Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/17

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Subject: [Leica] SD cards in M8
From: eduardoalbesi at ciudad.com.ar (Eduardo Albesi)
Date: Sat Mar 17 10:16:59 2007
References: <C221D8F2.8E23%lug@steveunsworth.co.uk>

At the time I bought my first digital, a Nikon Coolpix 990, I paid  
$299 for a whooping 128MB Lexar CF card in Miami FL.
It was a state-of-the-art 16X card that came with a PCMCIA adapter  
that is still in use today.
September 2000, if memory serves.

Times changed

Ed




El 17/03/2007, a las 14:42, Steve Unsworth escribi?:

> Oh how times change. Two years ago I was in Australia and paid the
> equivalent of US $250 for a 2 gig CF card and thought that was a  
> good price
> :-)
>
> Here in the UK 2 gig SD cards now start at about ?7-8
>
> Steve
>
>
> On 17/3/07 17:36, "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote:
>
>> The local WalMart wants $65 for a 2gb SD card. That seems  
>> excessive to me.
>> I'm hemmed in by a St. Patrick's day parade. Guess I'll try  
>> BestBuy tomorrow
>> after church.
>>
>> Jeffery Smith
>> New Orleans, LA
>> http://www.400tx.com
>> http://400tx.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
>> [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf  
>> Of Sonny
>> Carter
>> Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 12:30 PM
>> To: Leica Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] SD cards in M8
>>
>>
>> check www.newegg.com for SD cards.  I'm using Transcend 2 gig  
>> cards. Might
>> just be where I am, (middle of now where) but I ordered Thursday  
>> afternoon
>> and got the 2 cards Friday early afternoon.
>>
>> Total price  $47.27 with shipping
>>
>>
>> Sonny
>>
>>
>>
>> On 3/17/07, grduprey@mchsi.com <grduprey@mchsi.com> wrote:
>>> Well, all I have is the one SD Extreme III card and it works  
>>> fine.  I
>>> need to go out and get another though.  anybody tried the Kensington
>>> cards?  They are less expensive than the SanDisk cards, and though I
>>> would give one a try.
>>>
>>
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