I'm wanting to upgrade the CF card from a 512MB, does anyone know what the maximum size CF card the camera can read, I can't find anything in the manual?

Thanks
MikeyB

tbh I dont use more than 2Gb cards in any camera

Mainly due to if the card fails or becomes corrupt I dont lose too much, and I use about 5 x 2Gb CF cards :)

I use a pair of 8Gb Sandisk Extreme IV cards in my D2Xs. One at a time, obviously. I think that your camera will handle whatever sized CF card you put in it, though perhaps it will get confused about how many pics will fit at some point.

SB

I think I will buy a couple of 2 GB cards then from Amazon, only £15.44 for the extreme version...

Cheers!

extreme 3 - up to 20mb/sec
extreme 4 - up to 40mb/sec i think!!!!

I used a 4GB card in my 300D.

As SBradley suggested, it shows 999 images remaining until the number drops below that.

I used a 4GB card in my 300D.

As SBradley suggested, it shows 999 images remaining until the number drops below that.

Cheers John, think I'll order a 4GB Exterme 4 @ £50 or so from Amazon. Should be more than enough for what I need.

write limits are theoretical assuming the best hardware. The write speed of a 300D won't get anywhere near the potential maximum speed of the card, however the newer cameras, eg 40D will.

Does the 300D support FAT32 or just FAT16?

IIRC the 300D may be limited to 4Gb cards:wonder:, but I would need to check to be sure. I could of course be completely wrong :o

I did research it some time ago when I was buying new cards for my old one. I still think 2Gb cards are the best value and sufficient for a decent shooting expedition, with a few cards spare for longer trips.

Have a look at this: Rob Galbraith DPI: Canon EOS Digital Rebel/300D (http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007-6425), which is the best place to check which are the best performing cards with particular models

This camera's built-in formatter will reformat cards over 2GB as FAT32 with a 4K cluster size. This cluster size usually means less efficient camera-to-card transfers than FAT32 formatting with a 32K cluster size, so we've tested FAT32-formatted cards both ways in this camera. The only way with this camera to format a card FAT32 with a 32K cluster size is on the computer: we used the Format function in Disk Management in Windows XP. Note that technical staff at two CF card manufacturers warned that if a camera isn't designed for FAT32 with cluster sizes larger than 4K that compatibility problems could arise (though we experienced none in our testing).

I used the Kingston Elite Pro 2Gb cards in my 300D and continue to do so in my present 20D.:thumb:

;7407711']Cheers John, think I'll order a 4GB Exterme 4 @ £50 or so from Amazon. Should be more than enough for what I need.

I'd get 2x 2GB cards instead. Gives you that extra peace of mind in case one card were to fail on you too.

As Andrew suggested, I'm pretty sure the 300D's write speed will be the limiting factor rather than the write speed of the card. I don't remember noticing any better performance in my 300D with my high speed 1GB card compared to my "standard" 4GB card, but it wasn't often that I'd use them back to back.

I've just ordered a couple of 2GB Extreme 3's to use in my 40D; it's not that often that I'm shooting something that I'm likely to max them out to the point I feel I'd be better off with extreme 4 cards.

Or maybe I'm just being cheap because Extreme 3's are almost half the price of Extreme 4's :D

I'd get 2x 2GB cards instead. Gives you that extra peace of mind in case one card were to fail on you too.

As Andrew suggested, I'm pretty sure the 300D's write speed will be the limiting factor rather than the write speed of the card. I don't remember noticing any better performance in my 300D with my high speed 1GB card compared to my "standard" 4GB card, but it wasn't often that I'd use them back to back.

I've just ordered a couple of 2GB Extreme 3's to use in my 40D; it's not that often that I'm shooting something that I'm likely to max them out to the point I feel I'd be better off with extreme 4 cards.

Or maybe I'm just being cheap because Extreme 3's are almost half the price of Extreme 4's :D

Good point mate, I'll get the 2 X 2GB cards.

Thanks!

Be careful of sellers offering Extreme cards via Amazon (ie items not being sold by Amazon themselves). Likewise on eBay - there's lots of fake Sandisk cards about.

The fake cards look quite convincing, just don't perform well and are not reliable. Buy from a reputable source - eg play.com, 7dayshop or warehouse express.