SDHC Card for Nikon D80

DanniBoy

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My dad just bought a Nikon D80 and I am looking for a good SDHC card for him. Recommend any good ones? I am looking for 8gb - 16gb card.

Much appreciated.
 
Darn near anything... Sandisk makes great ones. I use 2 PNY 4GB and a 2GB Sandisk extreme III and haven't had any problems.

You'll fit about 1000 Large JPEG Fine images on the 8GB card, maybe more. Nikon's "how much left" system is a little conservative.

The higher the "class" of the card, the happier you'll be when it's time to take it off. My PNY cards say class 4, but they do about 15MB/sec.
 
Sandisk Extreme IIIs are great. Granted the 8gig cards are a bit pricier. It really depends on what format he shoots in. If he shoots strictly in jpeg then a 4 gig will give him loads of room.
 
I love my exIII. Wicked fast.. If you're shooting raws, you're going to need a big card. If you're shooting JPGs, you don't need the massive cards. Most people starting off are not going to fill a 4GB card in one session between visits to a computer, unless you're wasting shots like a madman and just plan on weeding the bads out later.
 
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