Thanks, everyone. Looks like I'll be getting a pair of 2 gig cards instead of the 4 gig. Everyone seems to like NewEgg, so I'll probably buy from them.
Special thank you to Godfrey, for the alert about older card readers. I have no idea if my SanDisk 5-in-1 reader falls into that problem category. It's less than one year old, so hopefully it will work okay. If not, at least I won't be taken totally by surprise now. :) take care, Glen At 10:41 AM 8/16/2006, Godfrey wrote: >Glen, > >I've checked both with Pentax and personally tested several 4G SD >cards. Some work right off the bat, some work when formatted in a >host computer. I would not buy a 4G card at present, not until Pentax >releases an SDHC compliant firmware update for the DS. > >The Transcend 150x 2G SD cards are inexpensive and work very well. >Last time I bought a couple they cost less than $40 apiece. I bought >mine from NewEgg.com. > >One caveat, which applies to *all* SD cards over 1G: I found the 2G >cards to be incompatible with my "old reliable", 3 year old Belkin 8- >in-1 USB 2.0 card reader. I suspect this might be the case for any >reader that's 2-3 years old. > >I tested six new card readers and found that the best was the Sandisk >ImageMate 12-in-1 USB 2.0 card reader. It works flawlessly with both >laptop and desktop systems, and the data transfer speed for both read >and write is the best I've clocked. > >Godfrey > >On Aug 16, 2006, at 4:00 AM, Glen wrote: > > > Hmm, it's only cheaper after doing a mail-in rebate, which I despise. > > > > Are you sure that the latest firmware won't support 4 gig? There > > was that > > update once upon a time that allowed cards in excess of 1 gig. Is 2 > > gig > > really the current limit? > > > > I suppose I could get a pair of 2 gig cards, but it would be nicer, > > and > > slightly cheaper, if the 4 gig card would work. I'm less likely to > > lose a > > card that stays in my camera all the time, as opposed to a card > > that is > > floating around in my camera bag half the time. :) > > > > thanks, > > Glen > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.10/419 - Release Date: 8/15/2006 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
