Don't buy memory cards on eebay. Needless to say, most of the cheap SanDisk CF/SD cards on eebay are fake. There are many guides on eebay on how to identify fake SanDisk memory cards, which is a telling enough sign. If you keep a close eye on Slickdeals, you can find great deals on name-brand CF cards as well. Just know that you're paying for the name and the purportedly higher-reliability of their products. FWIW, Lexar is generally accepted my most of the Pros I've talked to be the fastest and most reliable.

Batteries are a different story. Don't buy generics unless you have past experience with that particular seller. My XTi came with an extra generic battery and its max capacity is down to probably around 40% of the Canon battery. One thing I've noticed is that once your battery animation goes down a single bar, you're probably going to go out pretty soon, definitely less than the amount of time it took that first bar to go down.

have a question bout memory...does it come with external memory?

External memory?

If you're asking whether the XT [and most DSLR for that matter] have internal memory to store images without a memory card, the answer is no.

haha I have to agree with you on the battery thing lol. Personally I would never buy a non Canon battery for my camera because I had this bad experience with batteries for my Motorola cellphone lol.

Well I don't think I will ever buy anything on eeeebay I mean buying stuff from online stores is one thing but eeeebay is where everybody is selling almost everything so you could never be too sure about the stuff you buy on there. Unless you want to try your luck of course. Well of course that's my opinion and I am sure a lot of people out there have successfully bought a lot of good and cheap stuff there. I don't know where you live, Brian_6905 but in Europe those CF cards are pretty cheap as I said you can get a 4gb Sandisk Extreme card for 35 bucks so there is no need to save a few bucks more just to buy some no-brand name cards.



hmm I have actually tried to take pictures without a memory card on my 40D and it actually works but I am not sure if it would transfer the image on to a computer and how many pictures it could take without a memory card lol.

This post was edited by Futurama on Mar 3 2009 11:04pm

yea i meant internal lol...nd thats nice to know now i can go buy 1
nd also eeebay can be trusted, u just really need to pay attention to what youre buying and wether seller is trusted.
nd i found 2GB flash card for 13 bucks on newegg.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134514
it good enough?

This post was edited by brian_6905 on Mar 3 2009 11:08pm

Buying from eebay isn't all that bad, actually. You just have to thoroughly examine the seller and the time being sold. I've spent about $3000 in the past 6 months on eebay mainly on bike parts, but also on a Canon 100mm Macro. The lens was 1-2 years old but it was practically spotless with no dust, no scratches, no scuffing, and works perfectly without any focus/sharpness problems.

Just by reading the description and looking at the images, you get a good idea of whether the seller has the photography experience to even be in the position to sell the item they have. In addition, if you see that they've bought/sold any photography equipment in their history, it increases the likelihood that the transaction is legitimate.

Yes, eebay has bad eggs (moreso than other methods of purchase), but the vast majority of transactions are legitimate and go through smoothly. Its not for everyone because of the time investment needed to find the fair market value of an item to see if you're getting a good deal, as well as the time needed to vet the seller, but you can find amazing deals on items you otherwise would not be able to afford.

Of course, the fact that people are afraid of using eebay works in the favor of people like me since less competition = lower prices.

I would pay a bit more for the Elite 133x version of the Kingston 4 GB. It's less than a dollar more and you get 20MB/sec instead of 10MB/sec theoretically, which will help with transfer and burst speeds so you don't end up waiting on the memory card to write to take more shots.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134575

well ive ordered it...now just gotta wait hopefully everything is in within 5days

Great! I do hope you will post some pictures soon

What battery does yours take? I only bought mine for 70 bucks.... could have spent 100 if I wanted the "canon" one, but the non-canon had 2 year warranty, and it was WAY cheaper. The battery has done pretty good for me so far.

I do plan to buy a battery grip once I get my tax back xD

This post was edited by chantal7 on Mar 4 2009 04:41pm