Canon 500D (Rebel T1i, Kiss X3)

[KarenAylwood]

Thats a lot of pictures!

I have the Canon T1i and a 4gb card gives me a little less than 600 pictures at the highest jpg quality.

So to take 10,000 pictures you will need 17 4gb cards. If I were you I would opt for 16 gb cards. My 16gb card can take approximately 2,300 pictures, so it would be best for you to have four or five of those. But bare in mind...if the 16gb card happens to fail...you can lose 2,300 pictures...Losing a 4gb card, while saddening, is much less heart-wrenching.


:EDIT: Oh I forgot to mention, if you plan on taking any video, that will consume a lot more memory.

These numbers make a lot more sense! I have a Canon XSi and I get a little over 300 pics on a 2 GB card. That's a lot of memory cards!! I don't think I could stomach a 16GB card and risking losing the pics on it!

10,000 pictures is a lot! I tend to take a lot at Disney too, but each night I usually go through them and weed out the ones I know right away that I don't like. This saves me a lot of time at the end of the trip, and also saves me memory on the trip. I usually end up with something like 2,000 pictures and cut it down to 1000, then to only 100 of my favorites to post for my friends and family to look through (because I know they wouldn't be looking at over 1,000!! )

 

[ssanders79]

Alternate option vs a lot of cards. Go buy a cheap netbook with an internal card reader. I saw one in Sunday's ads for under $350 with an internal card reader and 250GB harddrive. Depending on what grade of cards you end up buying it might be a cheaper alternative and it will give you the benefits of a small very portable laptop.

 

[MICKEY88]

10,000 pictures is a lot! I tend to take a lot at Disney too, but each night I usually go through them and weed out the ones I know right away that I don't like. This saves me a lot of time at the end of the trip, and also saves me memory on the trip. I usually end up with something like 2,000 pictures and cut it down to 1000, then to only 100 of my favorites to post for my friends and family to look through (because I know they wouldn't be looking at over 1,000!! )

if you are deleting in camera, you should be aware that , card corruption can result from doing that, I've read that on numerous other message boards, one photographer stated that canon gives that warning either in the manual or on their website..

 

[MICKEY88]

another option would be a device such as a wolverine, that you can transfer your pictures to each nite..

I would also recommend shoooting raw, you have so much more info to work with when processing your files after your trip, you may never need it, but if you do need it to save a special picture, it's good to have it..

memory is relatively cheap these days, I personally use 16 gig cards, and have never had a card failure, I had a minor problem with one specific brand of card, I could take pictures, review them in camera, but once I turned the camera off the files disappeared, they could not be viewed in camera or with my pc, I could recover them with recovery software, but that was not fun...

the company replaced the cards with newer models and they work fine..

 

[Kaigler]

Which company was it?

 

[Golf4food]

If I were you I would opt for 16 gb cards. My 16gb card can take approximately 2,300 pictures, so it would be best for you to have four or five of those. But bare in mind...if the 16gb card happens to fail...you can lose 2,300 pictures...Losing a 4gb card, while saddening, is much less heart-wrenching.

No waaaaaaaaaaaaay should anyone rely on a single giant card for their whole trip. Cards fail. We had a 2GB fail in December and lost hundreds of photos. I don't go any bigger than 4GB, which take around 650 RAW files in my camera. I took over 2,600 in December, not counting the 250ish that were lost from the failed card. Very glad I had multiple cards. I label the little plastic cases with numbers on tiny sticker labels so I know which have been used and in what order. Easy and safer.

 

[hea]

That's a lot of pictures, better to bring a laptop or netbook and download every night the pictures, this way you need just 1 4G card, plus 1 spare.

 

[KCmike]

I took 3000 shots on our San Francisco, Montery, Yosemite, and Disneyland trip this summer and I wish I would have shot more.....or at least had my wife shoot some.

 

[Kaigler]

The OP said they wanted to shoot 10,000 pictures. Would you want to process 10,000 RAW images? And if they used only 4gb cards thats like 17 cards on a T1i unless they bump the resolution down. So pick your poison.

 

[VVFF]

The OP said they wanted to shoot 10,000 pictures. Would you want to process 10,000 RAW images? And if they used only 4gb cards thats like 17 cards on a T1i unless they bump the resolution down. So pick your poison.

Actually for full res RAW images it would take 56 4GB cards...but who's counting

 

[Kaigler]

Actually for full res RAW images it would take 56 4GB cards...but who's counting

Yeah, I meant for jpgs though. I can see how that could have been confusing. But seriously. Once you get around the 10 or so memory card mark it just becomes excessive. lol

 

[anthony2k7]

I currently use 8gb cards, but in the future if I buy more I'm gonna go down to 4gbs because working with that number of files in a folder afterwards its a little too much for my slightly aging computer. With Vista/Win7 where they're constantly trying to extract EXIF info and draw thumbnails even opening a folder of 800 pics is a pain in the rear! - and thats after going through the pain of copying them onto the computer in the first place!

So I figure using 4gb cards and forcing myself to only put 400 pics in a folder would make life easier.

 

[gokenin]

10,000 pictures assuming that you are going for 7 days that would average to 1 picture a minute every minute you are there. 24 hours a day. does anyone actually do that many pictures and are you not concerned about how much wear you are putting on the shutter mechanism of your DSLR? I know many are rated at over 100,00 pictures but heck thats not much if you take 10,000 on one vacation?

 

[Iwant2BAprincess]

For those that have taken the plunge is it worth it-I have been drooling for months but can't seem to take the plunge since my xt still works fine-let me know what you think if you have upgraded-was it worth it???

Thanks!

 

[boBQuincy]

For those that have taken the plunge is it worth it-I have been drooling for months but can't seem to take the plunge since my xt still works fine-let me know what you think if you have upgraded-was it worth it???

Thanks!

I have upgraded about every two generations (starting with a Canon D30) and it has always been worth it, including the latest "upgrade" from a 30D to a Rebel Xsi.

"Worth it" is hard to define though, it can be a matter of what photos the new camera can get that the old one couldn't, or the new camera might have some features that make it easier or more consistent to get a photo. My latest upgrade was to reduce size and weight without giving up image quality, and it worked very well at that.

Going from a Xt to T1i will give a great improvement in camera "handling", the newer Rebels handle much like the xxD series (except for the lack of the wheel on the back).

Then there is the old reliable reason "because I want it" which needs no explanation or justification!

 

[Iwant2BAprincess]

thanks for the input-I think I am still struggling with the I want is vs the I need it arguement. I know I want it, just havn't decided if I need it

 

[jann1033]

just think how nice it would be to have two lenses at the ready if you have 2 bodies, no more having to miss a shot cause it was to far and you have a shorter lens on, you can have a longer lens on the other body!

i just heard about an appliance energy efficient stimulus deal( like the clunker car deal) so maybe it will extend to cameras...my new body uses much less battery than my old one so i am saving energy in not having to recharge nearly as often..... a cash incentive would make it an easier decision right?

really if it were me, i'd upgrade. i just got a 40d to replace my dead rebel xt and i'm blown away on how much better the focus is. they've come a pretty long way in the last few yrs.

 

[Iwant2BAprincess]

OK-I just took the plunge and upgraded my XT-for those of you that have the t1i how is the battery life per charge?? We leave for WDW in 11 days and want to know what I am working with. TIA

 

[bob100]

OK-I just took the plunge and upgraded my XT-for those of you that have the t1i how is the battery life per charge?? We leave for WDW in 11 days and want to know what I am working with. TIA

do you mean how many photos per battery charge? probably similar to your XT. The batteries only cost $5 (off brand) so just get an extra one!

 

[Frantasmic]

I would imagine they are similar to the XSi. My XSi holds a charge a loooonnnngggg time. I probably should, and was in the habit of doing so, take the battery out if I'm not using the camera for a day or two. But, I got sloppy.

Now, as far as how much continual use you can get. I know that I have gotten at least 200 raw pictures over a 4 hour period and the battery charge still showed some juice to it.

I would suggest getting a backup battery or two, especially if it is only 5 bucks as bob mentions. We did this for our older Canon Rebel 300 and we never have to worry about batteries now.