Glen, I've checked both with Pentax and personally tested several 4G SD cards. Some work right off the bat, some work when formatted in a host computer. I would not buy a 4G card at present, not until Pentax releases an SDHC compliant firmware update for the DS.
The Transcend 150x 2G SD cards are inexpensive and work very well. Last time I bought a couple they cost less than $40 apiece. I bought mine from NewEgg.com. One caveat, which applies to *all* SD cards over 1G: I found the 2G cards to be incompatible with my "old reliable", 3 year old Belkin 8- in-1 USB 2.0 card reader. I suspect this might be the case for any reader that's 2-3 years old. I tested six new card readers and found that the best was the Sandisk ImageMate 12-in-1 USB 2.0 card reader. It works flawlessly with both laptop and desktop systems, and the data transfer speed for both read and write is the best I've clocked. Godfrey On Aug 16, 2006, at 4:00 AM, Glen wrote: > Hmm, it's only cheaper after doing a mail-in rebate, which I despise. > > Are you sure that the latest firmware won't support 4 gig? There > was that > update once upon a time that allowed cards in excess of 1 gig. Is 2 > gig > really the current limit? > > I suppose I could get a pair of 2 gig cards, but it would be nicer, > and > slightly cheaper, if the 4 gig card would work. I'm less likely to > lose a > card that stays in my camera all the time, as opposed to a card > that is > floating around in my camera bag half the time. :) > > thanks, > Glen -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
