In the case of the two cards above, I'm pretty sure the speeds are similar.
I'm almost always shooting a frame at a time (not burst) so I'm not sure if the speed really brings much to the party in my case.
Also, does everyone agree that a few smaller (say 2 gig cards) is better/safer than one 4 gig?
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Personally, I use a number of cards--have several 2GB, a couple 1GB from 20D days and even old 512mb cards from D30-through 10D days--but they are usually not carried along. I like the safety of several cards.
This post sent me off to newegg and RG and I'm in a similar boat. Never ever use bursts and am a pretty slow methodical shooter, so the quite inexpensive 80x cards interest me. My 2GB and 1GB cards are all Sandisk Ultra 11s. Seems the Ritek 80x are 4.3MB/xec as opposed to the Sandisk ultra II at 7.3MB/sec (all for RAW which is what I shoot). Now--whether this would annoy me or not--not sure. Do I understand that upload time via a reader would be the same? That might annoy me LOL. Still $77 for one vs. $80 for 2 is something to think about.
OTOH---I really don't know much about Ritek. Do they have a reputation for dependability? I had already decided to add at least one more 2GB card for a trip (though I do carry a P2000 and laptop--I upload to both in the evening before reformatting--call me paranoid) and this post caught my attention.
Ah, addendum--found Ritek Pro 150x for just $2 more (7.640MBb/sec)--surprising, but seems the way to go after reading RG's info.
Diane