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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Swissboy" data-source="post: 1474478" data-attributes="member: 4926">With the rather low prices these days, I think it's more important to get a good card than to save a few bucks. I have only SanDisks of the Extreme III type now. I use them both in my FZ8 and in my FZ28. The 28 is mostly for HD videos, and thus a 4 GB version was in order when I bought it. 2 GB cards serve as reserve when I take too many video sequences. I may add a 8 GB card in the near future. For the FZ8, I use 2 GB cards only. So far, they have never failed me (unlike some others I had used previously). As for speed, the FZ8 is faster than the FZ28, so it's not just the card that can slow you down. But the picture quality in the low light areas is better in the 28. Looks like this comes at a price in speed.My setting is in continuous AF. To compensate, I try to always have a second battery along. For this, I bought a generic model with higher capacity which is quite noticeable.I also use the function where the zoom returns to the previous setting when the camera is turned on.</blockquote>