What memory card?

[Atlas77]

My D90 is probaly coming this week and im going to need a memory card. I searched google and found out the Sandisk extreme are the best cards but here in Canada they are around 100$. What capacity of memory should i be running?

There is a 4gb here: http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0926INGFS10081602&catid=20093

I dont want to spend more than 50$ really, and sorry if this thread has been done. Ive searched it and nothing came up.

 

[Overread]

Memory cards are often something that gets a lot of markup in price at certain shops. Head over to Amazon there are some far better prices there:
Amazon.com: SanDisk Extreme III 4GB SDHC Memory Card

 

[Atlas77]

will 4gb do it for me? 8gb cards start to get expensive. And I have heard not to purchase on ebay due to a lot of fake cards around.

edit: yay! 250 posts

double edit: your link didnt work for me.

 

[PatrickHMS]

4gb ought to do you fine. You might want to have one as a backup jist in case, so in that case 2X4gb might be better than 1x8gb.

 

[Atlas77]

so will this do me?

Cameras & Camcorders: Digital Memory: SanDisk 4GB SDHC Memory Card | Best Buy Canada Web Store

the 8gb of that card comes at 60$

 

[Overread]

darn it - here plug SanDisk Extreme III 4GB SDHC Memory Card and search on amazon for that. I agree avoid Ebay and just head for amazon - the prices there are far better than the bestbuy ones you have there.
I agree a 4GB should be fine, I have 2 4GB cards and have not used both of htem up in a single days shooting often (like once or twice) and that is shooting all in RAW as well

this might work:
http://www.amazon.com/Sandisk-EXTRE...4?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1258218112&sr=8-4

seems to - 8GB EXTREME III at only : $29.50

 

[PatrickHMS]

Doesn't specifically have to be both 4mb. Even a 2mb card as a backup will hold a couple hundred shots.

 

[Atlas77]

I think i might just go for that extreme you linked me.

Thanks.

 

[Atlas77]

Actually with shipping its going to be 50$ then add customs to that and thats a lot of money.

Im gonna head into best buy today to see what they have.

 

[DennyCrane]

You're better with a few smaller cards than one big card... if for no other reason, if you lose one, you haven't lost all your images. Plus, they're cheaper that way. 4 4gb cards are generally cheaper than 1 16gb card.

 

[bp4life71]

You can find 8 gb memory cards at walmart for under 20.00 at times. Like others have said, for safety purposes, you might want to go with two 4gb cards.

I wouldnt put much stock into brands of memory cards, as I have owned several brands and never have had a single failure on any of them whether it be sandisk, Pny, etc. Maybe I have been lucky....who knows. LOL>

 

[DennyCrane]

Another thing is the read/write speed of the card. This only comes into play in HD video recording or continuous shooting. A very slow card will lag the camera down. Normal single shot photography, this doesn't matter at all.

 

[KmH]

There will be a list of approved memory cards listed in your users manual, page 242.

You can look at the manual online at nikonusa.com .

 

[jdag]

Sandisk currently has a rebate on its Extreme cards. You have to purchase from select retailers, so I am not sure if that will help you in Canada. I just recently purchased 2 8gb Extreme III SD cards (30ms speed) at a net of about $30/each after the $50 rebate. (They were $59/ea when I bought them, looks like $69/ea now.)

Sandisk 8 GB Extreme III 30MB/s Secure Digital HC Memory Card (SDSDX3-008G-A31} |BeachCamera.com

 

[Atlas77]

I decided to go into henrys today, figured it would be best to talk to someone who knows what they are doing.

I told him I wanted a 4 or 8gb card, something not expensive for my D90.

He gave me the 4gb sandisk ultra. I bought it.

Im going to whistler this year and I want to bring my D90 along, do you think it would be good to have a 2gb backup card on me?