D-Lux 3 memory card

[clogwog]

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Just received a d-lux 3 for my wife (well she hasn't actually been able to touch it as it has been in my grubby little hands!!). But it is obvious to me I need more/bigger memory card/s and more batterries.

Can d-lux 3 users reveal what cards (incl brand/size) they are using?

Do you have additional batteries?

Has anyone bought memory cards of eBay and how was that experience?

Same for batteries?

 

Also are SDHC cards suitable for a d-lux 3, the info I have found till now contradicts.

 

Thanks,

 

Gerrit

[sebastian]

I use a 2 gig Sandisk Ultra II which holds about 80 raw files (raw write speed about 4 seconds) or nearly 400 fine jpgs. I also have two 1 gig and two 512 mb PNY cards (made by Toshiba) that are standard speed with about a 6 or 7 second raw write time. PNY are sort of "off brand," but I've never had any problem with them.

 

The DL3 can use 4 gig SDHC cards, according to the manual, but I haven't tried one. To each his or her own, but I'd rather carry several smaller cards than one giant one so if it dies I'm not SOL.

 

I do carry a second battery and rotate them through, but the DL3 battery life is very good and I've never gone through one in a day's shooting.

 

I've never bought a card off E-Bay, but I hear horror stories about counterfeits, so use caution. Good cards at low prices show up on sale at US office supply stores fairly often. The 2 gig Sandisk was less than $40.

[bernd_muc]

Can d-lux 3 users reveal what cards (incl brand/size) they are using?

I'm using OCZ Secure Digital Dual Memory Cards which have a built-in USB connector, so you don't need to carry around a card reader.

 

Also are SDHC cards suitable for a d-lux 3, the info I have found till now contradicts.

Well, I made the mistake to buy a Transcend 4GB 150x SD card which the D-Lux 3 doesn't like at all. But actually, it is pretty simple:

 

Up to 2GB, get "normal" SD cards (the ones with speed measurements like 80x, 133x, 150x).

From 4GB and larger, you must use SDHC cards (which usually have a prominent SDHC logo on them and come in speed classes - 2, 4, and 6).

 

Do you have additional batteries? Has anyone bought memory cards of eBay and how was that experience?

I bought batteries for my old camera once and they are okay for the price. Not a real comparison to the original battery, but I will get one or two batteries for my D-Lux 3 on ebay again.

 

Best,

Bernd