. I would like to purchase a new CF
card to replace the measly 32MB card included with the camera. I have
been looking around and prices seem to vary greatly depending on the
brand. I am going to purcahse a 512MB card and was wondering what
brands anyone here would recommend. I would prefer to spend a bit more
money on a card if it's worth the piece of mind that my the card is more
reliable. Thanks in advance for the help.

ckarnacki at comcast.net

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I would say the two big ones are Sandisk and Lexar, as far as brands go.
With some of today's newer cameras shooting 3 fps, you might want to look at
the faster cards. They don't cost much more, and the I/O is much faster
than their slower counterparts.

I'm using plain old Sandisk 512 cards on my D70 and they work fine. Just
ordered another one, but it's a Sandisk II. It will be interesting to see
if it speeds up downloads to the computer.


"Chris Karnacki" <ckarnacki@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I just got a new Canon Powershot A95. I would like to purchase a new CF
> card to replace the measly 32MB card included with the camera. I have
> been looking around and prices seem to vary greatly depending on the
> brand. I am going to purcahse a 512MB card and was wondering what brands
> anyone here would recommend. I would prefer to spend a bit more money on
> a card if it's worth the piece of mind that my the card is more reliable.
> Thanks in advance for the help.
>
> ckarnacki at comcast.net

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"Oliver Costich" <olc-caNOSPAM@cox.net> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 01:21:29 -0800, "Mark²" <mjmorgan(lowest even
> number here)@cox..net> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Chris Karnacki" <ckarnacki@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>news:gO6dnf65OOQWto3fRVn-3Q@comcast.com...
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I just got a new Canon Powershot A95. I would like to purchase a new CF card to
>>> replace
>>> the measly 32MB card included with the camera. I have been looking around and prices
>>> seem to vary greatly depending on the brand. I am going to purcahse a 512MB card and
>>> was wondering what brands anyone here would recommend. I would prefer to spend a bit
>>> more money on a card if it's worth the piece of mind that my the card is more
>>> reliable.
>>> Thanks in advance for the help.
>>
>>Costco.com sells the SanDisk Ultra II and also the standard SanDisk CF for a good price.
>>Also...Costco will ALWAYS accept returns for ANY reason if you ever have a problem.
>>They also carry some Lexar cards.
>>http://www.costco.com/Common/Category.aspx?whse=BC&topnav=&cat=2246&hierPath=79*&Browse=
>>
>
>
> zipzoomfly.com has lower prices, free 2-day Fedex shipping and no tax.
> This makes it substantially cheaper overall than Costco. As for
> problems, Sandisk has a 5 year warranty.
>
> I buy lots of things at Costco, probably too much. Their Kirland photo
> paper is superb, and probably Ilford smooth gloss in disguise. But
> it's not the best place for CF cards.

I agree about their recent version of Kirkland Photo Paper. It is really quite amazing
for the price.
Because I have no idea about it's archival qualities, though, I use it only for
short-term, non-critical, casual stuff.

I know that cheaper prices can be found on CF cards, but Costco's no-questions-asked
return policy (even without a receipt!) is worth real dollars when things go wrong.
-Mark