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Originally Posted by kai
thru amazon.com, we just picked up the Digital Rebel body for a net cost of $630.00 - $799 up front cost. minus the $100 rebate from cannon, and minus the $70 amazon gift certificate (which we will use on either accessories or tools to rebuild our kitchen cabinets).
630. not bad.
i'll post this here, as well: if anyone has any input on compact flash cards- size, manufacturer, etc, it'd be greatly appreciated. thanks.
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Lexar tends to be the most expensive. They have some terrific cards, including a great line of professional cards, but you know what -- so does Sandisk, and at a lower price point. Our highest speed, most trusted cards right now are Sandisk Extreme's -- 1 GB CompactFlash cards. We have two (one for each of our Canon EOS 1D Mark II's). We also have two low cost Viking 512 MB CompactFlash cards, and one "plain Jane" 512 MB Sandisk card. We also, incredibly, still have two working 1 GB IBM Microdrives -- actual miniature hard drives that no one, including us, thought would take the use and abuse for this long! We don't use them unless we've filled ALL the other cards, though, just in case. With two 8megapixel cameras shooting continuously (say, at an airshow), yes, it is possible to fill all these cards and have to resort to the "backup" 1 GB Microdrives. It happens... occasionally.
For anyone shooting frequently and with a 6 or more megapixel camera, I would strongly encourage no less than a 512 MB card. You don't want to miss shots because you're having to swap in another 256 MB card or, heaven forbid, simply have to stop shooting because you are completely out of digital media. For perspective, I can easily fill a 1 GB CF card on a 1 hour flight with Justin during which I shoot aerial photographs 60-70% of the time. I can do that every single flight now that I shoot with an 8 megapixel camera, and I could do it pretty predictably with my old EOS D-60 6 megapixel camera, as well. This includes some in-flight editing of photos I know I've botched, due to turbulence, mis-focusing, or compositions I wasn't happy with and immediately reshot (when able).