But all cards are not created equal. There are very definite speed
differences between them. Whether that's important to your particular
camera and shooting style is another question. But they are definitely
not all the same. See Rob Galbraith's performance tests here.
<http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007>
Chuck Norcutt
On 10/5/2010 4:55 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> $38 is expensive? Sounds reasonable. You could probably save $20 by
> buying some cheap piece of junk on ebay but what's the use if it dies
> after 20 shots (spoken from experience)?
>
> On the other hand, all cards are made in the same Chinese factory, so
> just buy whatever is cheapest at the local Media Markt or Office
> Depot or whatever you have where you live.
>
> Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu
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> On Oct 5, 2010, at 10:50 PM, David Irisarri wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> This weekend I´ll go to Vermont with my E-P1 and I need to buy a
>> new battery and memory card. I bought the camera with a PROMASTER 4
>> GB SDHC memory card and I would like to buy a new one with higher
>> capacity. I have been having a look and it seems the best
>> performance/cost memory card is TRANSCEND.
>>
>> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/700169-REG/Transcend_TS16GSDHC10_16GB_CLASS_10_SDHC.html
>>
>>
>>
But regarding to the battery I cannot believe Olympus BLS-1 is $38.30 !!!
>> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/486420-REG/Olympus_260236_PS_BLS1_Lithium_Ion_Rechargeable.html
>>
>>
>>
I would be very pleased if anyone could recommend to me a cheaper one with
>> the same specs. is it possible to use a different battery with the
>> olympus charger?
>>
>> The price is higher than the memory card!!! Wow.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Dave --
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