Another camera ? Secure Digital Cards

[Kanga1]

Ok, now that I've decided on a digital camera (pretty sure the Kodak DX7630...6.1MP,) I need advice on what SD card to purchase.

Any advice on brand name? I'm thinking I want at least a 512 MB or maybe even a 1 GB. Has anyone ever had one go bad and corrupt their files? I'd HATE to think I'd have 300 or so WDW pics and then LOSE them all due to a bad card!!!!

Advice is much appreciated. Thanks for being so patient in my endeavor to "capture the moment!"

 

[BevS97]

I don't think brand really matters - I had a 256 and a 128 and they held 300 and 170 respectively - that worked quite well for us - we went to Walmart about halfway through our trip and had them burned to a CD.

I have had a card (not SD) go bad on me, so I think I'd be happier with a couple of small ones rather than one massive one - also they would take a long time to process at Walmart - the 256 one took a while (it wasn't a problem, but it took a while to copy up to their pc)

 

[disneyfan551]

I've read that the SanDisk SD cards tend to have alot of problems. And sure enough, when at Disney in April, my almost new SanDisk card died on me! Thank goodness I had others to fall back on, but it sure was a pain.

Another tidbit of information...if you develop photos at Walmart, some stores will only print 100 photos on a cd. So, if you get the bigger disk, it's harder picking & choosing which ones to save, or you have to buy more than 1 cd!

 

[safetymom]

I would suggest not gettting one large card. The card could fail or you could just lose the card. Then you would have lost a lot of images. I would suggest 2-3 smaller cards.