Hey guys... So I know I have said this forever... But I am really close to getting my camera and I was wondering what compact flash cards you guys recommend.

I've seen a bunch of different ones around but some of my friends have told me that I should only buy SanDisk or Lexar. What do you use and have the best results with?

Thanks

--- Gregg

I use SanDisk Ultra II's (1gig) and also have a Lexar 80x (2gig). I've never had a problem with either of them. If you want to know everything about cards I'd reccomend this site. Lots of info and the database tells you how much speed you get with each type of card in each type of camera (not sure which camera you're getting - but congrats!) New gear is always a blast

Most of my cards are Lexar. I have three 40x and four 80x. I also have a SanDisk Ultra II, and a Unity Digital that I got when I bought my camera. They're all 512MB cards. I haven't had any problems with any of them. With one, when I insert it into the card reader, I need to push it in hard for the computer to see it, but I suspect it's an issue with the card reader as it works in all cameras and other readers.

We're shootin' with Lexar's 80x but I've heard the SanDisk ultra III's are the best (for the Mark II) but Chris had some problems with them shooting with the 20d so be sure to look into that.

Just to clarify, it was the Extreme IIIs that gave me a nightmare. SanDisk replaced them all with the regular extremes and they've been great so far.

Chris...I was thinking about switching from Lexar to Sandisk's III's. What do you mean by regular ones? the Ultra II's?

Basically, I had a terrible experience with SanDisk Extreme III cards. If you missed the thread you can read it here.. Anyways, the problem is the Extreme IIIs require a minimum write speed from the buffer to the card that the 20D doesn't quite have. (although SanDisk is the only people who know this and they don't really tell you. It took me hours on the phone with them for to tell me what the real problem was. Canon actually doesn't tell what the read speed is from the buffer to the card. I'm not sure why....)

ANYWAYS....the moral of the story is, if you stick with anything other than the Extreme IIIs you should be fine (for the 20D, the Mrk II should handle the Extreme IIIs just fine.)

SanDisk sent me a bunch of replacement regular extreme cards. These are a little better than the Ultras. I would stick with these if you want to get some. They are made to last a little better than the Ultra IIs. Either really should be fine though.

I actually have 3 Lexar 2 gig cards as well. I may try to sell them, cause I really kinda want to stick with one company rather than both. No real reason honestly....I just like the idea of sticking with one company! I'll probably throw up some of these Lexar cards for sale at some point on the forum if anyone is interested. If anyone wants them right away just PM me and we'll see if we can work something out.

Thanks everyone... I will definitely be checking all this out. So Lexar or SanDisk it is... And I'm probably gonna be just like Chris and only use one company... I just like to stick with one product....

--- Gregg