canon rebel xt file sizes

thelox714 · thelox714 #1 (**permalink**)

05-18-2006, 06:10 PM

i just ordered the camera.. found it at a great price..

i'm looking for some compact flash cards for it. thinking 1gb or 2gb cards. taking a trip to Colombia next month. of course will be taking tons of pictures. i'm planing on using the above midrange to high range resolutions on it. looking for average file size?

sarahsboy18 · sarahsboy18 #2 (**permalink**)

05-18-2006, 08:23 PM

At full-res you are looking at around 2.5-4.5 megs for JPEG per shot... In RAW you are looking at 6.5-9mb per shot.

thelox714 · thelox714 #3 (**permalink**)

05-18-2006, 09:09 PM

thank you.. i thougth they would be much bigger..

michaelmjc · michaelmjc #4 (**permalink**)

05-19-2006, 12:32 AM

You'd be amazed how quick a 1 gb card fills up shooting RAW.

sarahsboy18 · sarahsboy18 #5 (**permalink**)

05-19-2006, 03:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by michaelmjc

You'd be amazed how quick a 1 gb card fills up shooting RAW.

...Truer words were never spoken.

inflexion · inflexion #6 (**permalink**)

05-19-2006, 03:46 AM

and its even worse when you shoot in burst mode

thelox714 · thelox714 #7 (**permalink**)

05-19-2006, 01:37 PM

since i havent gotten the camera.. still waiting for the shipment.. can i do burst mode with JPEG?

and thank you for all the input

coach_z · coach_z #8 (**permalink**)

05-19-2006, 01:45 PM

i think you should be able to do burst mode with jpeg as well.

my advice is to pick up more smaller cards than bigger ones. if one happens to get corrupted you may lose 2gb of pictres instead of just 512mb. just my .02

-chris

thelox714 · thelox714 #9 (**permalink**)

05-19-2006, 01:50 PM

i'm thinking of the 1gb cards.. but i will for sure take that into consideration.. that's why i'm not getting the 2gb or 4gb cards.
will for sure do the files in jpeg

newegg has a 1gb card for $31.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820134020

sarahsboy18 · sarahsboy18 #10 (**permalink**)

05-19-2006, 01:58 PM

If you are sticking with JPEG than 1gig will be fine... If you ever consider going RAW then 1gig is really a bare minimum. I burn through 1gigs like water... and my 2gigs barely get me by.

The main thing is that if you buy the larger chips you want to get the nicer cards (extreme III or equivalent) ... Those chips can take far more abuse than the cheaper ones so you don't have to worry about corruption as much. Plus they import nearly twice as fast in a chip reader which is quite nice. Of course they do cost considerably more... But you get what you pay for.

thelox714 · thelox714 #11 (**permalink**)

05-19-2006, 02:20 PM

for cards i'm thinking of doing that kingston card i posted. i figure it is a good brand. its nothing cheap, and will take the abuse. but i will do some more research on this..
what brand are the extreme III?=
any suggestions?

edit: found the sandisk ultra II. didnt find the ultra III. not that bad of a price. looks like i carry it myself. hahahaha

http://www.macmall.com/macmall/shop/...pno~278580.asp

sarahsboy18 · sarahsboy18 #12 (**permalink**)

05-19-2006, 02:36 PM

Extreme III is Sandisk... which is what I primarily use.

thelox714 · thelox714 #13 (**permalink**)

05-19-2006, 02:54 PM

found the sandisk ultra II. didnt find the ultra III. not that bad of a price. looks like i carry it myself. hahahaha

http://www.macmall.com/macmall/shop...dpno~278580.asp

would this still be good?

sarahsboy18 · sarahsboy18 #14 (**permalink**)

05-19-2006, 04:05 PM

The Ultra II is fine for most applications...

Here is the extreme III just in case:
http://www.adorama.com/IDSCF1GE3.htm...0III&item_no=8

I have used Adorama for over $3k gear purchases over the last year and they have always been great.

thelox714 · thelox714 #15 (**permalink**)

05-19-2006, 04:48 PM

cool.. i probably wont be using it for anything much more than photoshop cs2.

thelox714 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 05, 2005 Posts: 205	05-18-2006, 06:10 PM i just ordered the camera.. found it at a great price.. i'm looking for some compact flash cards for it. thinking 1gb or 2gb cards. taking a trip to Colombia next month. of course will be taking tons of pictures. i'm planing on using the above midrange to high range resolutions on it. looking for average file size? My Photo Site. Other sites: MySpace My Blog.
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sarahsboy18 #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 30, 2005 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 1,069 Mac Specs: Mac Pro, 8-Core 2.8Ghz, 10GB RAM, 2x1TB HDDs, iPod U2 Edition	05-18-2006, 08:23 PM At full-res you are looking at around 2.5-4.5 megs for JPEG per shot... In RAW you are looking at 6.5-9mb per shot. "If you had a friend who was a tightrope walker, and you were walking down a sidewalk, and he fell, that would be completely unacceptable." -Mitch Hedberg
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inflexion #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 12, 2005 Location: /home/sheffield/UK Posts: 1,278 Mac Specs: 12" 1Ghz PB 768Mb 10.4.5 30Gb Video iPod 40Gb 3G iPod 1Gb iPod Shuffle	05-19-2006, 03:46 AM and its even worse when you shoot in burst mode Apple, think different
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thelox714 #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 05, 2005 Posts: 205	05-19-2006, 01:37 PM since i havent gotten the camera.. still waiting for the shipment.. can i do burst mode with JPEG? and thank you for all the input My Photo Site. Other sites: MySpace My Blog.
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coach_z #8 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 23, 2004 Location: North NJ Posts: 3,169 Mac Specs: i dont have no mac's	05-19-2006, 01:45 PM i think you should be able to do burst mode with jpeg as well. my advice is to pick up more smaller cards than bigger ones. if one happens to get corrupted you may lose 2gb of pictres instead of just 512mb. just my .02 -chris MoTM honor roll... when? i dont remember
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michaelmjc #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 18, 2004 Posts: 110	05-19-2006, 12:32 AM You'd be amazed how quick a 1 gb card fills up shooting RAW.
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thelox714 #9 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 05, 2005 Posts: 205	05-19-2006, 01:50 PM i'm thinking of the 1gb cards.. but i will for sure take that into consideration.. that's why i'm not getting the 2gb or 4gb cards. will for sure do the files in jpeg newegg has a 1gb card for $31.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820134020 My Photo Site. Other sites: MySpace My Blog.
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sarahsboy18 #10 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 30, 2005 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 1,069 Mac Specs: Mac Pro, 8-Core 2.8Ghz, 10GB RAM, 2x1TB HDDs, iPod U2 Edition	05-19-2006, 01:58 PM If you are sticking with JPEG than 1gig will be fine... If you ever consider going RAW then 1gig is really a bare minimum. I burn through 1gigs like water... and my 2gigs barely get me by. The main thing is that if you buy the larger chips you want to get the nicer cards (extreme III or equivalent) ... Those chips can take far more abuse than the cheaper ones so you don't have to worry about corruption as much. Plus they import nearly twice as fast in a chip reader which is quite nice. Of course they do cost considerably more... But you get what you pay for. "If you had a friend who was a tightrope walker, and you were walking down a sidewalk, and he fell, that would be completely unacceptable." -Mitch Hedberg
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thelox714 #11 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 05, 2005 Posts: 205	05-19-2006, 02:20 PM for cards i'm thinking of doing that kingston card i posted. i figure it is a good brand. its nothing cheap, and will take the abuse. but i will do some more research on this.. what brand are the extreme III?= any suggestions? edit: found the sandisk ultra II. didnt find the ultra III. not that bad of a price. looks like i carry it myself. hahahaha http://www.macmall.com/macmall/shop/...pno~278580.asp My Photo Site. Other sites: MySpace My Blog. Last edited by thelox714; 05-19-2006 at 02:40 PM.
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sarahsboy18 #12 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 30, 2005 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 1,069 Mac Specs: Mac Pro, 8-Core 2.8Ghz, 10GB RAM, 2x1TB HDDs, iPod U2 Edition	05-19-2006, 02:36 PM Extreme III is Sandisk... which is what I primarily use. "If you had a friend who was a tightrope walker, and you were walking down a sidewalk, and he fell, that would be completely unacceptable." -Mitch Hedberg
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thelox714 #13 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 05, 2005 Posts: 205	05-19-2006, 02:54 PM found the sandisk ultra II. didnt find the ultra III. not that bad of a price. looks like i carry it myself. hahahaha http://www.macmall.com/macmall/shop...dpno~278580.asp would this still be good? My Photo Site. Other sites: MySpace My Blog.
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sarahsboy18 #14 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 30, 2005 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 1,069 Mac Specs: Mac Pro, 8-Core 2.8Ghz, 10GB RAM, 2x1TB HDDs, iPod U2 Edition	05-19-2006, 04:05 PM The Ultra II is fine for most applications... Here is the extreme III just in case: http://www.adorama.com/IDSCF1GE3.htm...0III&item_no=8 I have used Adorama for over $3k gear purchases over the last year and they have always been great. "If you had a friend who was a tightrope walker, and you were walking down a sidewalk, and he fell, that would be completely unacceptable." -Mitch Hedberg
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thelox714 #15 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 05, 2005 Posts: 205	05-19-2006, 04:48 PM cool.. i probably wont be using it for anything much more than photoshop cs2.
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