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hi there, i have just bought a sony a 300 , and now im wondering about wich card is the best for it.
i have it set for raw, and i like fast continuous shooting, so wich type of cards should i go for? memery stick or compact flash? and what brand of card, you know, extreme or ultra, or what else they are called ??
im not that good at cameras yet, or spelling,, so bare over with me
kind regards daniel from denmark

i didn't realise the A300 took CF cards. I actually would've though that it would be memory stick being sony and all.

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The native format is CF. It'll only take the small memory sticks with a CF adapter so I'd consider that rather pointless unless you have the memory sticks already.

In my A350 I've used Sandisk Extreme III and IV. Can't say I notice a speed difference between them in the camera.

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how many fps does that DSLR shoot at? You'd be hard pressed to notice a difference unless we're talking 5fps and up, in which case the buffer would empty faster.

Unless we're talking transferring images to the pc, in which case if you had a firewire 800 cf reader, the IV would transfer faster.

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The A300 goes up to 3fps, which is fine with jpegs but the buffer fills rapidly in raw.

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Canon DSLRs: 7D, 5D2, 1D, 600D, 450D full spectrum, 300D IR mod
Lenses: EF 35/2, 50/1.8, 85/1.8, 135/2+SF, 28-80 V, 70-300L, 100-400L, TS-E 24/3.5L, MP-E 65, EF-S 15-85 IS
3rd party: Zeiss 2/50 makro, Samyang 8mm fisheye, Sigma 150 macro, 120-300 f/2.8 OS, Celestron 1325/13
Tinies: Sony HX9V.

wow!! i didnt think that there would be help allready !! thanks
well i use the cf cards, but i i also have a memory stick ( i have a sony camcorder ) but a think that i will go out get me a sandisk extreme lll then, and then mayby set the camera for jpegs instead of raw, cause i think it "thinks" allot every time i take pictures, but ok, i only got it yesterday so i still need to find the optimal settings and all .
so thanks allot guys youve been very helpfull.
i think im going to use this forum again.
thanks