I doubt that you will see a speed advantage in the camera. Where you might
see a difference is when you put the compact flash card in a card reader to
transfer images to your PC. Is it worth it in that case? I have a six year
old Sandisk 80MB card for my Kodak DC240 and I would not upgrade that card
for faster transfer to the PC. It just is not that important. For my
Digital Rebel, I purchased a 40x card mainly because the camera can take
advantage of faster cards.

Jeff


"Paul Bennett" wrote in message
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Greetings, fellow digital enthusiasts!

I've got an oldish (about 1.5 years old) digital camera, a Canon A40.
It's not really high-end - only 2 megapixels - but has some really
nice pictures and I enjoy using it.

It uses Compact Flash for storage, and the speed of my current Compact
Flash card is 4x. I'm considering purchasing a Compact Flash card
whose speed is 40x.

Is it worth the money? Will this really speed up my camera's
operations? What I want to be able to do, basically, is take pictures
faster. One thing I don't like about the digital camera is how I have
to wait between pictures.

Where will I notice a difference, if any, by going from a 4x CF card
to a 40x card?

Thanks everyone for your technical advice!

...Paul