Canon 300d Card size Quick question

[Mark500D]

My friend has just been given a 300d, does any one know what the maximum capacity card she can use in the camera?

[Hereford_EOS]

Re: Canon 300d Card size Quick question

I have just looked at the manual and there is no maximum size mentioned.
The manual can be downloaded from my thread here
I would suggest a reasonably fast CF card to prevent lagging.

[Mark500D]

Re: Canon 300d Card size Quick question

Awesome that is what I was looking for. thank you.

[Hereford_EOS]

Re: Canon 300d Card size Quick question

always glad to help

[Guesty]

Re: Canon 300d Card size Quick question

Hi Mark, just check as there are two types of cf card. One being slightly thicker. I know as I remember reading the manual for my 350D.

That took both types of cf card ands I've used cards up to 32gb with no problems.

[DrJon]

Re: Canon 300d Card size Quick question

8GB unless there's a firmware update I don't know about... except...

My understanding is the 300D can't format a card to more than 8GB, so if you put a 16GB card in and format it you'll get an 8GB partition and 8GB of unused space.

HOWEVER I also understand if the card is formatted elsewhere it can use more than that.

Also, allegedly, cards over 2GB work more slowly, as the firmware handles the FAT32 file-system less well than FAT16.

Summary - I'd say get 8GB ones. Preferably from a known reliable brand like Sandisk, Lexar, Transcend, Integral...

John

[Guesty]

Re: Canon 300d Card size Quick question

You could be right as with an 8 gb cars and the 6mp resolution, the display reads 999 photos anyway.

I always grabbed photos from their before I got down to ONLY 998 photos!