I Gb compact flash vs 512Mb (or even 256) compact flash

I see I can get a 1 Gb compactflash card for 20 or 30 bucks more than
a 512 Mb card.... seems a no brainer to me, I'd like to get a coupla 1
G's rather than 4 512's, (I'm going on a long trip and will not have
any downloading capability).
Is there any reason I should avoid such a big capacity card?
Is it the same technology in both?
Any body have any failures on gigabyte cards?
I'm going to stick with established namebrands, either sandisk or
lexar, and my camera can handle the size.
thanks ahead of time for any input,
Rick

Rick S asks:

I see I can get a 1 Gb compactflash card for 20 or 30 bucks more than
a 512 Mb card.... seems a no brainer to me, I'd like to get a coupla 1
G's rather than 4 512's, (I'm going on a long trip and will not have
any downloading capability).
Is there any reason I should avoid such a big capacity card?

Loss? If you lose a card, you lose a lot more photos with the big ones. I've
never lost a card, but I have misplaced a couple for several weeks. Very
disheartening.

Charlie Self
"Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and
hurry off as if nothing happened." Sir Winston Churchill

OK....where could a person go for a long trip where they could not empty
their card...but where they can recharge batteries and eat and all that
other stuff.

A long camping trip...might be....you can charge with solar panels.

But, mostly....you can get a CD burned anywhere.


"Rick S." wrote in message
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I see I can get a 1 Gb compactflash card for 20 or 30 bucks more than
a 512 Mb card.... seems a no brainer to me, I'd like to get a coupla 1
G's rather than 4 512's, (I'm going on a long trip and will not have
any downloading capability).
Is there any reason I should avoid such a big capacity card?
Is it the same technology in both?
Any body have any failures on gigabyte cards?
I'm going to stick with established namebrands, either sandisk or
lexar, and my camera can handle the size.
thanks ahead of time for any input,
Rick

"Gene Palmiter" wrote
OK....where could a person go for a long trip where they could not empty
their card...but where they can recharge batteries and eat and all that
other stuff.

A long camping trip...might be....you can charge with solar panels.

If he's hiking, he wouldn't want to pack a solar charger in his backpack.
Space is too much at a premium. A couple sets of non-rechargable lithium
batteries should provide plenty of juice (if his camera uses AAs). If he has
to use recharagables, bring along 3 or 4 batteries. He should be able to
shoot over a thousand pictures.

But, mostly....you can get a CD burned anywhere.

Frankly, there are areas in the world where I would not trust handing over
*anything* the least bit expensive (like a CF card) to someone for them to
burn a CD. Many locals are just waiting to rip-off western tourists. The
local cops are in on it, too. Everything is corruption and scams in these
places. Keep your valuables close and hidden, and your wits about you.
(Hey... sounds like good advice for New York as well! lol)

grim wrote:
"Gene Palmiter" wrote
OK....where could a person go for a long trip where they could not empty
their card...but where they can recharge batteries and eat and all that
other stuff.

A long camping trip...might be....you can charge with solar panels.

If he's hiking, he wouldn't want to pack a solar charger in his backpack.
Space is too much at a premium. A couple sets of non-rechargable lithium
batteries should provide plenty of juice (if his camera uses AAs). If he has
to use recharagables, bring along 3 or 4 batteries. He should be able to
shoot over a thousand pictures.

But, mostly....you can get a CD burned anywhere.

Frankly, there are areas in the world where I would not trust handing over
*anything* the least bit expensive (like a CF card) to someone for them to
burn a CD. Many locals are just waiting to rip-off western tourists. The
local cops are in on it, too. Everything is corruption and scams in these
places. Keep your valuables close and hidden, and your wits about you.
(Hey... sounds like good advice for New York as well! lol)

Nah. We have pseudo camera stores on every corner in midtown.
All sorts of exotic out-of-date stuff at higher than list
prices.

We steal legally.

----- Paul J. Gans

grim wrote:
"Gene Palmiter" wrote
OK....where could a person go for a long trip where they could not empty
their card...but where they can recharge batteries and eat and all that
other stuff.

A long camping trip...might be....you can charge with solar panels.

If he's hiking, he wouldn't want to pack a solar charger in his backpack.
Space is too much at a premium. A couple sets of non-rechargable lithium
batteries should provide plenty of juice (if his camera uses AAs). If he has
to use recharagables, bring along 3 or 4 batteries. He should be able to
shoot over a thousand pictures.

But, mostly....you can get a CD burned anywhere.

Frankly, there are areas in the world where I would not trust handing over
*anything* the least bit expensive (like a CF card) to someone for them to
burn a CD. Many locals are just waiting to rip-off western tourists. The
local cops are in on it, too. Everything is corruption and scams in these
places. Keep your valuables close and hidden, and your wits about you.
(Hey... sounds like good advice for New York as well! lol)

Nah. We have pseudo camera stores on every corner in midtown.
All sorts of exotic out-of-date stuff at higher than list
prices.

We steal legally.

----- Paul J. Gans

Gene Palmiter wrote:

OK....where could a person go for a long trip where they could not empty
their card...but where they can recharge batteries and eat and all that
other stuff.

A long camping trip...might be....you can charge with solar panels.

But, mostly....you can get a CD burned anywhere.

Really? I can think of a lot of places where CD burning is a bit
of a mission. As you get outside Namerica (esp in rural areas),
the capabilities will drop drastically, and prices could be steep.

--
Ken Tough

Ken Tough wrote:
Gene Palmiter wrote:

OK....where could a person go for a long trip where they could not empty
their card...but where they can recharge batteries and eat and all that
other stuff.

A long camping trip...might be....you can charge with solar panels.

But, mostly....you can get a CD burned anywhere.

Really? I can think of a lot of places where CD burning is a bit
of a mission. As you get outside Namerica (esp in rural areas),
the capabilities will drop drastically, and prices could be steep.

My wife is going to the Antarctic this December. Anyone
know of a place where she can burn a CD?

With all those penguins you'd think that some of them would
be running Linux...

----- Paul J. Gans

Really? I can think of a lot of places where CD burning is a bit
of a mission. As you get outside Namerica (esp in rural areas),
the capabilities will drop drastically, and prices could be steep.

My wife is going to the Antarctic this December. Anyone
know of a place where she can burn a CD?

With all those penguins you'd think that some of them would
be running Linux...


I would imagine that those researchers would be the most computer literate
folks of any.

Paul J Gans wrote:

Ken Tough wrote:
Gene Palmiter wrote:

OK....where could a person go for a long trip where they could not empty
their card...but where they can recharge batteries and eat and all that
other stuff.

A long camping trip...might be....you can charge with solar panels.

But, mostly....you can get a CD burned anywhere.

Really? I can think of a lot of places where CD burning is a bit
of a mission. As you get outside Namerica (esp in rural areas),
the capabilities will drop drastically, and prices could be steep.

My wife is going to the Antarctic this December. Anyone
know of a place where she can burn a CD?

With all those penguins you'd think that some of them would
be running Linux...

----- Paul J. Gans

According to http://counter.li.org/reports/arearank.php , there
are (at least) 3 Linux users in Antartica, making it one of
the most Linux-friendly region in the world... (using density
to measure friendliness)

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